Shipping Australia

Advocating Shipping Policy, Sustainability & Safety

We Know Shipping. The major focus of Shipping Australia, as a peak industry body, is both to promote and advance the interests of shipowners and shipping agents in all matters of shipping policy, environmentally sustainable practices and safe ship operations.
  • Policy Council Login
  • Home
  • News & Info
    • Media Releases
    • Events
    • Magazines
    • Photo Gallery
    • Publications
    • Membership
    • Members’ Area
      • Login
    • Factsheets
      • Current Factsheets
      • Fact Sheets 1991 to 1999
    • Industry Links
    • Maritime History
  • Covid-19
  • Courses & Careers
    • On-line Courses
      • Introduction to Shipping
      • Chain of Responsibility
      • Fundamentals of the Maritime Industry
      • Reefer Cargo Handling
    • Courses
    • Careers In Shipping
    • Education
    • Job Vacancies
  • About SAL
    • List of Full Members
    • List of Associate Members
    • Role of SAL
    • Board of Directors
    • Policy Council
    • Steering Groups (National)
    • Committees (State)
    • Young Shipping Australia (YSA)
      • YSA – New South Wales
      • YSA – Victoria
    • Policies
  • Liner Shipping
    • Celebrating the shipping container that changed the world – 50 years of international container shipping for Australia
  • Submissions
  • Contact Us
  • FAQ
    • Standards on Empty Shipping Container Inspection (v2 document, May 2021)
    • Container Hire and Late Return/Detention Charges
    • Food Quality Containers
    • Terminal Access Charges – who should pay?

Shipping Australia agrees with the PM: unions must not be allowed to do the “wrong thing” on the wharfs!

November 17, 2021 by Shipping Australia

Shipping Australia thoroughly supports the comments about unions made by the Prime Minister Scott Morrison recently, on 15 November 2021, at St Marys, NSW. In response to a reporter's question about supply chain problems, the PM said: "it’s … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Media Releases, Members, Policy Council Tagged With: Industrial disputes, industrial relations, Prime Minister, protected industrial action, Scott Morrison, Unions, Waterfront

Christmas-crippling strikes announced by the waterfront union

October 26, 2021 by Shipping Australia

Early in the evening yesterday*, the shipping and trade industries were stunned by news of a sweeping range of aggressive strikes by the Maritime Union of Australia. A series of rolling 12 hour strikes are due every Monday, Wednesday and Friday for … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Media Releases, Members, Policy Council Tagged With: 2021, Container terminals, Industrial action, protected industrial action, Strikes

Ongoing industrial action is reckless and inappropriate

June 18, 2021 by Shipping Australia

Shipping Australia condemns the ongoing industrial action on the waterfront. The vast majority of Australia’s consumer and business goods (as opposed to commodities such as iron ore) are imported or exported in ocean-going container ships which … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Media Releases, Members, Policy Council Tagged With: Container, Container ports, Container shipping, Container terminal operators, Industrial action, protected industrial action

Withdrawal of protected industrial action at Svitzer-serviced ports

January 22, 2021 by Shipping Australia

Towage provider Svitzer has welcomed the decision of the Maritime Union of Australia to withdraw its protected industrial action in ports covered by Svitzer Australia’s National Towage Enterprise Agreement as of midday, Wednesday 20 January … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Media Releases, Members, Policy Council Tagged With: MUA, protected industrial action, Svitzer Australia

MUA to shut down DPWA’s Fremantle container terminal over Christmas/New Year

December 23, 2020 by Shipping Australia

Notice of a new Protected Industrial Action banning the performance of work on all ships has been given by the Maritime Union of Australia to DPWA. The new industrial action runs from December to early January and affects the DPWA terminal in … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Media Releases, Members, Policy Council Tagged With: DPW Australia, DPWA, EBA, Enterprise agreement, Enterprise bargaining, Enterprise Bargaining Agreement, Fremantle, PIA, protected industrial action, Strikes, Work ban, Work bans

Next Page »

Upcoming Events

« June 2022 » loading...
M T W T F S S
30
31
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
1
2
3

Sign up to our Signal Newsletter

By clicking subscribe you agree to our privacy policy and to receive our email correspondence from which you may unsubscribe at any time

Subscribe

Subscribe to Sal Magazine

Become a Shipping Australia Member

Shipping Australia Ltd provides professional support to its members through promoting member interests. Membership is open to all ship owners, operators and agents both Australian and International providing services to or within Australia.

Become a Member

Shipping Australia Full Members

  • A.P. Moller-Maersk A/S
  • Asiaworld Shipping Services Pty Ltd
  • Austral Asia Line Pte Ltd
  • BBC Chartering
  • CMA CGM Group Agencies (Australia & New Zealand) Pty Ltd
  • Engage Marine
  • Evergreen Marine Australia Pty Ltd
  • Gulf Agency Company (Australia) Pty Ltd
  • Hamburg Sud Australia Pty Ltd
  • Hapag-Lloyd Australia Pty Ltd
  • HMM Australia Pty Ltd
  • Inchcape Shipping Services
  • K Line (Australia) Pty Ltd
  • LBH Australia Pty Ltd
  • Leeward Group
  • Mediterranean Shipping Co (Aust) Pty Ltd
  • MOL Shipping Australia PTY LTD
  • Monson Agencies Australia Pty Ltd
  • Neptune Pacific Agency Australia P/L
  • NYK Australia Pty Ltd
  • Ocean Network Express (Australia) Pty Ltd
  • Oldendorff Carriers
  • OOCL (Australia) Pty Ltd
  • Pacific Asia Express Pty Ltd
  • Seaway Agencies Pty Ltd
  • Ship Agency Services Pty Ltd
  • Svitzer Australia Pty Ltd
  • Swire Shipping Pte. Ltd
  • Wallenius Wilhelmsen Ocean AS
  • Wilhelmsen Ships Service

View All

Copyright © 2022 · Shipping Australia · Site by Love Communications

Privacy Policy | Terms of Use