AMC and TAFE SA streamline defence jobs pathways
THE Australian Maritime College and TAFE SA will help deliver an advanced maritime workforce for the Australian Government’s $90bn Naval Shipbuilding Program. The new engineering...
Industry-government collaboration needed for rail projects
COMMONWEALTH, state and territory ministers attending the recent Transport and Infrastructure Council meeting in Adelaide noted several key issues regarding constraints in the...
Hotspots of skills in demand in logistics
THE annual salary guide from recruitment agency Hays has reported that increases in personnel in the logistics sector will be focused on multi-skilled candidates across transport,...
Integrated national freight strategy adopted
DEPUTY Prime Minister and minister for transport Michael McCormack said the National Freight and Supply Chain Strategy had been agreed upon by transport ministers on 2 August. The...
VIDEO: Shift change at French Lighthouse
Your daily commute will never look safer after watching the changeover of a shift at this lighthouse. The La Jument lighthouse is built on a rock (that is also called La Jument)...
Qube wins safety award
THROUGH a focus on the safety, health and wellbeing of its 7000 employees, logistics services provider Qube Group has reduced injuries by over 40% and won an icare Aware Award....
IMO secretary-general addresses industry at AMSA event
IT WAS the first time that a secretary-general of the International Maritime Organization had visited Australia. Kitack Lim was in Sydney on 29 July at the invitation of the...
WOMEN IN MARITIME: Women testing the water
2019 is such an exciting year for women in maritime. With so many activities happening around Australia, and around the world, we have a chance to think globally and act locally....
Union and stevedore in knots over ropes
WIRE ropes on a ship-to-shore crane at Port Botany are at the centre of a row between stevedore DPWA and the MUA/CFMMEU. On July 17, wire crane ropes slipped with the union...
Scholarship supports maritime industry in Newcastle
A HUNTER TAFE Foundation scholarship, such as the Barker Maritime Scholarship, can help one person to further their education and improve their maritime career prospects. Open to...
DPWA job cuts as waterfront dispute drags on
STEVEDORE DP World Australia has announced it will proceed with redundancies for 200 wharfies nationwide, with 100 to go in Sydney and 100 in Melbourne. These are in addition to...
Wharfies rally at West Swanson
WATERFRONT workers and their supporters have braved miserable weather to stage a rally outside DPWA’s West Swanson Dock facility. The rally occurred about half-way through a four...
Further IR action planned at DPWA terminals
CONTAINER terminals run by DPWA are this week set to be hit with protected industrial action by the Maritime Union division of the CFMMEU. The stevedore has argued successfully in...
OPINION: Australian safety and fuel security affected by Navy staff shortage
THE FRIGATE HMAS Perth underwent a substantial and costly capability upgrade and refurbishment in 2017, but it has been in dry-dock since due to the RAN inability to man the...
Wharfie used as union “front man”, judge rules
A FEDERAL Court Judge has dismissed a challenge to an enterprise agreement on Melbourne’s docks, ruling the application was from a “front man” for the MUA/CFMMEU. The applicant...
