September 12th, 20190Australian authorities have detained a second vessel at a Queensland port after crewmembers reported being owed more than $100,000 in unpaid wages. The Hong Kong-flagged bulk carrier , owned by Chinese company Ocean Prosperity and managed by Dalian Shipping, was delivering clinker — a material used in the manufacture of cement —...
September 6th, 20192A Chinese-owned bulk carrier chartered to carry coal to South Korea has been detained at the Port of Gladstone by the Australian Maritime Safety Authority (AMSA) after crewmembers reported they were owed tens of thousands of dollars in unpaid wages. An inspector from the International Transport Workers' Federation boarded the...
September 5th, 20190The Environmental Protection Alliance (EPA) has written an open letter to the CEO of RightShip, the world’s leading third party ship vetting organisation, demanding that the company amends its environmental rating system to take into account the pollution from scrubbers. The EPA’s forthright letter suggested that RightShip had not...
September 4th, 20190The Australian government is coming under pressure to rescind plans for a biosecurity levy for all incoming ships. The bill has already been twice delayed amid fierce criticism from trading partners, notably Japan, who have described the move as a kind of import tariff. The levy was budgeted to raise A$325m ($220m) in its first...
September 2nd, 20195Dr Lynn Simpson recalls how she put pen to paper 16 years ago to record her worst ever livestock voyage. The ship she was on at the time is still moving animals around the globe. Ongoing damning exposés have forced Australia through social and scientific pressure to finally, officially, raise welfare conditions for animals...
August 27th, 20190Australian compressed natural gas company Global Energy Ventures (GEV) has appointed well known Hong Kong shipping executive Thomas Soderberg as a non-executive director. Soderberg, who heads up Tribini Capital, will commence with GEV on September 1, also taking up the role of head of shipping. He replaces Jens Martin Jensen, who...
August 23rd, 20190Norway’s Wallenius Wilhelmsen has become the third car carrying firm busted by the Australian Competition & Consumer Commission (ACCC), accused of cartel conduct. Australia’s Federal Court will take up the case next week. “Whilst we regret that it has come to this, we are happy to see this matter now proceeding formally. The...
August 21st, 20190Australian forces will add a “modest, meaningful and time-limited” contribution to a United States-led mission in the Strait of Hormuz aimed at protecting freedom of navigation in the Gulf region, the country’s prime minister Scott Morrison has said. The Australian contingent will join military forces from the UK, Bahrain and...
August 16th, 20193There are plenty of times with her day job where Teresa Lloyd feels like she’s banging her head against a brick wall. On the face of it, as an island nation and a major commodity exporter, Australia should have a vibrant, strong maritime industry. The fact that it does not is something that this determined lady is trying to...
August 2nd, 20190Japanese shipping company Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha Ltd (K Line) has been convicted of criminal cartel conduct and ordered by the Federal Court in Australia to pay a fine of A$34.5m ($23.5m) in the latest of a long running series of fine dished out around the world to many of the world’s top car carrier firms. The Federal Court found K...
