Shipping Australia

A newbuild, eco-friendly, multi-purpose ship with container-capacity has been deployed by Swire Shipping onto the south east Asia / Papua New Guinea and Solomon Islands trade. It is part of a larger order that demonstrates Swire’s commitment to the region, the company says.

The International Chamber of Shipping (ICS) and the International Association of Ports and Harbours (IAPH) have joined forces to call on G20 leaders to act quickly to protect global supply chains from the impact of COVID-19.

Maritime Safety Queensland (MSQ) has late this morning (18 March) banned all commercial ships from entering ports in Queensland if the ship, or any person onboard, has been in any country outside of Australia within the last 14-days. Shipping Australia understands that other port authorities are considering similar measures and strongly urges against such action....

Shipping Australia members from across New South Wales braved the weather to meet on Wednesday, March 4th, at the scenic Coast Golf Course at Little Bay for the 2020 Industry Golf Day.

Australians can be reassured that ocean freight shipping companies are acting to protect the health of waterfront workers, says peak body Shipping Australia. Shipping lines are taking strict precautions and globally, not one crew members serving on a commercial cargo ship been found to have contracted Novel Coronavirus. Crews remain onboard during their Chinese port...

Shipping Australia Limited is pleased to welcome Hyundai Merchant Marine Australia as a full voting member. HMM Australia is part of the Seoul, South Korea-headquartered global integrated logistics company Hyundai Merchant Marine. A member of The Alliance, HMM is active in the container trades, operating over 100 vessels with a combined TEU capacity of more...

International maritime and transport journalist Jim Wilson has joined Shipping Australia as a policy and communications executive. Jim is already known to the Australian freight industry from his days as the editor of Lloyd’s List DCN / Lloyd’s List Australia and also as the national correspondent for international trucking and logistics publication FreightWaves. Before his...

Shipping Australia Limited is pleased to welcome Ocean Network Express (Australia) Pty Ltd (ONE) as a full voting member. “Our mission is to represent the interests of all sectors of shipping in Australia, but we are particularly strong in the area of liner shipping with a history tracing back to 1912.  It is great to...

On 16 December Port of Newcastle stunned Shipping Australia’s members with an announcement of 33 per cent increase in coal ship navigation service charges from 01 January 2020. This new fee would apply unless the port user signed a 10 year deed which waives the right to object to matters detailed in the deed such...

The Department of Infrastructure, Regional Development and Cities has released a discussion paper entitled ‘Coastal Trading Reform – Where to from here?’ The paper is available here and submissions are due by 30 October. This fresh, consultative approach to the challenging task of modifying the Coastal Trading Act is very welcome indeed,”Shipping Australia Limited’s CEO,...