Sailors’ Society launches emergency fund for seafarers
SAILORS’ Society has launched a new welfare fund to provide emergency support to seafarers and their families during crises. The Sea Change Fund was set up in response to the...
Crew change indicator shows crisis easing, but new COVID challenges loom
THE number of seafarers working beyond expired contracts is at an eight-month low, according to the latest Neptune Declaration Crew Change Indicator, though the omicron variant...
Covid isolation rules change for critical staff, including freight workers, in QLD and NSW
NEW South Wales and Queensland have changed COVID-19 self-isolation rules to allow critical workers who are close contacts of a case, and are asymptomatic, to return to work...
LETTER TO THE DCN: Brisbane pilotage rhetoric not helpful
AS A recently retired Brisbane Marine Pilot with 35 years pilotage experience in several jurisdictions I find the recent article in the DCN, Poseidon Sea Pilots take the reins at...
Seafarers’ challenges prioritised at latest IMO session
THE International Maritime Organization is urging member states to act on the challenges seafarers are facing during COVID-19, having consolidated the issues which emerged during...
Gladstone Ports Corp and CQU fund STEM education
GLADSTONE Ports Corporation and CQUniversity are driving science, technology, engineering and mathematics education to support long-term prosperity in the community. GPC said...
Poseidon Sea Pilots take the reins at Brisbane
POSEIDON Sea Pilots began operations at the Brisbane pilotage area on New Years Day, when its 10-year contract to pilot ships in Moreton Bay came into effect. The day marked the...
ICS’s Natalie Shaw awarded MBE for seafarer support
INTERNATIONAL Chamber of Shipping director of employment affairs Natalie Shaw has been named a Member of the Order of the British Empire in the Queen’s New Year’s Honours list....
Albo proposes Australian “strategic fleet”
LEADER of the Australian Labor Party Anthony Albanese on Monday proposed the establishment of an Australian “strategic fleet” comprising up to 12 privately owned and operated,...
And the finalists are…
DCN and our Major Host Sponsor NSW Ports, invite all our friends and colleagues to join us for the online announcement of the winners and recipients of the DCN 2021 Australian...
Qube CFO stepping down
QUBE chief financial officer Paul Lewis announced he would be stepping down from the role next year after more than 15 years with the logistics business. He is to depart the...
Inmarsat offers free connectivity to seafarers
MOBILE satellite communications company Inmarsat is offering free connectivity to maritime crews around the globe that use its Fleet Hotspot service. Inmarsat will deliver 250MB...
THE BIG STORIES OF 2021: Seafarer dies during offshore crew transfer
IN AUGUST, a seafarer died after falling while transferring from Formosabulk Clement to a smaller vessel as part of a crew-change operation 5 nautical miles off Point Cartwright...
Deakin University’s supply chain research centre to close
FOR more than a decade the Centre for Supply Chain & Logistics has been managing industry-led research and development focusing on freight logistics and value-added supply chains....
THE BIG STORIES OF 2021: AMSA detains, bans two bulkers
THE Australian Maritime Safety Authority detained two Panama-flagged bulkers, operated by the same company, for appalling living and working conditions onboard and for failing to...
