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Vietnam introduces tough new container weight laws

Overweight containers are a serious issue for the industry, impacting crew, vessel and cargo safety. While IMO changes will not come in to effect until 2016, some countries are seeking to address the issue with domestic legislation. The Association is grateful to correspondents Total Marine Claims for their assistance with this update. This article has […]

Hoegh Osaka salvage update

Salvage work on the Hoegh Osaka continues in the Alpha Anchorage. Svitzer, the nominated salvage company, has been pumping water from the lower decks, with the vessels severe list being reduced by 15 degrees to approx 37 degrees.  The vessel was previously leaning at an astonishing 52 degrees. The Maritime and Coastguard Agency (MCA) has […]

Shanghai takes the cake

The throughput port statistics for 2014 are out with Shanghai, China being crowned the world’s busiest port. We had previously reported on Shanghai ports 2012 numbers in which Shanghai handled 32.5 million twenty foot shipping containers. in 2013, 33.77 million twenty foot containers were moved. Now let there be a drum roll for the 2014 numbers………. […]

Australia, Japan free trade agreement begins

If you have 15th January 2015 marked in your calender and you are not sure why, maybe it’s because you wanted to remind yourself that the Australia, Japan Free trade agreement begins today! This exciting agreement has been billed as the ‘most significant bilateral economic agreement made in more than 50 years’ – our Prime […]

Worldwide customs seizures

We love showing you how hard Customs Departments around the world are working hard for their countries. Contraband seizures made by Customs officers are not always of drugs or the like.  They can be of any commodity deemed as prohibited by that particular country. In saying that, we’d like to bring you a few stories […]

Car vs Shipping container

So in the match of a car versus shipping container, who will win?  If you had placed your bet on the shipping container, you are right! At two and a half tonne, this empty shipping container completely annihilated the back end of this vehicle, causing no end of grief for it’s owners. This stroke of […]

Hoegh Osaka Update

Still listing on an incredible angle, the Hoegh Osaka seesaws on the Solent (Alpha Anchorage) Many of us in the shipping industry, along with car industry enthusiasts, have been keeping a close on the situation occurring in the Solent with the Hoegh Osaka. The 190m long vessel roll on/roll off vessel was beached on the […]

Illegal Logging facts

The 30th November 2014 saw the Australian Department of Agriculture introduce a new law on regulated timber products. This now means that Under the Illegal Logging Prohibition Act 2012, it is now a criminal offense to import illegally logged timber and timber products into Australia or to process domestically grown raw logs that have been […]

Hoegh Osaka has self-floated

It has been reported overnight that the stricken cargo vessel, the Hoegh Osaka, has self floated itself from the sand at Bramble Bar. Tugs are now towing the vessel to a holding position in Southampton water.  At this stage, there has been minimal disruption to vessel movements in the area. The UK Maritime and Coastguard […]