Jim Wilson

Applications are now being taken by “Women & Leadership Australia” for  Transport & Logistics Sector Leadership women’s scholarships of between $1,000 to $5,000. The aim of the scholarships is to help women in select industries participate in WLA’s leadership courses. Scholarships include a $1k grant in the “Skills for workplace impact” a ten week programme...

Shipping Australia has been advised that the protected industrial action by the waterfront union against the stevedore Qube will be removed from all ports from 0700 Wednesday 15 January 2025. Commenting on the matter, Captain Melwyn Noronha, CEO of Shipping Australia commented: “we are pleased to see that the Protected Industrial Action will be withdrawn....

Stevedore Qube is the target of a long-running series of strikes and other industrial actions by a union in pursuit of a near 130% increase above the Stevedoring Award. That union campaign has been going on for months. Early on in the negotiations, Qube had already offered a very generous 18% pay rise. Turning that...

A coalition of 47 nations, joined by the International Chamber of Shipping, have submitted a proposal to the International Maritime Organization that each ship should pay an annual greenhouse gas fee corresponding to the greenhouse gas emissions from fuel over the preceding calendar year. Several of the nations, such as Panama, Liberia, and the Marshall...

A six year deal has tentatively been struck between the US East Coast dockworkers’ union (ILA) and the local ship operator association, the US Maritime Alliance (USMX). The International Longshoremen’s Association and the United States Maritime alliance have reached agreement on all items, a joint reads, and both sides have agreed to operate under the...

Global towage provider, Svitzer, and Höegh Autoliners, a global ro-ro operator, have partnered to deliver Svitzer’s “EcoTow” service in Australia for the first time. Svitzer describes EcoTow as a “carbon insetting solution”. Carbon insetting is described by vari0us authorities as a way to reduce carbon dioxide emissions from a company’s activities. The World Economic Forum...

By the International Maritime Organization: International Maritime Organization (IMO) Secretary-General Arsenio Dominguez has highlighted key items on the IMO agenda for 2025. In a video message, Secretary-General Dominguez said: “We start 2025 focusing on three main topics, as we were last year. “The first one, seafarers, the second one, security around the globe, and the...

Do you think you’re a rising star? Do you think you’re so clever it hurts? Do you think you know more about shipping than all the peons surrounding you? Well, prove it! Which you can do by entering this year’s FONASBA Young Ship Agent and Broker Award 2025! Prizes! Top prize is the opportunity to...

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...