Vessels provided with biofuel for carbon "insetting" campaign
SEVENTEEN businesses are providing marine biofuel for a container shipping company to create more sustainable supply chains for their freight. The companies are involved in a...
Wallenius Wilhelmsen overhauls company structure
WALLENIUS Wilhelmsen has launched a new management team and has adjusted its corporate structure. The shipping company outlined several changes as part of its new structure,...
MtS and ITF call for better seafarer welfare funding
MISSION to Seafarers and the International Transport Workers’ Federation are calling on government and industry to better fund seafarer welfare. ITF president Paddy Crumlin and...
Seafarers to protest withdrawal of NZ coastal service
NEW Zealand seafarers and community supporters are planning a demonstration in response to the withdrawal of Maersk’s Coastal Connect service. The Maritime Union of New Zealand...
MOL and Rio Tinto sign crew welfare agreement
MITSUI O.S.K. Lines and miner Rio Tinto have agreed to the Designated Owners and Operators program. The DOO program is a Rio Tinto initiative to enhance safety and improve crew...
WA trade event to boost local exports
WESTERN Australia is hosting a so-called trade mission this week to create new export and investment opportunities for the state’s producers. The WA government, Chamber of...
ICS launches guide for medical emergencies at sea
THE INTERNATIONAL Chamber of Shipping has published a new medical guide designed to help seafarers manage onboard medical emergencies. ICS developed the first edition of the...
ATSB details timeline of Portland Bay propulsion failure
THE AUSTRALIAN Transport Safety Bureau is progressing with its investigation into the Portland Bay incident, having published a timeline of events leading up to the ship’s loss of...
Four charged over drug shipment to Sydney industrial site
FOUR men were arrested at an industrial site over an alleged attempt to import methylamphetamine into Sydney. On 16 March the Australian Border Force intercepted a “suspicious”...
Spill response training prepares PNG for more ships
PAPUA New Guinea is increasing its oil spill response capacity to prepare for more maritime traffic through its ports in the coming years. Senior representatives from the...
Annual Merchant Navy commemoration returns to Rookwood Necropolis
SYDNEY’S seafaring community will gather next month for the 58th annual commemoration at the Merchant Navy Memorial and Columbarium. The Merchant Navy War Memorial Fund organises...
The DCN Weekly: Episode 40
THIS week, the Australian Transport Safety Bureau released its findings from an investigation into the allision that sunk two tugs in Devonport last year....
Yangtze Fortune crew receives wages, heads home
SEAFARERS aboard the livestock carrier Yangtze Fortune have received the wages they were owed, according to the International Transport Workers’ Federation. Liberian-flagged...
Goliath incident highlights importance of bridge resource management: ATSB
THE AUSTRALIAN Transport Safety Bureau’s investigation into last year’s Goliath incident at the Port of Devonport highlights the importance of bridge resource management and the...
Third charged over maritime drug smuggling plot
THE AUSTRALIAN Federal Police has charged a third man wanted over the importation of more than 300 kilograms of cocaine, discovered in coastal waters off Western Australia. Police...
