Shipping Australia

Shipping Australia is delighted to welcome United Salvage as our newest corporate associate member! United Salvage is an Australian-owned salvage and emergency response service provider. It specialises in emergency response, salvage, wreck removal, decommissioning and environmental support services throughout Australia, New Zealand, and the South Pacific. The company is based in New South Wales, with...

Shipping Australia was pleased to host several speakers, including keynote speaker, the Hon. Tony Pasin MP, Shadow Minister Assistant Minister for Infrastructure and Transport, at our recent meeting in Victoria.

Looking back over the 12 months since we last published a half-year review, it is astonishing how many policies, initiatives, treaties, pieces of legislation and other developments have occurred. We have a newly elected IMO Secretary General who will take office from January next year. International geopolitics in the Black Sea began to threaten the...

Curiosity drives Bruno Porchietto. Find out how it led him to run a port in Latin America, teach kids how to practise Taekwondo, to learn seven languages and become a master of political science!

By Angus Mitchell, Chief Commissioner, ATSB At the halfway point of 2023, I’m pleased to be able to report on a highly productive and engaging six months for the ATSB in marine safety. As of July 1, we have so far concluded three marine investigations in 2023, and have provided Interim updates for two ongoing...

IMO-led projects supported by the Global Environment Facility (GEF) and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) were highlighted recently.

The Australian Border Force has released a new set of information guidance on the powers of officers in seaports and the international supply chain. Download the info here!

It was a great day yesterday, Thursday 18 August, at Safe & Efficient Port Operations Forum, which was organised and hosted by the Port Authority of New South Wales.

Port state controllers in Europe and Asia will launch an international inspection campaign focused on fire safety. The purpose of the campaign is to create awareness among the ship’s crew and owners about the importance of fire safety and to verify that ships are complying with fire safety requirements. The inspection campaign will be held...

A review of the National Freight & Supply Chain Strategy is underway, following agreement between State & Territory Infrastructure Ministers.