Shipping Australia

Shipping Australia is disappointed that the draft report released by the Competition Review Panel today has recommended removal of the existing shipping exemptions in Part X of the Competition and Consumer Act. Not one of the users or providers of shipping services in Australia recommended this outcome. “Part X currently provides both the certainty of...

September 25 marks United Nations World Maritime Day, a day when Australians should join the global community to recognise and celebrate the essential contribution of the maritime industry to the world’s development and prosperity. This year the theme is: IMO Conventions: Effective Implementation “Australia has a good reputation for effective implementation of those conventions that...

A new canal that would link the Atlantic and the Pacific is one step closer to becoming a reality after a group in Nicaragua approved the waterway’s route. The $40bn project will be wider and deeper than the expanded Panama Canal, allowing the passage of capesize vessels. Subject to impact studies, work may commence this...

The Government’s budget night announcement that it will return the Protection of the Sea Levy to its original level of 11.25 cents per net registered tonne has been enthusiastically welcomed by the shipping industry.  The Government’s budget night announcement that it will return the Protection of the Sea Levy to its original level of 11.25...

Seminar – Building competitiveness in export and maritime industries (held on Friday 24 August, 2012 at the Four Points by Sheraton Sydney, Darling Harbour) A one day seminar, co-hosted by The Export Council of Australia was held to debate Australia’s International Competitiveness and the impact this has on both our export sector and our logistics...