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Six crew on livestock carrier contract coronavirus
Six crewmembers of a livestock carrier docked in Fremantle have tested positive for coronavirus. The arrived in Fremantle last Friday…
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Six crew on livestock carrier contract coronavirus
Six crewmembers of a livestock carrier docked in Fremantle have tested positive for coronavirus. The arrived in Fremantle last Friday…
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Balzarini’s new livestock shipping venture delayed by coronavirus
NextSeaWell, the livestock carrier project launched by former Wellard boss Mauro Balzarini, has been delayed due to the lockdown in…
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Dublin bans Turkish livestock carrier pair
The Irish government has banned the operator of two regular livestock carriers, the Atlantic M and the Express 1, from…
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Former Wellard boss plans livestock return
Former Wellard CEO Mauro Balzarini will launch a new venture focused on developing a new generation of livestock carriers. Balzarini…
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Live Animal Export: Canberra opens the door to exemptions for improving animal welfare
The Australian government is backtracking on its commitment to improve conditions onboard livestock carriers. Dr Lynn Simpson is not impressed.…
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Live Animal Export: Rescue of survivors restarted three days after ship capsizes
“If these passengers wore school uniforms instead of wool …” Dr Lynn Simpson is not letting up in her condemnation…
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Live Animal Export: Queen Hind survivors condemned to a slow, cruel death
The Queen Hind, which capsized in Romania’s Midia Port on Sunday, is now a torture chamber of a different sort,…
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Live Animal Export: Loaded sheep ship capsizes, 13,567 sheep drown
Dr Lynn Simpson questions what the EU will do in the wake of yet another livestock shipping tragedy yesterday. How…
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Live Animal Export: Running out of options
Dr Lynn Simpson looks at the South African livestock trades. With no apparent intention to comply with the new Australian…
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Live Animal Export: Poetic justice
Dr Lynn Simpson recalls how she put pen to paper 16 years ago to record her worst ever livestock voyage.…
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Livestock shipper Wellard looks at vessel sales after defaulting on debt
Financially troubled Australian livestock exporter Wellard may be forced to sell one of its ships after it defaulted on debt…
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Wellard founder steps down
Australia’s top livestock shipping company is changing management. Mauro Balzarino, the founder and CEO of Wellard for the past 15…
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Live Animal Export: Can farmers find an alternative in only 40 weeks?
Livestock carriers have the oldest age profile in deepsea shipping. The sulphur cap should ensure many of them find their…
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Live Animal Export: Industrial insecurity
Regular livestock contributor Dr Lynn Simpson makes her 2019 debut warning there’s still plenty to fix in this trade. Where…
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Australian authorities take action against unstable livestock carrier
The Australian Maritime Safety Authority (AMSA) has withdrawn the Australian Certificate for the Carriage of Livestock (ACCL) for the livestock…
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Unstable livestock carrier detained
In another setback for the Australian livestock exporting community a ship carrying more than 4,300 cows was detained today after…
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Live Animal Export: Review dismembers current Australian regulations
Dr Lynn Simpson gives her verdict on the Moss review looking into Australia’s Live Animal Export industry. Several months late…
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Live Animal Export: Australian export licence permanently cancelled
Dr Lynn Simpson reports on a remarkable day as the livestock trades edge ever closer to oblivion. After decades of…
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Live Animal Export: The global trade is dying
Dr Lynn Simpson reports on the pullback from live animal exports seen across the world in recent months. Too many…
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