Jim Wilson

This article was originally published in The Conversation and via the University of Melbourne. We used three-dimensional imaging of ocean waves to capture freakish seas that produce a notorious phenomenon known as rogue waves. Our results are now published in Physical Review Letters*. Rogue waves are giant colossi of the sea – twice as high as neighbouring...

Current weather forecasts for the Panama Canal area indicate steady rainfall from late April that will last for “a few months”, allowing the Panama Canal Authority to normalise conditions by 2025, the Authority has said. However, it warned, normalisation is dependent on the forecasts. If the volume of rain falls short of expectations, then there...

Industry leaders from across the globe have formed the North Pacific Green Corridor Consortium (NPGCC) to work for the decarbonisation of the value chain for commodities between North America and Asia. Global dry bulk shipping major, Oldendorff Carriers, is a founder member alongside Mitsubishi Canada, Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, NYK Bulk & Project Carriers,  the Canadian...

The official opening of the Merchant Navy War Memorial and Columbarium with new and remedial works took place on Sunday 14 April 2024. Commemorating the 862 Australian merchant mariners who sacrificed their lives for their country in World War I and World War II, the event also marked the installation of new sandstone monuments at...

Singapore’s Maritime and Port Authority (MPA) has announced it is developing an artificial intelligence-enabled Vessel Traffic Management system to boost the safety of navigation and the efficiency of the port. The MPA has awarded a prototyping tender to three players for vessel traffic management to develop prototypes at MPA’s “Maritime Innovation Lab” over the next...

Singapore’s Maritime & Port Authority (MPA) has announced a collaboration with Amazon Web Service (an Amazon.com company) to support the maritime industry’s digital and green transformation. “MPA will tap on AWS services including cloud, artificial intelligence (AI), and digital twins to enhance the industry’s efficiency, safety, and sustainability outcomes,” a statement from the MPA reads. ...

The World Shipping Council (WSC) has appointed Joe Kramek as its new President & CEO, to succeed John Butler upon his retirement at the end of July. Before stepping into the position of President & CEO, Joe Kramek served as the WSC’s Director of U.S. Government Relations. His professional journey includes twenty-eight years as a...

Five separate attacks by armed robbers against four large bulk carriers and a general cargo vessel were recorded in the Singapore Straits over the last quarter, the IMB reports. The threat for crew safety is considered to be “high” as five crew were taken hostage in three separate incidents in January. In one late January...

Somali pirates are chasing and firing at ships, and are hijacking vessels, the International Maritime Bureau (IMB) has reported, adding a warning that the amount of violence is increasing. Piracy off the coast of Somalia, a state with a large coastline in the Horn of Africa, became endemic to the region after a local rebellion...

Trade in goods around the world is forecast to pick up over the course of this year, the World Trade Organization has predicted. Volumes should increase by 2.6% in 2024 and 3.3% in 2025 after falling 1.2% in 2023. The fall last year was driven by the effect of high energy prices and inflation, the...