Jim Wilson

By Pacific International Lines. Pacific International Lines has recently marked a significant milestone in its fleet renewal programme with the twin naming ceremony of its newest 13,000 TEU LNG dual-fuel container vessels, Kota Elok and Kota Elan, at Hudong-Zhonghua Shipyard in Shanghai. Kota Elok was named by Ms Chan Wai Ching, Chief Corporate Officer of...

John Denholm CBE has unanimously been elected as the Chair of the Board of the International Chamber of Shipping. The decision was made by the ICS Board of Directors at the organisation’s Annual General Meeting, held at Palazzo Valentini in Rome, Italy. John Denholm succeeds Emanuele Grimaldi, President and Managing Director of Grimaldi Euromed SpA,...

A Memorandum of Understanding to jointly develop a 50,000 MR tanker incorporating wind-assisted propulsion has been signed by Lloyd’s Register, K Shipbuilding, bound4blue, and the Liberian International Ship & Corporate Registry (LISCR). The concept will incorporate bound4blue’s eSAIL technology, which uses suction sail principles to harness wind energy and deliver direct thrust, to improve efficiency,...

International shipping is going to get more expensive shortly as the Suez Canal Authority is imposing a 12% increase on existing surcharges on transit dues for all ships (except passenger ships) from 15 July. According to the International Chamber of Shipping, the 12% increase in existing surcharges which are imposed on top of transit dues,...

Membership organisation OCIMF has announced the appointment of Don Davis as its new Managing Director. OCIMF promotes the safe and environmentally responsible transportation and handling of oil, petrochemicals, gas and emerging fuels, and in related offshore marine operations. Mr Davis will join OCIMF on secondment from Chevron and assume the role on 1 July 2026....

Our 2026 Winter Magazine is now available! Articles include: From the Bridge – the review by Capt Noronha of events since our last edition! Autonomous shipping – 12 pages of analysis by Shipping Australia’s autonomous shipping expert, Mehrangiz Shahbakhsh Coastal shipping – doctoral candidate Susan Oommen sets out her detailed insights on Australia’s coastal sector!...

Mis-declared cargo is still a major contributor to container ship fires, that’s one finding from the Allianz Safety and Shipping Review 2026. Recent years have seen ship fires are their highest level in over a decade and mis-declared cargo has been a leading cause, the Allianz report says, noting that it has been a contributing...

A Singapore-flagged containership ship transiting the Strait of Hormuz has been attacked and the International Maritime Organization’s evacuation scheme has been halted. An unidentified projectile has struck a cargo ship on the starboard side near the Strait of Hormuz approximately 7.5 nautical miles southeast of Dahi, Oman, according to a report from the UK Maritime...

Yesterday was the International Day of the Seafarer 2026. We posted a message on Linkedin yesterday from the Shipping Australia CEO, Capt Melwyn Noronha, and we repeat that message here today. Capt Noronha comments: On the occasion of the International Day of the Seafarer, I’d like to take a moment to reflect upon the people...

The Federal Department of Agriculture has released several import industry advice notices of relevance to Australia’s physical import trade.   96-2026: Commencement of the Conveyance Waste Recycling Policy – Commercial and Cruise Vessels What: a new policy for waste recycling for cruise and commercial vessels. From 1 July 2026, cruise and commercial vessel operators can...