Jim Wilson

Break bulk shipping to / from Australia is facing a very rough Christmas and New Year after the CFMEU handed out notice of two weeks’ worth of industrial action at Port Kembla (20 December to 3rd January), Fremantle (23 December to 30 December) and Melbourne (23 December to 3rd January). It’s pretty extensive stuff, the...

Thomas Kazakos has been appointed as the new Secretary General of the International Chamber of Shipping. Mr Kazakos has been the Director General of the Cyprus Shipping Chamber, the representative National Member Association of Cyprus at ICS, since 1995. He studied at the University of Leicester in the United Kingdom obtaining a Bachelor’s Degree in...

In the run-up to Christmas, Woodside Energy (ASX: WDS; NYSE: WDS), announced that it and Chevron have agreed to an asset swap under which Woodside will acquire Chevron’s interest in the North West Shelf Project, the NWS Oil Project, and the Angel Carbon Capture and Storage Project. Woodside will transfer all of its interest in...

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It was a super-packed luxury dining room at the Dockside last Friday (06 December 2024) for Shipping Australia’s 2024 Christmas Luncheon! We were honoured and privileged that our guest speaker this year was Senator the Hon Bridget McKenzie, who gave an important and insightful policy speech to our guests. Thank you Senator. Shipping Australia CEO,...

Shipping Australia would like to wish all of our members, stakeholders, and friends, a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year! Please note that we will be closing our doors at noon on Friday 20th December 2024 and we will return to the office on Monday 06 January 2024. We will continue to monitor...

Higher fuel prices cause ship owners to build more energy efficient vessels, new statistical analysis from independent research consultancy CE Delft shows. Writing in “Impact of fuel prices on energy efficiency of maritime ships,” CE Delft gives the example that, where all other factors are kept equal, a one percent increase in fuel prices leads...

Ports Victoria has announced it has appointed Captain Mike Dunn from the United Kingdom (UK) as the new Harbour Master for the port of Melbourne. Captain Dunn comes to the role after 12 years as harbour master of some of the major ports in the UK. Announcing the appointment, Ports Victoria CEO Craig Walker said...

Euronext-listed Höegh Autoliners (ticker code: HAUTO; see also “Share information“) has signed a five year contract with a “a major international car producer for transport of significant volumes of cars in two of the Company’s core trade lanes,” the company said in an 06 December 2024 statement. Andreas Enger CEO of Höegh Autoliners commented: “The...

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese’s 2012 package of shipping laws, introduced when he was the Transport Minister in the Gillard administration, have “actually been a massive fail,” Senator the Hon Bridget McKenzie, Shadow Minister for Infrastructure, Transport and Regional Development, told Shipping Australia’s NSW Luncheon Guests late last week. Noting the newspaper articles that have been...