Jim Wilson

Swire Projects, a projects and heavy lift shipping services division of Swire Shipping, has announced the Western Australia Express (WAX) service, a monthly semi liner shipping service connecting ports in China, South Korea, Japan, Singapore, the rest of Southeast Asia, and Western Australia. While specifically designed for breakbulk and project cargo, the WAX service employs...

The Federal Government has agreed to invest $70 million to develop the Bell Bay hydrogen hub in Northern Tasmania, which will be part of a $300m package that includes funds from the private sector and the Tasmanian government. It will generate around 740 jobs in management and maintenance such as engineers and technicians, while hub...

The Rev Un Tay dropped by Shipping Australia offices at the start of the year to discuss a subject that is dear to the hearts of both organisations: seafarer welfare. After a wide ranging chat, both organisations agreed to continue talking to tackle issues as and when they arise.

Full work bans are in effect at DP World Sydney, Brisbane and Fremantle. Highly disrupted operations are in effect at DP World Melbourne. As has been reported several times now by Shipping Australia, by others in the supply chain, and in extensive reporting in the general media, Australia’s supply chains are now near – if...

Bombing of the Houthi forces in Yemen in response to the attacks on international shipping has begun. US President Joe Biden said: “Today [January 11], at my direction, U.S. military forces—together with the United Kingdom and with support from Australia, Bahrain, Canada, and the Netherlands—successfully conducted strikes against a number of targets in Yemen used...

The Shipping Australia Annual Review 2023 is now published online! Filled with a mix of views, information and insight, industry leaders look back on the year that was! Senator Bridget McKenzie, the Shadow Minister for Infrastructure, Transport and Regional Development, sets out the need for productivity across the supply chain, the ongoing reviews by the...

The Hon Senator Bridget McKenzie, Shadow Minister for Infrastructure, Transport and Regional Development, writes: As 2023 rolled in, I found myself in a place that feels like home to me – the ocean. Sailing from Hobart to Sydney on the return voyage of our famous yacht race, it was  striking to see how this mighty...

New brooms sweep clean, so the saying goes, and that appears to be true of the new IMO Secretary General who has announced a new senior team, one week after taking up his new position. Mr. Arsenio Dominguez, who took up office as the 10th elected Secretary-General of IMO on 1 January, named the Senior...

DP World, one of the leading port operators, has estimated that the ongoing industrial action in Australia has already cost our economy a staggering $1.34 billion since October last year. This equates to losses of $84 million per week. The impact of this disruption is being felt across key industries such as meat, agriculture, retail,...

Phillip Holmes has been appointed as a director of Shipping Australia. He began his shipping history in 1984 when he joined Columbus Line (later re-branded in Australia to Hamburg Sud) in Melbourne. After a short stint at P&O Nedlloyd in 1997-98, he joined K Line in 1999. Since then, he climbed through the ranks, first...