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Addressing Challenges Together

The challengers facing seafarers on a daily basis is a constant one when it comes to piracy.  We’ve reported several times on pirate attacks occurring close to home in the Straights of Malacca and other surrounding areas. This article has been taken directly from the Australian Border Force website and re-iterates Australia’s involvement in the […]

Why weight? The clock is ticking

There is a common phrase embedded into insurance law that the party presenting the risk must act with “utmost good faith” when communicating information pertaining to a business transaction. The container supply chain has evolved through its 50-plus years’ history into a complex range of business transactions between multiple entities involving the movement of cargo […]

Fremantle Ports Maritime Day 2015

​Fremantle Ports’ annual free Maritime Day is on once again on Victoria Quay and on the water. Find out about the Port of Fremantle, visit the many displays in B Shed and around Victoria Quay and go on board some vessels, including the Duyfken replica, a Svitzer tug or a Challenger Institute of Technology boat. Maritime […]

Search ends for El Faro survivors

The U.S. Coast Guard has ended it search for possible survivors from the American cargo ship El Faro, which is believed to have sank Thursday with the loss of all 33 crew members. The announcement comes an exhaustive 6-day search for survivors covering more than 183,000 square nautical miles. The search was officially suspended Wednesday night […]

Trans Pacific Partnership

Negotiators in the US announced an agreement had been reached as to the terms of the Trans Pacific Partnership. The TPP involves Australia, the US, Japan, Canada, Mexico, Vietnam, New Zealand, Chile, Peru, Singapore and Brunei. It will be the world’s largest FTA covering 40% of global GDP. Key outcomes The TPP addresses a variety […]

Palm oil and Illegal Logging

Late last year (30 November 2014) the Australian Department of Agriculture (DAFF) issued a notification advising that anyone importing regulated timber products into Australia would now become responsible for providing due diligence to prove that the timber was not illegally logged.  The Illegal Logging trade causes enormous damage to forests and their local communities and […]

Importers that apply for own Quarantine Import Permits UPDATE

  ATTENTION: All Importers that apply for your own Quarantine Import Permits   The Department of Agriculture and Water Resources has revised the implementation approach of the new Biosecurity Import Conditions (BICON) system. The new approach involves an expansion of the current pilot until 18 October 2015 followed by the progressive removal of ePermits, ICON […]

Missing cargo ship “El Faro” update

The worst thing facing the captain of the El Faro when he sailed his 790-foot container ship from Jacksonville, Florida, on Sept. 29 was a tropical storm more than 400 miles from the Bahamas. Within a day, that had changed. The storm named Joaquin quickly grew to become a Category 3 hurricane strong enough to snap […]

Ningbo – Zhoushan Port Merger

With a larger scale port consolidation due to begin soon, the most recent long-awaited port merger has been completed. The Port of Ningbo has merged with Zhoushan to create a super port which has been placed under Ningbo-Zhoushan Port, The two ports, adjacent to each other in China’s Zhejiang province, have long joined hands in […]