Jim Wilson

ANL, a shipping company under the CMA CGM Group that specialises in moving cargo to and from Oceania and beyond, has announced, in line with National Tree Day their new sustainability initiative – Rebuilding Koala Habitats. This initiative involves the collaboration with Australian non-for-profit Koala Clancy Foundation. The Koala Clancy Foundation is an organisation focused...

[Shipping Australia’s note: this article (below) was published on 02 August 2024. Since then, this case has been appealed and the result has been over-turned by a three-judge-decision of the Federal Court on 29 April 2025. You can read the Shipping Australia summary of the appeal case here. You can read the appellate judgement here.]...

By Nicola Rowan This article was first published by EY in its TradeWatch publication and is re-published with permission. The Australian government recently reaffirmed its commitment to Australia’s trade modernisation journey by increasing investments to key agencies to implement several trade reform initiatives. This article provides an overview of these investments and how the digitalisation...

After 12 weeks of successive spot rate increases, the spot market rates have now declined on a variety of routes. Drewry’s World Container Index is down a tad, by about 2% from USD$5,937 per forty foot box to USD$5,806. That’s a weighted average of spot rates of eight East-West routes, so your favourite route might...

Pacific International Lines (PIL) is partnering with WaveBL, a leading provider of digital trade solutions, to provide a wider range of electronic Bill of Lading (eBL) solutions to its customers. With a user-friendly interface, the proven eBL solution will significantly improve the ease, security, efficiency, and sustainability of PIL’s trade documentation process. It will provide...

By: the CSIRO, Australia’s National Science Agency.  Read the original story on the CSIRO website. The loss of the coastal freighter led to one of the largest searches for survivors in Australian maritime history. The vessel’s resting place had remained a mystery, until now. CSIRO, Australia’s national science agency, has helped confirm the resting place...

By: Toni Moate, Chair, National Marine Science Committee and Director, CSIRO National Collections and Marine Infrastructure, CSIRO and Emily Jateff, Adjunct lecturer in archaeology, Flinders University. This article originally appeared in The Conversation and is republished with permission. You can read the original article here.  On August 23 1969, the coastal freighter MV Noongah departed...

MSC Mediterranean Shipping Company has declared that it will not use the Northern Sea Route and has called on the “entire shipping industry” to adopt that stance. “The situation in the Red Sea has rendered transit unsafe for our seafarers, and a drought led to restrictions on daily Panama Canal transits. This has increased the...

Injuries of various kinds account for about one-third of all claims, marine insurer Gard has stated in its “Crew Claims Report 2024”. “The average claim amount for an injury is usually higher than for illness claims. This may be due to the urgency of the treatment required in connection with injuries, which could sometimes require...

Guy Platten, Secretary General of the International Chamber of Shipping, has been awarded the prestigious Man of the Year Award by the Women’s International Shipping &  Trading Association, UK (WISTA, UK). The award ceremony was the flagship event of WISTA’s 50 Years Summer Celebration, which took place at the International Maritime Organization headquarters in London....