Robert Coode retires
AUSTRALIAN Peak Shippers’ Association stalwart Robert Coode has announced his retirement to commence at the end of this month. Mr Coode was the APSA executive president,...
WiFi connections for seafarers at Newcastle
MANY of the 29,000 seafarers who visit the Port of Newcastle each year are now keeping connected to friends and family thanks to free WiFi provided by Seafarer Connect, the Port...
Freo wharfies to bring Inner Harbour to a halt
THE Maritime Union of Australia announced its members would stop work for 24 hours at Fremantle’s Inner Harbour starting Friday at 1000. The union said the strike is in response...
Australian company launches touch-free payment platform for maritime industry
AN Australian company has launched a touch-free payment platform for the maritime industry. Secure Seas said its electronic payment platform provides financial security to...
CMA CGM launches new communications campaign
SHIPPING giant CMA CGM Group has launched a new global communications campaign, titled Better Ways, with a key visual that is says links “people, technology and the planet”....
ITF hits out at NT Health on Darwin wharfie debacle
THE International Transport Workers’ Federation has said the Northern Territory Department of Health has gone beyond its authority in quarantining 13 stevedores. “The action sets...
Port of Brisbane raises more than $30,000 for Friends with Dignity
THE Port of Brisbane announced it had raised $31,236 for its 2020-21 employee charity, Friends with Dignity, this financial year. Friends with Dignity is a volunteer-run...
WW centres in Australia now ISO certified
AFTER many years of complying to the standards set out by the International Organization for Standardization (ISO), Wallenius Wilhelmsen has now achieved ISO certification for its...
Yet more PIA notices, Hutchison makes ‘final offer’
NEGOTIATIONS between the Maritime Union of Australia and Hutchison Ports Australia appear to be coming to a head. The union has issued additional notices of protected industrial...
Ports Victoria board announced
THE Victorian government has appointed the board for the new state-wide ports body, Ports Victoria. Ports Victoria will bring together the Victorian Regional Channels Authority...
13 wharfies in quarantine, a ship stuck at port and a COVID testing stoush
THE Tacoma Trader has been at port in Darwin for nearly a week after the stevedores working it were sent to mandatory quarantine for 13 days after they were observed working the...
Wharfies placed in quarantine over COVID breach
WORKERS at the Linx terminal at East Arm Wharf who boarded the Tacoma Trader to unload containers were put into 14-day mandatory quarantine at the Howard Springs facility on 11...
Industrial action at Hutchison causes turmoil
THE Maritime Union carried out protected industrial action at the Port of Brisbane on Saturday, and it also gave notice of further action at the terminal next week. The new...
Downward trend for piracy incidents in Asia
ACCORDING TO ReCAAP Information Sharing Centre, in May 2021 four incidents of armed robbery against ships were reported in Asia. No piracy incident was reported. Of the four...
Specialist broker appoints maritime insurance expert
ALPHAXO Risk Partners has appointed highly experienced marine insurance expert Matthew Williams as its new claims and operations executive. AlphaXO is a specialist insurance...
