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Canberra’s maritime policy stalls; Australia’s productivity falls

Putting maritime policy into practice will be the two year theme for  the IMO’s World Maritime Day in 2026 and 2027. Having a two-year theme...
Putting maritime policy into practice will be the two year theme for  the IMO’s World Maritime Day in 2026 and 2027. Having a two-year theme is highly unusual for the International Maritime Organization. IMO Secretary-General Arsenio Dominguez, who proposed the two-year theme, talked of the IMO’s commitment to ensuring regulations are put into action. “This...
August 1, 2025

Productivity on the Agenda: Shipping Australia’s key points

Shipping Australia was pleased to be invited to make several submissions lately to government bodies on the thorny topic of Australian productivity, which is Canberra’s...
Shipping Australia was pleased to be invited to make several submissions lately to government bodies on the thorny topic of Australian productivity, which is Canberra’s current policy push. There were common positions across our submissions, so we’ve summarised them here. Ocean shipping is vitally important to the Australian economy – to our imports, our exports,...
August 1, 2025

Panama imposes speed restrictions to protect whales

A speed limit of 10 knots (about 18.5 km/hr) has been imposed by the Panama Canal Authority on transits in the Gulf of Panama. The...
A speed limit of 10 knots (about 18.5 km/hr) has been imposed by the Panama Canal Authority on transits in the Gulf of Panama. The Gulf is on the southern side of the Canal. The Authority has imposed the restriction following the recommendation of the International Maritime Organization which States that “to reduce the potential...
August 1, 2025

CMA CGM and TotalEnergies to launch LNG bunkering logistics joint venture

CMA CGM and TotalEnergies have entered into an agreement to develop a 50/50 logistics joint venture dedicated to the implementation and operation of a liquefied...
CMA CGM and TotalEnergies have entered into an agreement to develop a 50/50 logistics joint venture dedicated to the implementation and operation of a liquefied natural gas (LNG) bunker supply solution at the port of Rotterdam, in the Netherlands. The TotalEnergies-CMA CGM JV will offer a complete logistics service in the Amsterdam-Rotterdam-Antwerp (ARA) region. A...
August 1, 2025

Young officer saves 12 lives at sea despite immense risk from lethal waves and strong currents

Lee Tae-Young (South Korea) will receive this year’s International Maritime Organization’s Award for Exceptional Bravery at Sea in recognition of his heroism in saving the...
Lee Tae-Young (South Korea) will receive this year’s International Maritime Organization’s Award for Exceptional Bravery at Sea in recognition of his heroism in saving the lives of 12 colleagues “at immense risk to his own life”. He will be recognised by the IMO for his “extraordinary leadership, courage and selflessness”. The IMO reports that, in...
July 25, 2025

Shipping needs to radically re-think role of watchkeepers, says MAIB

A mixed bag of interesting maritime developments has been revealed by the UK’s Maritime Accident Investigation Branch annual report for 2024, which has just been...
A mixed bag of interesting maritime developments has been revealed by the UK’s Maritime Accident Investigation Branch annual report for 2024, which has just been released. The annual report is extraordinarily wide-ranging, including a range of non-commercial shipping sectors, so there are a scattering of interesting facts, across a variety of maritime domains. We here...
July 25, 2025

Canberra’s maritime policy stalls; Australia’s productivity falls

Putting maritime policy into practice will be the two year theme for  the IMO’s World Maritime Day in 2026 and 2027. Having a two-year theme...
Putting maritime policy into practice will be the two year theme for  the IMO’s World Maritime Day in 2026 and 2027. Having a two-year theme is highly unusual for the International Maritime Organization. IMO Secretary-General Arsenio Dominguez, who proposed the two-year theme, talked of the IMO’s commitment to ensuring regulations are put into action. “This...
August 1, 2025

Productivity on the Agenda: Shipping Australia’s key points

Shipping Australia was pleased to be invited to make several submissions lately to government bodies on the thorny topic of Australian productivity, which is Canberra’s...
Shipping Australia was pleased to be invited to make several submissions lately to government bodies on the thorny topic of Australian productivity, which is Canberra’s current policy push. There were common positions across our submissions, so we’ve summarised them here. Ocean shipping is vitally important to the Australian economy – to our imports, our exports,...
August 1, 2025

Panama imposes speed restrictions to protect whales

A speed limit of 10 knots (about 18.5 km/hr) has been imposed by the Panama Canal Authority on transits in the Gulf of Panama. The...
A speed limit of 10 knots (about 18.5 km/hr) has been imposed by the Panama Canal Authority on transits in the Gulf of Panama. The Gulf is on the southern side of the Canal. The Authority has imposed the restriction following the recommendation of the International Maritime Organization which States that “to reduce the potential...
August 1, 2025

CMA CGM and TotalEnergies to launch LNG bunkering logistics joint venture

CMA CGM and TotalEnergies have entered into an agreement to develop a 50/50 logistics joint venture dedicated to the implementation and operation of a liquefied...
CMA CGM and TotalEnergies have entered into an agreement to develop a 50/50 logistics joint venture dedicated to the implementation and operation of a liquefied natural gas (LNG) bunker supply solution at the port of Rotterdam, in the Netherlands. The TotalEnergies-CMA CGM JV will offer a complete logistics service in the Amsterdam-Rotterdam-Antwerp (ARA) region. A...
August 1, 2025

Young officer saves 12 lives at sea despite immense risk from lethal waves and strong currents

Lee Tae-Young (South Korea) will receive this year’s International Maritime Organization’s Award for Exceptional Bravery at Sea in recognition of his heroism in saving the...
Lee Tae-Young (South Korea) will receive this year’s International Maritime Organization’s Award for Exceptional Bravery at Sea in recognition of his heroism in saving the lives of 12 colleagues “at immense risk to his own life”. He will be recognised by the IMO for his “extraordinary leadership, courage and selflessness”. The IMO reports that, in...
July 25, 2025

Shipping needs to radically re-think role of watchkeepers, says MAIB

A mixed bag of interesting maritime developments has been revealed by the UK’s Maritime Accident Investigation Branch annual report for 2024, which has just been...
A mixed bag of interesting maritime developments has been revealed by the UK’s Maritime Accident Investigation Branch annual report for 2024, which has just been released. The annual report is extraordinarily wide-ranging, including a range of non-commercial shipping sectors, so there are a scattering of interesting facts, across a variety of maritime domains. We here...
July 25, 2025

Upcoming Events

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Shipping Australia’s Victorian State Committee Luncheon – Friday 15 August 2025

August 15, 2025 @ 12:00pm
 - 3:00pm
PROUDLY SPONSORED BY     KEYNOTE SPEAKER Ms Roma Britnell Shadow Minister for Ports and Freight   At Kooyong Lawn Tennis Club – Kooyong Room,...
PROUDLY SPONSORED BY     KEYNOTE SPEAKER Ms Roma Britnell Shadow Minister for Ports and Freight   At Kooyong Lawn Tennis Club – Kooyong Room, Melbourne   DAY & DATE: Friday 15 August 2025 TIME: 1200 hrs for 1230 hrs Please get your tickets before COB Wednesday, 6 August 2025 as seating is limited and...

TICKETS NOW ON SALE! NSW State Committee Spring Parliamentary Luncheon – 18 September 2025

September 18, 2025 @ 12:00pm
 - 3:00pm
PROUDLY SPONSORED BY Port of Newcastle SUPPORT SPONSOR                     GUEST SPEAKER The Hon. John Graham MLC Minister...
PROUDLY SPONSORED BY Port of Newcastle SUPPORT SPONSOR                     GUEST SPEAKER The Hon. John Graham MLC Minister for Transport Deputy Leader in the NSW Legislative Council       DAY & DATE:          Thursday, 18 September 2025 TIME:             ...
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