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Today is World Maritime Day and Shipping Australia is delighted that this year the theme is “Empowering Women in the Maritime Community”. This provides an opportunity to raise awareness of the importance of gender equality, in line with the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals, and to highlight the important – yet under-utilized – contribution of women...

Freight and transport industry groups agree there is a need for access ramps from the Sydney Gateway link to the Cooks River inter-modal hub. This morning they released a joint statement calling for the access ramps to be reinstated. The initial design for the Gateway circulated by Roads and Maritime Services included these ramps, but...

Shipping Australia is pleased to see Minister McKenzie release the Report of the Bio Levy Steering Committee. This is a comprehensive report and its release now puts all the considerations out there in the open. It will inform future discussions. It builds on the previous reviews and highlights a serious lack of authoritative information on...

Iran’s action to seize a ship from Oman’s territorial waters using military force, has upped the anti and threatens to add risk and cost to commercial shipping in navigating the busy Straits of Hormuz. The International Chamber fo Shipping has expressed its concern with Secretary General Guy Plattern summing it up: “Freedom of navigation is...

Shipping Australia is seeking to recruit a passionate policy and communications professional to join our Sydney based team. Working at Shipping Australia you will be part of a small, dedicated team striving to support our members and to influence government and other bodies to adopt policies that enable safe, sustainable and environmentally responsible shipping operations....

Today is International Day of the Seafarer, recognising the contribution that the humble seafarer makes to our everyday lives.  Seafarers are required to carry out their duties in a constantly changing, challenging and often dangerous environment, in order that the lifeblood of our economy and international trade continues to flow. This year’s theme is “I...

The International Chamber of Shipping (ICS) – which represents the world’s national shipowner associations – remains confident that shipping will improve its carbon efficiency by at least 40% by 2030 compared to 2008, in line with the UN International Maritime Organization (IMO) targets to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions.  This follows important decisions made by...

Even with the proposed further tax concessions for investors in Australian shipping, we recognise that it will be a challenge to make Australian flag operations commercially competitive with international shipping.

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