Jim Wilson

Shareholders of the German company, Hanseatic Energy Hub, have given the green light to build Germany’s first land-based terminal for liquefied gases. Builders Técnicas Reunidas, FCC, and Enka, will build the Euro 1 billion (AUD$1.64 billion) hub at Stade Industrial Park, near the Elbe River and about 30km west-by-north of the Hamburg, in northern Germany....

The Mission to Seafarers has joined the Sustainable Shipping Initiative, an international NGO headquartered just outside London, in the UK. ”We are delighted to be joining the Sustainable Shipping Initiative at a time when the industry is facing tough choices toward meeting their ESG goals. Seafarers are at the forefront of delivering change for industry,...

The IMO International Day for Women in Maritime is observed on 18 May every year. To celebrate the Day, Shipping Australia and Women’s International Shipping & Trading Association (WISTA Australia), are holding a luncheon in Melbourne on Wednesday 15 May with a panel of industry leaders – My Therese Blank (Head of Oceania Market for...

NSW government body, IPART, has ruled that the Port of Newcastle need only make a one-off compensation payment of a mere $13 million (thirteen million Australian dollars) to be be rid of its container trade restrictions. If the one-off payment is made, it will remove the port’s liability to reimburse the State for payments that...

Complaints relating conditions of employment continue to make up the majority (54 per cent) of the Maritime Labour Convention complaints reported to the Australian Maritime Safety Authority last year, AMSA has reported, which is consistent with previous years. The proportion of these complaints in relation to others decreased slightly from 57 per cent in 2022...

Maritime Labour Convention-related detainable ship deficiencies have fallen from 7.3 per cent in 2022 to 4.2 per cent in 2023, according to the Australian Maritime Safety Authority in its March 2024 “Maritime Safety Awareness Bulletin”. “This reduction is likely due to a focus by some flag states on vessels coming to Australia and the return...

Mehrangiz Shahbakhsh from Shipping Australia met representatives from WISTA for the WISTA NSW Breakfast catch-up for Maritime and Logistics Professionals. The dialogue at the event was lively, with the experts from various maritime sectors discussing topics such as maritime law, seafarers’ training, and advanced technologies such as artificial intelligence. Held on April 4, at “The...

Following the recent catastrophic allision* in Baltimore that destroyed the Francis Scott Key Bridge, thoughts will naturally turn to the risk of ship-bridge strikes elsewhere in the world. In Australia, in Tasmania specifically, there was a ship-bridge strike when the dry bulker Lake Illawarra hit the Tasman Bridge in Hobart, collapsing the bridge and tragically...

Shipping Australia was saddened to learn of the tragic death of Fremantle Ports CEO, Michael Parker, who died suddenly this week. He leaves behind a wife and four children. WA Ports Minister, David Michael MLA, was reported as saying he was: “shocked and saddened to hear of the sudden passing”. He was reported as adding:...

Shipping Company Fu Ye Shipping, operator of the general cargo ship Boshi 58, and the ship’s master have been prosecuted, convicted, and fined for a serious ladder-related accident that injured a maritime pilot. After pleading guilty, the ship master and the company were fined $5,300 and $32,000, respectively for failing to ensure pilot transfer arrangements...