Jim Wilson

Executives from the World Shipping Council, the global body that represents container liner shipping, and the nature charity WWF, have presented the Joint Industry Guidelines for Combatting Illegal Wildlife Trafficking to the International Maritime Organization. “Wildlife crime is a critical threat to biodiversity, economies, national and international security, and global health. According to an Interpol...

Industry body Intercargo, which represents the international dry bulk shipping industry, and RightShip, a maritime consultant and inspection company, have set up the Dry Bulk Centre for Excellence. The DBCE has been set up to to evolve and disseminate the Dry Bulk Management Standard Framework. The DryBMS is a quality management standard, set of best...

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...