Shipping Australia

Coastal shipping could provide relief to the freight congestion caused by onerous and confusing state COVID testing and self-isolation rules.

Australian families and businesses are at the mercy of unions which have orchestrated matters so that that they can disrupt the supply chain.

The intense lockdown imposed on metropolitan Melbourne will have intense adverse effects on Australian logistics and international trade.

Widespread strike action on the waterfront is now possible. Transport unions have arranged matters so that all of the major stevedores are now operating with expired enterprise agreements.

Australian grain exporters, oilseed growers and carriers of ocean shipping containers beware: there's a growing biosecurity threat headed our way.

Governments around the world continue to fail to see the link between seafarers, seaborne cargo, and goods for sale in shops...

It’s been another busy week with the Shipping Australia Secretariat carrying out research, consulting with members and making submissions to politicians and government officials.

Shipping Australia has filed a submission to government officials in which we advocate for maritime crew to be excluded from the caps on international passengers arriving into Australia by air. “The current position is ambiguous and unsatisfactory with respect to maritime crew,” Shipping Australia CEO Rod Nairn wrote in our submission. Earlier this week, at...

Shipping Australia takes issue with the rather uninformed claim from the Western Australia Transport Minister that seafarer crew changes must take place overseas. There are at several solid reasons that State and Territory governments should allow crew changes to take place in this country. Compassionate obligations First, the people who are suffering and trapped at...

Shipping Australia liaised this week with the visa section of the Australia Border Force. Matters discussed included visa-related data, processing of maritime related visas, reasons for delays, communication channels, the need for protocols and different visa types. “Given that crew changes are vital to maintaining continuity of the supply chain, Shipping Australia emphasises that the...