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HFW adds new Melbourne-based shipping partner

Law firm HFW has expanded its global shipping practice and continued the growth of its Asia Pacific practice with the appointment of shipping litigation and...
Law firm HFW has expanded its global shipping practice and continued the growth of its Asia Pacific practice with the appointment of shipping litigation and international arbitration partner, Elizabeth Sloane, based in Melbourne. Elizabeth joins HFW from Stephenson Harwood having spent nine years in its shipping disputes practice in Hong Kong. She previously worked at...
August 8, 2025

IMO launches regional presence in the Pacific

A new regional presence has been set up by the International Maritime Organization, the UN specialised agency responsible for global shipping policy. The IMO inaugurated...
A new regional presence has been set up by the International Maritime Organization, the UN specialised agency responsible for global shipping policy. The IMO inaugurated a new regional presence office in Suva, Fiji, “marking a milestone for regional maritime cooperation and capacity development in the Pacific,” the IMO said. The new office is hosted by...
August 8, 2025

Canberra’s maritime policy stalls; Australia’s productivity falls

Putting maritime policy into practice will be the two year theme for  the IMO’s World Maritime Day in 2026 and 2027. Having a two-year theme...
Putting maritime policy into practice will be the two year theme for  the IMO’s World Maritime Day in 2026 and 2027. Having a two-year theme is highly unusual for the International Maritime Organization. IMO Secretary-General Arsenio Dominguez, who proposed the two-year theme, talked of the IMO’s commitment to ensuring regulations are put into action. “This...
August 1, 2025

Productivity on the Agenda: Shipping Australia’s key points

Shipping Australia was pleased to be invited to make several submissions lately to government bodies on the thorny topic of Australian productivity, which is Canberra’s...
Shipping Australia was pleased to be invited to make several submissions lately to government bodies on the thorny topic of Australian productivity, which is Canberra’s current policy push. There were common positions across our submissions, so we’ve summarised them here. Ocean shipping is vitally important to the Australian economy – to our imports, our exports,...
August 1, 2025

Panama imposes speed restrictions to protect whales

A speed limit of 10 knots (about 18.5 km/hr) has been imposed by the Panama Canal Authority on transits in the Gulf of Panama. The...
A speed limit of 10 knots (about 18.5 km/hr) has been imposed by the Panama Canal Authority on transits in the Gulf of Panama. The Gulf is on the southern side of the Canal. The Authority has imposed the restriction following the recommendation of the International Maritime Organization which States that “to reduce the potential...
August 1, 2025

CMA CGM and TotalEnergies to launch LNG bunkering logistics joint venture

CMA CGM and TotalEnergies have entered into an agreement to develop a 50/50 logistics joint venture dedicated to the implementation and operation of a liquefied...
CMA CGM and TotalEnergies have entered into an agreement to develop a 50/50 logistics joint venture dedicated to the implementation and operation of a liquefied natural gas (LNG) bunker supply solution at the port of Rotterdam, in the Netherlands. The TotalEnergies-CMA CGM JV will offer a complete logistics service in the Amsterdam-Rotterdam-Antwerp (ARA) region. A...
August 1, 2025

Young officer saves 12 lives at sea despite immense risk from lethal waves and strong currents

Lee Tae-Young (South Korea) will receive this year’s International Maritime Organization’s Award for Exceptional Bravery at Sea in recognition of his heroism in saving the...
Lee Tae-Young (South Korea) will receive this year’s International Maritime Organization’s Award for Exceptional Bravery at Sea in recognition of his heroism in saving the lives of 12 colleagues “at immense risk to his own life”. He will be recognised by the IMO for his “extraordinary leadership, courage and selflessness”. The IMO reports that, in...
July 25, 2025

Shipping needs to radically re-think role of watchkeepers, says MAIB

A mixed bag of interesting maritime developments has been revealed by the UK’s Maritime Accident Investigation Branch annual report for 2024, which has just been...
A mixed bag of interesting maritime developments has been revealed by the UK’s Maritime Accident Investigation Branch annual report for 2024, which has just been released. The annual report is extraordinarily wide-ranging, including a range of non-commercial shipping sectors, so there are a scattering of interesting facts, across a variety of maritime domains. We here...
July 25, 2025

Brave seafarers honoured by IMO for saving lives and protecting the marine environment

Seafarers from a wide variety of maritime sectors will be honoured by the International Maritime Organization. The seafarers will be recognised for their astonishing acts...
Seafarers from a wide variety of maritime sectors will be honoured by the International Maritime Organization. The seafarers will be recognised for their astonishing acts of bravery, selflessness, and dedication to duty in saving lives and protecting the marine environment during emergencies around the world. The following list of awarded seafarers are organised by the...
July 25, 2025

AAL Shipping completes 83 wind turbine deliveries to QLD wind farm

Project cargo specialist AAL Shipping has delivered 83 wind turbines, over a two-year period, to the Wambo Wind Farm in Queensland. Located approximately 200km northwest-by-west...
Project cargo specialist AAL Shipping has delivered 83 wind turbines, over a two-year period, to the Wambo Wind Farm in Queensland. Located approximately 200km northwest-by-west of Brisbane, the project will add more than 500 megawatts of energy to the Queensland energy system, and will be able to power about 312,000 homes when it is fully...
July 25, 2025
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