Australia
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Dry Cargo
Maritime Union of Australia lashes out at Greek ship ‘riddled with deficiencies’
The Maritime Union of Australia (MUA) has hit out at a Panamanian-flagged bulk carrier for its deplorable conditions onboard. The…
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Environment
Study looks at impact of anchors on the Australian seabed
The University of Wollongong in Australia is launching a study looking at the impact anchors and chains have on Australia’s…
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Finance and Insurance
Songa settles Australian tax dispute
Songa Offshore has settled a long-standing spat with Australian tax authorities, agreeing to pay A$1.2m ($0.8m). The case dates back…
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Offshore
Stena hit with $230,000 fine over Australian rig deaths
Stena has been fined A$330,000 ($230,000) by an Australian court over the deaths of two rig workers three years ago.…
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Regulatory
Australian plans to tinker with cabotage will decimate number of local seafarers
Plans by Australian prime minister Tony Abbott to relax cabotage laws could see the local seafaring workforce contract by more…
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Middle East
Polarcus wins new survey work in Australia
Dubai-based seismic vessel operator Polarcus has announced a new contract, from an undisclosed client, for a 3D marine seismic project…
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Operations
‘Locked in hatches on a starvation diet’: ITF unearths another shocking case of seafarer abuse in Australia
A foreign crew in Australia’s Mackay port has been denied basic rights such as access to food and has been…
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Ports and Logistics
Sydney on course to overhaul Melbourne as Australia’s number 1 boxport
There is a likely change coming in the top container port rankings Down Under, with Sydney on course to overtake…
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Operations
Court blocks redundancies at Sydney and Brisbane ports
Ninety-seven workers at the ports of Sydney and Brisbane in Australia will keep their jobs after a Federal Court granted…
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Ports and Logistics
Hutchison taken to court over Australian redundancies
The standoff between Hutchison Ports Australia and a number of sacked dockworkers is heading to court. Last week the terminal…
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Ports and Logistics
Industrial dispute taking its toll on Hutchison’s Australian terminals
As the industrial dispute between workers and Hutchison Ports Australia stretches into a fifth day there looks to be no…
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Ports and Logistics
Protests at Hutchison’s Australian redundancies
Workers at Hutchinson Ports Australia picketed its two terminals on Sunday in a 24-hour protest against the abrupt redundancies of…
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Operations
Turkish seafarer awaits deportation after jumping ship in Australia
A Turkish seafarer was caught and detained by police last week after he failed to return from shore leave at…
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Greater China
Hutchison fires up a storm Down Under with redundancies
Hutchison Ports Australia has kicked off a storm of protests at its terminals Down Under by making around 100 workers…
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Ports and Logistics
DP World wins battle with Port of Melbourne
The long simmering battle between the terminal operator DP World and the Port of Melbourne over an astronomical 750% rent…
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Dry Cargo
Australian ship agency in the market to become a dry bulk owner
An Australian shipping services provider is looking to become a shipowner and possibly pushing through an initial public offering too.…
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Ports and Logistics
Hutchison to cut 40% of its Australian staff
Local media in Australia is reporting Hong Kong’s Hutchison Port Holdings (HPH) is cutting more than 40% of its staff…
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Containers
China Sea Rates: New Silk Road plans threaten liner industry
Caringbah: China’s plans to build more and more land links with Europe could seriously harm shipping lines in five years’…
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Operations
Ship fined for dumping food waste in Australia
Sydney: The boxship ANL Kardinia has been fined A$4,000 ($3,000) for dumping food waste in February onto the Great Barrier…
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Tankers
Brisbane refinery blockaded in support of Alexander Spirit
Athens: Caltex’s Brisbane refinery in Australia has been blockaded by around 24 Maritime Union of Australia (MUA) protesters in support…
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