Day of the Seafarer 2017
This year, once again, the 25th June will mark the annual Day of the Seafarer (DotS), and the International Maritime Organisation (IMO) has announced its…
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Verified Gross Mass Seminar – Perth
Wednesday the 16th March saw the shipping industry in Perth come together to discuss the upcoming changes in the SOLAS (Safety of Life at Sea)…
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Chinese New Year 2016
Chinese New Year is a fantastic time of the year. It’s full of colour, excitement and tradition. It is the time to eat, celebrate, cleanse…
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Overweight containers – the problem
With the introduction date for the amendments in the SOLAS convention July 1 2016 speeding towards us, the time will soon come when all shipping…
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Maersk Garonne Grounding – Preliminary Report
The Australian Transport Safety Bureau have recently released their preliminary report into the February grounding of the Maersk Garonne in Fremantle harbour In the early…
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MOL Precision detained in Seattle
The U.S. Coast Guard has detained an MOL containership in Seattle over multiple significant violations discovered during port state control inspections. The violations were discovered…
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Shipment of contraband discovered in East Jerusalem
Two shipping containers have been confiscated in Afula after the discovery of an unprecedented amount of tasers, machetes and commando knives, fireworks, and other “cold…
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Illict Tobacco Seized
Australian Customs and Border Protection officers have done it again. A container that arrived into Melbourne port from Vietnam has been examined at Melbourne’s Container…
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Drugs found in shipping container in Canada
A container arriving from India to Toronto has been stopped and searched at the Port of Montreal by the Canada Border Services Agencies (CBSA). The…
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The Outdoor Room
Are relatives coming to visit and you need a spare room? Do you have an annoying teenager you want out of the house? Or perhaps…
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