Shipping Australia

An Empty Container Park study will soon get in underway in Victoria. Government body Freight Victoria has engaged the consultancy NineSquared to carry out the study. NineSquared carried out the NSW Empty Container Park Study. Freight Victoria committed at a workshop in December 2020 to plan for the expansion of the Voluntary Performance Monitoring Framework...

New analysis from globally-known shipping analyst Drewry has shown the world port container throughput, and the Oceania region throughput, have both declined slightly from an all time high.

Industrial action that is due to take place in Melbourne will hurt Australian families and a wide variety of sectors. SAL calls for intervention.

Kevin Clarke, Managing Director of MSC Mediterranean Shipping Company in Australia, writes about the importance of the supply chain continuity and MSC's response to the COVID pandemic.

The Hon Mark Bailey MP, Minister for Transport and Main Roads, writes about the topics of shipping, and coastal shipping, in Queensland.

Mick Kinley, Chief Executive Officer of the Australian Maritime Safety Authority, discusses the vulnerability of seafarers and the importance of the Maritime Labour Convention.

Gary Prosser, Commissioner, Australian Transport Safety Bureau, discusses the work of the ATSB both from a personal and an institutional perspective.

Stewart Lammin, chair of Ports Australia and Chief Executive Officer of Flinders Port Holdings writes about sustainability in the ports sector.

Andrew Tongue, Deputy Secretary and Head of Biosecurity Australian Government Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment, discusses biosecurity risks, shipping, mail, air and cargo. He also discusses new technologies and approaches to biosecurity risk management.

Victoria International Container Terminal (VICT) is facing imminent disruption from industrial action.