Jim Wilson

In a generous display of community support, Shipping Australia has donated $15,000 to the Mission to Seafarers Brisbane, a charitable organization that provides crucial welfare services to the seafaring community. The donation was raised through the proceeds of the 2024 Shipping Australia Gala, a prestigious event held annually to celebrate and support the maritime industry....

Svitzer has signed a global EcoTow agreement with the Wallenius Wilhelmsen group. “The agreement marks a major step in Svitzer’s decarbonisation journey and supports Wallenius Wilhelmsen’s ambition to reduce Scope 3 emissions across Svitzer’s global operations,” Svitzer said in a statement. Scoping it out Scope 3 emissions are greenhouse gas emissions that are indirect emissions that...

Tully Barnes has been appointed as the new General Manager (Operations) at Fremantle Ports, the port has revealed. Mr Barnes was formerly with Svitzer Australia, where he was most recently the General Manager – Harbour & Terminal Towage West. Before that, he filled several defence related roles, and also several engineering and managerial roles. Before...

US President Donald Trump earlier this week signed a sweeping Executive Order that appears to be aimed and fundamentally re-structuring the US port, shipping, maritime and shipbuilding industries. Although the Executive Order, “Restoring America’s Maritime Dominance”, of 09 April 2025, has been widely reported in the media as being focused on US shipbuilding, the order...

Lack of training on safe cargo work and working in enclosed spaces, combined with a tragic oversight by the ship’s crew, lead to three deaths, according to a report from they Maritime Accident Investigation Branch (MAIB). Three stevedores died because they entered a space that was so depleted of oxygen that it could not sustain...

Earlier this week, Patrick Terminals announced that it had secured a “historic” roll-over agreement with the Maritime Union of Australia. The current agreement was due to expire in November this year. The “roll-over” is said by Patrick to “roll-over” the enterprise agreement to 31 December 2028. Patrick Terminals CEO, Michael Jovicic, welcomed the agreement stating:...

The IMO’s Legal Committee has called for urgent action to tackle the sharp rise in seafarer abandonment cases, where shipowners fail to repatriate crew, pay wages, or provide basic necessities. According to the IMO/ILO joint database on abandonment of seafarers, 310 new cases were reported in 2024 – more than double the 142 cases recorded...

Mitsui O.S.K. Lines has announced an agreement with Tokyo LNG Tanker (a wholly owned subsidiary of Tokyo Gas Go to install two Wind Challenger hard-sail systems. The Wind Challenger system was developed by MOL and Oshima Shipbuilding. This is the world’s second Wind Challenger to be installed on an LNG carrier. Two bulk carriers equipped...

The International Maritime Organization (IMO) has adopted crucial new guidelines to protect seafarers from unfair treatment when detained in foreign jurisdictions in connection with alleged crimes committed at sea. The guidelines, adopted by the Legal Committee during its meeting in London from 24 to 28 March, aim to protect seafarers’ rights and ensure they are...

At least 10% tariffs have been imposed on all imported goods into the United States from all countries on the basis of national security. “I, DONALD J. TRUMP, President of the United States of America, find that underlying conditions, including a lack of reciprocity in our bilateral trade relationships, disparate tariff rates and non-tariff barriers,...