Jim Wilson

Law enforcement authorities are seeking help from the public after 80 kgs of cocaine was found in a shipping container at Port Botany. The haul is said to have an estimated street value of  AUD$26 million. According to a statement from the Australian Border Force, on 11 August 2025, officers examined a shipping container from...

Hanseatic Global Terminals, an entity within the Hapag-Lloyd Group, has announced the launch of Hanseatic Global Terminals Latin America, which is the brand’s first regional expansion. “This milestone represents a significant step in the company’s mission to strengthen its global terminal network and enhance service offerings worldwide,” the Group said, adding that the regional headquarters...

Two Norwegian men have been jailed for approximately 10 years each for attempting to hide drugs in the sea-chest of a bulker that had arrived from Brazil which called at Newcastle. A “sea chest” is a recessed area inside  a ship’s hull that is typically below the waterline. It is used to take seawater into...

ANL has today (Friday 15 August) announced a new direct shipping service connecting China to Papua New Guinea (PNG) and Brisbane, Australia. The first sailing is scheduled to depart Shanghai, China on September 17, 2025. Operating on a 42-day rotation with three dedicated vessels, APR2 provides a 14-day frequency between sailings. This new loop is...

Swire Shipping, a shipping company in the Asia-Pacific, has announced an upgrade to its North Asia Express (NAX) service with the introduction of fixed-day weekly sailings and expanded capacity. Effective 22 August 2025, the service will offer enhanced connectivity between the Chinese Mainland, Hong Kong SAR and Papua New Guinea. The upgraded NAX service will...

Ethyl formate in combination with carbon dioxide has been approved as a new biosecurity treatment for Brown Marmorated Stink Bug (BMSB) from 01 September 2025 (i.e. the start of the stink bug season). The ethyl formate fumigation methodology (version 1.0) and associated treatment documentation templates have been published and are available on the Department of...

GloNoise, a global project set-up to tackle underwater noise from shipping has been authorised by its board to continue until December 2026. The project aims to support the IMO Guidelines for the Reduction of Underwater Noise from Commercial Shipping for the purposes of reducing harm to marine life. Representatives from 34 countries met, alongside officials...

Further huge price hikes have been imposed by seaports on the shipping industry working in Australia. Southern Ports, which operates the ports at Albany, Bunbury, and Esperance, has imposed sweeping fee hikes on shipping as of 01 July 2025. At the port of Esperance, Southern Ports, has imposed: a 5% hike in the pilotage charge...

Australia has thousands of industrial standards and there are potential annual savings worth billions of dollars from simplification and harmonisation, the Productivity Commission has found. Thousands of standards There are 7,519 Australian standards, of which 893 are incorporated in legislation. Of the Incorporated Standards, only 22% are identical to international standards. The rest are either...

Shipping Australia was pleased to meet the IMO Secretary General during his visit to Australia recently. SAL CEO Capt Melwyn Noronha attended an evening briefing and welcome dinner, while the secretariat staff attended a Round Table hosted by the Department of Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development, Communications, Sport and the Arts. Discussions were wide ranging on...