Jim Wilson

Shipping Australia attended the Safe & Efficient Port Operations Forum in September, which was this year held at the Overseas Passenger Terminal, Circular Quay, in Sydney. The event was very well attended with over 150 people present. Following the same format as the previous year, the event provided a wide ranging overview of port-related matters....

Government delegates to the International Maritime Organization (IMO) have crept closer toward global greenhouse gas regulations aiming at cutting the carbon intensity of shipping by 40% by 2023. Governments, which are the voting members at the IMO, had identified “further areas of convergence in their positions,” the IMO reports, and have produced a draft legal...

There’s no one-size-fits-all path to shipping decarbonisation, a comprehensive review by the World Maritime University has found. Carried out by academics on behalf of the International Maritime Organization, the snappily-titled report, “Comprehensive impact assessment of the basket of candidate GHG reduction mid-term measures,” noted after a comprehensive literature review that a “wide range of technologies,”...

Hurricane Milton has swept through and battered central Florida, leaving several people dead, a widespread trail of property damage, and millions without power. The system has now blown out into the Atlantic, some distance off the eastern coast of the United States. The system has weakened to maximum sustained winds of near 110 km/h. The...

Australia’s Federal Shipping Registration Act (1981) is up for review. An official consultation has been launched by the Department of Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development, Communications and the Arts into the 1981 Act. The Australian Government appointed Ms Lynelle Briggs (a former public servant) and law Professor Nicholas Gaskell to co-chair the Review of the Act....

An official consultation has been launched by the Department of Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development, Communications and the Arts into the Coastal Trading (Revitalising Australian Shipping) Act 2012. The Australian Government appointed Ms Lynelle Briggs (a former public servant) and law Professor Nicholas Gaskell to co-chair the Review of the Act. The Federal Government considers that...

An inquiry into a “possible misuse of market power” in the setting and reviewing of land rents at the Port of Melbourne over a four year period has been launched by the Victorian Essential Services Commission. The Commission will look at: how the Port of Melbourne sets and reviews land rents the Port of Melbourne’s...

After several days of US East & Gulf Coast strike – which will have cost more than US$3bn a day and which has held up many box ships, a “tentative” joint deal has been reached by the The International Longshoremens’ Association (the union)  & the United States Marine Alliance (the employers). There will be at...

Friday 22nd November 2024, 1230-1500 At the Royal Automobile Club, 501 Bourke Street, Melbourne VIC 3000 We would be delighted to have the pleasure of your company at Shipping Australia’s final Victorian event of the year. The luncheon includes award winning comedian Mr Luke Heggie tackling many different hot topics including cost of healthcare, modern...

Australia could be hit by disruptions from a severe global supply chain crisis, which looks likely to kick-off next Tuesday (01 October 2024). We might see a global shortage of shipping capacity (that includes both ships and containers), extensive delays, many blank sailings, vessels re-directed, vessels held off port – waiting, port omissions, port re-routings,...