Jim Wilson

ANL (part of the CMA CGM Group), COSCO SHIPPING Lines Co. (COSCO) and Orient Overseas Container Line (OOCL) have joined forces to launch the China Australia Express (ACX) — a dedicated weekly express loop connecting China and Australia. The A3 Consortium will now offer what it describes as “its most comprehensive port coverage” to and...

The Hon. Natalie Ward, NSW Member of the Legislative Council and the NSW Shadow Minister for Transport and Infrastructure, will speak at the forthcoming Shipping Australia Luncheon! Mrs Ward has been a member of the Liberal Party since 1991 and served in various capacities including on the NSW State Executive. Mrs Ward entered the Legislative...

Next Thursday is the U.N. recognised “Day of the Seafarer”. The day highlights the hardship, pressures, and risks of life at sea, especially in conflict-afflicted areas. The recent Middle East conflict between the United States, Israel, and Iran, is a prime example as the conflict saw 46 vessels attacked with the loss of 14 seafarer...

Multiple, diverging, standards are not helpful for a global industry like shipping. Nor, indeed, are they generally good for society either. A new case study and analysis, commissioned by the International Chamber of Shipping and the European Shipowners Association supports the need for single standards. There are key areas of divergence between the EU Ship Recycling...

Stop Thinking in Degrees of Autonomy; Start Thinking in Operations. You may still hear autonomous ships being explained through the four degrees of autonomy. The language is familiar, simple, and easy to repeat. It helped the maritime industry begin a difficult conversation about ships that may operate with automated processes, remote control, or higher levels...

A Memorandum of Understanding has been signed by the U.S. and the Islamic Republic of Iran, to immediately and to permanently end their conflict. The belligerents have agreed not to undertake, nor initiate, any military operation against each other, to refrain from the threat of force, to respect each other’s territorial integrity and to refrain...

By Behrouz Bakhtiari, Assistant Professor, Operations Management, McMaster University This article is republished from The Conversation under a Creative Commons license. Read the original article.   Iran and the United States are about to sign a peace deal that will reopen the Strait of Hormuz, the narrow waterway that carries about one-fifth of the world’s oil....

Major container ports in Australia have once again generally performed extraordinarily badly, according to data released by the World Bank. Out of approximately 400 ports, worldwide, Australian ports performed as follows: Worst: Fremantle. Rank: 366 out of 400. Performance: -74.4. Second worst: Port Botany (Sydney). Rank 351 out of 400. Performance: -56.0. Third worst: Brisbane....

The Secretary General of the International Maritime Organization, Arsenio Dominguez, has declared that no commercial or operational considerations can justify exposing seafarers to the level of danger currently posed by the conflict in the Strait of Hormuz area. The Secretary General’s statement reads: “I am increasingly concerned by reports that vessels continue to attempt to...

A severe threat still exists for the areas of the Persian Gulf, Strait of Hormuz, and Gulf of Oman, with a range attack threats possible as the Iranian and American blockades are in effect. On 11 June 2026 the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corp declared that the Strait of Hormuz is closed to all traffic and...