Major container ports in Australia have once again generally performed extraordinarily badly, according to data released by the World Bank. Out of approximately 400 ports, worldwide, Australian ports performed as follows: Worst: Fremantle. Rank: 366 out of 400. Performance: -74.4. Second worst: Port Botany (Sydney). Rank 351 out of 400. Performance: -56.0. Third worst: Brisbane....

The Secretary General of the International Maritime Organization, Arsenio Dominguez, has declared that no commercial or operational considerations can justify exposing seafarers to the level of danger currently posed by the conflict in the Strait of Hormuz area. The Secretary General’s statement reads: “I am increasingly concerned by reports that vessels continue to attempt to...