Logistics company welcomes new leader
RÖHLIG Logistics has appointed Niels Rudolph as director of global contract logistics. The logistics company said Mr Rudolph will be responsible for its global warehouse...
Transport sector charity launches multilingual wellbeing resources
HEALTHY Heads in Trucks and Sheds has released a suite of new wellbeing resources in eight different languages. The charity translated the material into the most commonly spoken...
New leadership at Royal Wolf
ROYAL Wolf has appointed Greg Allan as its new executive general manager Australia. Mr Allan has previously worked in executive roles at Coca-Cola Amatil, Qantas and Coates Hire....
TasPorts signs first of four MoU with Mission to Seafarers
TASPORTS and Mission to Seafarers in Hobart have signed a memorandum of understanding to promote seafarer welfare services at the port. TasPorts said the MoU formalises its...
Crew shares Wi-Fi project experience with visiting MPs
MEMBERS of the New South Wales Parliament travelled to Port Botany this week to visit a containership equipped with Australia’s Seafarer Connect Wi-Fi system. Member for Coogee...
Australia joins Green Shipping Challenge at COP27
AUSTRALIA signed up to the Green Shipping Challenge at the COP27 conference. US President Joe Biden invited Australia to join the challenge at the Major Economies Forum in June....
Government to amend Secure Jobs, Better Pay Bill
THE AUSTRALIAN government is introducing amendments to the Secure jobs, Better Pay Bill in Parliament today (Tuesday 8 November). Discussions about possible advantages and...
OPINION: Twelve years later, Australia still falling short on seafarer welfare funding
By David Hammond, CEO, Human Rights at Sea “WHAT an indictment on the UN system and to the shipping industry of the 21st century that such a salient piece of international...
Maritime taskforce to launch action plan at COP27
THE MARITIME Just Transition Task Force plans to use its position at COP27 to launch new material on seafarers' role in the shipping industry’s energy transition. The taskforce...
WA shipbuilder delivers third vessel under RAN contract
SHIPBUILDER Austal Australia has delivered the third of eight Cape-class patrol boats to the Royal Australian Navy. Austal built ADV Cape Naturaliste in Western Australia under a...
The DCN Weekly: Episode 22
THIS past week, unions have issued notices of protected industrial action on Svitzer tugboats almost every day....
Taskforce sets priorities for iron ore green corridor
AN INDUSTRY roundtable in Sydney has outlined what it considers priorities for establishing a green maritime corridor between Australia and Asia. Getting to Zero Coalition members...
Big profits for Maersk again, but clouds are on the horizon
MAERSK continues its streak of big profits, with its 16th quarter in a row with year-on-year earnings increases. However, the company has signalled that earnings in its Ocean...
WiseTech acquires data-entry automation business
SOFTWARE company WiseTech Global has acquired Shipamax, a data-entry automation software business. Shipamax uses and AI and machine learning to convert unstructured data – such as...
Big quarterly results at WW despite challenges
WALLENIUS Wilhelmsen has posted results for "strongest quarter on record". The shipping company’s EBITDA reached US$440 million in the third quarter of 2022, up 41% on the...
