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Port call optimisation pilot projects reveal emissions savings potential, new report shows

Commercial ships spend between 4% and 6% of their operating year waiting outside ports. That idle time is one of the clearest inefficiencies in shipping,...
Commercial ships spend between 4% and 6% of their operating year waiting outside ports. That idle time is one of the clearest inefficiencies in shipping, and a combination of slower sailing speeds and port call optimisation can reduce the emissions and fuel currently wasted as ships await an available berth. Instead of sailing fast only...
October 16, 2026

IMO adopts frameworks to assess marine geoengineering research activities

New guidance will help governments evaluate marine geoengineering research proposals to ensure they are safe for the environment. The International Maritime Organization (IMO) has adopted...
New guidance will help governments evaluate marine geoengineering research proposals to ensure they are safe for the environment. The International Maritime Organization (IMO) has adopted new guidance aimed at ensuring marine geoengineering research avoids unacceptable impacts, amid growing interest in climate change mitigation technologies. Marine geoengineering involves methods to increase the ocean’s capacity to absorb...
October 16, 2026

Shipping Australia Queensland celebrates 2026 in style!

Shipping Australia Queensland’s 2026 Gala has been hailed as a great success, bringing together representatives from across Queensland’s shipping, maritime, transport and logistics sectors for...
Shipping Australia Queensland’s 2026 Gala has been hailed as a great success, bringing together representatives from across Queensland’s shipping, maritime, transport and logistics sectors for a memorable evening of celebration and industry connection. Held on 10 October, the Gala provided an opportunity for colleagues, customers and industry partners to step away from the day-to-day pressures...
October 16, 2026

OSRL acquires Australian Marine Oil Spill Centre

OSRL has completed its acquisition of the Australian Marine Oil Spill Centre (AMOSC), bringing together AMOSC’s established local expertise with OSRL’s Australian and global operations...
OSRL has completed its acquisition of the Australian Marine Oil Spill Centre (AMOSC), bringing together AMOSC’s established local expertise with OSRL’s Australian and global operations to strengthen industry-funded preparedness and response in Australia, OSRL has said in a statement. Vania De Stefani, Chief Executive Officer of OSRL, said: “AMOSC has played an important role in...
October 16, 2026

World’s oldest shipwreck discovered off coast of Turkey

A shipwreck off the coast of Turkey is the oldest shipwreck in the world, our team of archaeologists believes. There’s little left of the ship...
A shipwreck off the coast of Turkey is the oldest shipwreck in the world, our team of archaeologists believes. There’s little left of the ship itself but based on clues from its cargo – including pottery vessels – a research team I was part of has tentatively dated the wreck to around 2700–2400 BCE. That’s...
October 16, 2026

Shipping Australia hosts its concluding MO32 guidance workshops!

Shipping Australia today (Tuesday 13 October 2026) held one of its concluding workshops for our MO32 Guidance workshops! Shipping Australia began this nationwide industry-government project...
Shipping Australia today (Tuesday 13 October 2026) held one of its concluding workshops for our MO32 Guidance workshops! Shipping Australia began this nationwide industry-government project in March 2024 to create a reference tool and educational guide that will help all types of vessels (container, bulk, break-bulk, tanker, Ro-Ro vessels) to comply with Marine Order 32...
October 13, 2026

Port call optimisation pilot projects reveal emissions savings potential, new report shows

Commercial ships spend between 4% and 6% of their operating year waiting outside ports. That idle time is one of the clearest inefficiencies in shipping,...
Commercial ships spend between 4% and 6% of their operating year waiting outside ports. That idle time is one of the clearest inefficiencies in shipping, and a combination of slower sailing speeds and port call optimisation can reduce the emissions and fuel currently wasted as ships await an available berth. Instead of sailing fast only...
October 16, 2026

IMO adopts frameworks to assess marine geoengineering research activities

New guidance will help governments evaluate marine geoengineering research proposals to ensure they are safe for the environment. The International Maritime Organization (IMO) has adopted...
New guidance will help governments evaluate marine geoengineering research proposals to ensure they are safe for the environment. The International Maritime Organization (IMO) has adopted new guidance aimed at ensuring marine geoengineering research avoids unacceptable impacts, amid growing interest in climate change mitigation technologies. Marine geoengineering involves methods to increase the ocean’s capacity to absorb...
October 16, 2026

Shipping Australia Queensland celebrates 2026 in style!

Shipping Australia Queensland’s 2026 Gala has been hailed as a great success, bringing together representatives from across Queensland’s shipping, maritime, transport and logistics sectors for...
Shipping Australia Queensland’s 2026 Gala has been hailed as a great success, bringing together representatives from across Queensland’s shipping, maritime, transport and logistics sectors for a memorable evening of celebration and industry connection. Held on 10 October, the Gala provided an opportunity for colleagues, customers and industry partners to step away from the day-to-day pressures...
October 16, 2026

OSRL acquires Australian Marine Oil Spill Centre

OSRL has completed its acquisition of the Australian Marine Oil Spill Centre (AMOSC), bringing together AMOSC’s established local expertise with OSRL’s Australian and global operations...
OSRL has completed its acquisition of the Australian Marine Oil Spill Centre (AMOSC), bringing together AMOSC’s established local expertise with OSRL’s Australian and global operations to strengthen industry-funded preparedness and response in Australia, OSRL has said in a statement. Vania De Stefani, Chief Executive Officer of OSRL, said: “AMOSC has played an important role in...
October 16, 2026

World’s oldest shipwreck discovered off coast of Turkey

A shipwreck off the coast of Turkey is the oldest shipwreck in the world, our team of archaeologists believes. There’s little left of the ship...
A shipwreck off the coast of Turkey is the oldest shipwreck in the world, our team of archaeologists believes. There’s little left of the ship itself but based on clues from its cargo – including pottery vessels – a research team I was part of has tentatively dated the wreck to around 2700–2400 BCE. That’s...
October 16, 2026

Shipping Australia hosts its concluding MO32 guidance workshops!

Shipping Australia today (Tuesday 13 October 2026) held one of its concluding workshops for our MO32 Guidance workshops! Shipping Australia began this nationwide industry-government project...
Shipping Australia today (Tuesday 13 October 2026) held one of its concluding workshops for our MO32 Guidance workshops! Shipping Australia began this nationwide industry-government project in March 2024 to create a reference tool and educational guide that will help all types of vessels (container, bulk, break-bulk, tanker, Ro-Ro vessels) to comply with Marine Order 32...
October 13, 2026

Upcoming Events

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SAL Victorian State Committee – Special End of Year Luncheon

November 27, 2026 @ 12:30pm
 - 3:00pm
  SAL Victorian State Committee Special End of Year Luncheon FRIDAY, 27 November 2026 1230 to 1500 At the Royal Automobile Club, 501 Bourke Street,...
  SAL Victorian State Committee Special End of Year Luncheon FRIDAY, 27 November 2026 1230 to 1500 At the Royal Automobile Club, 501 Bourke Street, Melbourne VIC 3000   PROUDLY SPONSORED BY  We would be delighted to have the pleasure of your company at Shipping Australia’s final event of the year. The luncheon features international...

NSW State Committee Christmas Luncheon 2026

December 4, 2026 @ 12:00pm
 - 3:00pm
NSW State Committee Christmas Luncheon 2026 FRIDAY, 4 DECEMBER 2026  1200hrs for 1230hrs At the “W” HOTEL  in the GREAT ROOM at 31 Wheat Rd,...
NSW State Committee Christmas Luncheon 2026 FRIDAY, 4 DECEMBER 2026  1200hrs for 1230hrs At the “W” HOTEL  in the GREAT ROOM at 31 Wheat Rd, Sydney NSW 2000 SYDNEY DARLING HARBOUR  PROUDLY SPONSORED BY  SUPPORT SPONSORS              
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