Shipping Australia

Northern Australia specialist Sea Swift will shortly be launching its new liner service "Dampier Direct". Connecting Singapore and Dampier, the first service is due in December and will average two sailings a month.

From an ocean-shipping perspective, the first annual report of the National Freight and Supply Chain is a bit of a disappointing read.

Thomas Bagge, CEO and statutory director of the Digital Container Shipping Association discusses COVID and the case for digital standards.

Draft amendments to the international marine pollution treaty to cut the carbon intensity of existing ships have been approved by the International Maritime Organization's Marine Environment Protection Committee.

Let the buyer beware! A seller's terms generally prevail in bunker contracts. Holman Fenwick Willan lawyers explain what to watch out for.

Stuart Hetherington reviews “Lying for the Admiralty,” a review of Captain Cook’s voyages of exploration by Margaret Cameron-Ash, and “Sailor Mercenary Governor Spy” by Michael Pembroke. Cameron-Ash’s book poses the intriguing question – how could Captain Cook, “supposedly the greatest navigator of his age have missed coastal features that even the dullest sailor would have...

Shipping Australia takes issue with AMSA's announcement of a February 2021 end-date to its flexible policy on seafarer service periods. Shipping must be allowed to continue to deliver vital goods to Australian families.

Ash Salardini, general manager, trade and chief economist at the National Farmers’ Federation argues the case for regionalisation and decentralisation. He sees agriculture as a lynchpin to revitalise the regions and explains what he sees as the role of ports, shipping and freight.

Australia continues to be interrupted by the waterfront union which has declared it will take industrial action around the country at towage provider Svitzer.

A group of industry associations and port rail freight operators have called upon the NSW Government to introduce a container rail incentive scheme for exporters and importers to help meet the government’s 2021 rail mode share target.