Jim Wilson

Shipping Australia would like to wish everyone in the Australian and international shipping industries a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. We will be taking a couple of days off for Christmas, Boxing Day, and the first day of the New Year. But we will otherwise be generally working and are available by phone,...

Freight Victoria, a government entity set up to co-ordinate on freight matters, has declared that there are prolonged container supply chain disruptions at the Port of Melbourne which justifies the notification of a “Disruption Event” under a Voluntary Code of Practice. That, in turn, leads to the Department for Transport and Planning setting up and...

US Secretary of Defense, Lloyd J Austin III earlier this week announced the set-up of “Operation Prosperity Guardian“, a multi-national naval operation under the Combined Maritime Forces Coalition, to protect international shipping from terrorist attacks in the Red Sea. After the outbreak of the 2023 Hamas-Israel violence in October 2023, the Yemeni-based armed political movement...

Mr. Arsenio Antonio Dominguez Velasco has been confirmed as the next Secretary-General of the International Maritime Organization (IMO). The IMO Assembly unanimously approved (30 November) the decision of the Council at its 129th session (C129) to appoint him to the role. Mr. Dominguez Velasco will take up the office of Secretary-General on 1 January 2024...

The competition watchdog, the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission, has released its 2023 Container Stevedoring Monitoring report. Key findings: Supply Chain Recovery The ACCC noted that The supply chain operated in a more predictable way in 2022–23, with improvements in vessel schedule reliability helping to reduce congestion. Global shipping container freight rates fell considerably over...

The Australian Maritime Safety Authority (AMSA) has issued a statement to industry about a “new stream of government contract-based work” in 2024. It has also announced a new delivery model for the ongoing maintenance of a network of important aids to navigation (AtoN). AMSA is encouraging businesses to register on the AusTender network. Tenders will...

SAL NSW State Committee Christmas Luncheon 2023 is now SOLD OUT!!! Venue: Maritime Ballroom, Hyatt Regency Day & Date: 08 December 2023 Time: 12:00 to 3pm   We would like to thank our generous sponsors, Ausport Marine and OneStop. Without their kind support we simply could not host the Christmas event.   If you have a ticket, we’ll look forward to...

Global dry bulk major, Oldendorff Carriers, has began a bulker-biofuel trial in a Newcastlemax on a Brazil-Asia voyage. Working hand-in-hand with Brazilian miner Vale, the iron-ore carrying Hinrich Oldendorff (209,113 deadweigth; 2016 built) took biofuel in Singapore on October 16 for a ballast-voyage to Brazil. the ship then loaded Vale’s iron ore on November 28th...

The design of the workhorse of global trade and international shipping, the dry bulk carrier, poses decarbonisation challenges, an Intercargo executive has advised the industry. Speaking at “Solutions for Sustainable Dry Bulk Shipping,” held in Athens, Greece, INTERCARGO Chairman Dimitris Fafalios advised: “Shipping is an extremely wide term covering both tramp and liner sectors. Our...

Uncertainty as to the type of fuel that will be used in the future, and uncertainty over the scope of regulatory measures, are delaying investment in low-carbon fuels and the shipping fleet, the UN Conference on Trade & Development (UNCTAD) has asserted in a new policy brief. The UN body adds that shipping cannot decarbonise...