Rod Sims, the Australian Competition & Consumer Chairman, has forcefully argued that market competition in Australia is facing big challenges. Speaking at the UniSA & ACCC Competition Law and Economics Workshop recently, Mr Sims addressed … [Read more...]
Poseidon Sea Pilots’ Captain Robert Buck and the unforgiving sea
Mariners say the ocean can be unforgiving. During a voyage as a junior officer, Robert Buck found just out how much. Although he didn’t know it, he was a little more than four minutes from disaster. “We knew the cyclone was out there,” Robert … [Read more...]
Swire Group joins the Maersk Mc-Kinney Møller Center for Zero Carbon Shipping
John Swire & Sons Limited, the parent company of the Swire Group, and Mærsk Mc-Kinney Møller Center for Zero Carbon Shipping have signed a partnership agreement, committing to a long-term collaboration for the development of safe and sustainable … [Read more...]
New chair and directors for Auckland
Ports of Auckland has elected a new chair and has appointed two new directors. Jan Dawson was elected by the Board of Directors as the new chair of the Ports of Auckland following the retirement of the previous incumbent, Bill Osbourne. Mr Dawson … [Read more...]
An apparent lacuna in the law relating to the sea-carriage of goods
Barrister Gregory Nell, SC, and chair of AMTAC discusses the law relating to section 11 of the Carriage of Goods by Sea Act 1991. That section relates to the governing law of, and effectiveness of foreign jurisdiction and arbitration clauses in, … [Read more...]