January 13th, 20203Former Wellard CEO Mauro Balzarini will launch a new venture focused on developing a new generation of livestock carriers. Balzarini stepped down as CEO of Australia’s Wellard in June, ending 40 years of involvement with the company by his family. Now, having relocated to Queenstown in New Zealand and following an out of court...
December 5th, 20194The Australian government is backtracking on its commitment to improve conditions onboard livestock carriers. Dr Lynn Simpson is not impressed. An almost unbelievable turn of events has occurred. Unbelievable if you were not familiar with the draconian thinking of the Australian government. The government that declared an immediate...
November 27th, 20191“If these passengers wore school uniforms instead of wool …” Dr Lynn Simpson is not letting up in her condemnation of Sunday’s latest livestock carrier tragedy. Last night footage was released of the surviving trapped sheep inside the capsized . It has taken three days and overwhelming global public outcry, condemnation and...
November 26th, 20195The Queen Hind, which capsized in Romania’s Midia Port on Sunday, is now a torture chamber of a different sort, writes Dr Lynn Simpson. Previous reports of no survivors onboard the capsized livestock carrier have proven to be nauseatingly incorrect. Video released yesterday show possibly hundreds of sheep alive and trapped on the...
November 25th, 20199Dr Lynn Simpson questions what the EU will do in the wake of yet another livestock shipping tragedy yesterday. How long will authorities allow this madness to continue? Romania and the EU are yet again under the global spotlight with animal welfare failure. Romanian farmers are outraged, and welfare groups are yet again proven right-...
September 19th, 20191Dr Lynn Simpson looks at the South African livestock trades. With no apparent intention to comply with the new Australian Maritime Safety Authority (AMSA), single tier, sheep deck regulations, coming into force in Australia in just 14 weeks the is currently waiting outside the port of East London in South Africa to try its luck...
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...
June 11th, 20190Financially troubled Australian livestock exporter Wellard may be forced to sell one of its ships after it defaulted on debt payments today. The company said today it was looking at ways of restructuring its balance sheet, including the possibility of selling a vessel. Earlier this month it was revealed Mauro Balzarino, the founder...
June 3rd, 20190Australia’s top livestock shipping company is changing management. Mauro Balzarino, the founder and CEO of Wellard for the past 15 years, has stepped down as chief executive, but remains a non-executive director. Amid tough financial conditions, Balzarini had effectively handed over day-to-day management of Wellard to executive...
March 25th, 20191Livestock carriers have the oldest age profile in deepsea shipping. The sulphur cap should ensure many of them find their way to beaches in South Asia soon, writes Dr Lynn Simpson. Another day of ovine gridlock on a sheep ship. No indicators, no brake lights, no problem; nowhere to go. Images like this will soon be historical. Why?...
