Shipping Australia

Last weekend Canberra and New Delhi broke through ten years of trade-talks frustration and signed a free trade deal between Australia and India.

The Maritime Just Transition Task Force has announced that the Singapore Maritime Foundation has become its first public programme partner.

People moves at Ports Victoria. Nicholas Ellul has been appointed as the General Manager Maritime, Ports Victoria.

A high-level delegation of executives from Papua New Guinea Ports Corporation visited the Shipping Australia office earlier this week.

Shipping Australia is pleased to announce that it will be convening a webinar on the wreck removal convention.

Melissa Horne, the Victorian Minister for Ports & Freight, introduced a major port reform bill into the the Victorian parliament earlier this week.

Federal Treasurer Josh Frydenberg opened the public purse for supply chain infrastructure in the national budget earlier this week.

There are trade gains to be made from widespread adoption of advanced data technologies but costs, legal issues, and lack of expertise are hindering adoption.

The marriage between crane companies Cargotec and Konecranes has been called off after the UK Competition & Markets Authority blocked the merger while the U.S. Department of Justice threatened to sue.

Container shipping giant, ONE, (a Shipping Australia full member), has announced a USD$20 billion investment plan from now until 2030. The company will apparently be substantially investing over half this amount in vessels focused on its green strategy and its decarbonisation targets. The company has already invested substantially in a new fleet. In the financial...