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Pirates attack container ship

Pirates have stormed a container ship off the coast of Guinea on Wednesday, making off with money and some of its cargo but leaving the crew unharmed, the government said. They fired guns and briefly held the crew hostage while they were looting the ship named Wendok, Guinea government spokesman Albert Camara said by telephone. […]

Crew not required

The below article has been taken from Lloyds List Australia and is the views and opinion from Peter van Duyn – Institute for Supply Chain and Logistics at Victoria University, Melbourne, Victoria. Crew not required – what happens when we don’t need humans on ships? Rolls Royce Marine, in collaboration with a number of Finland’s […]

Perishable goods hide drugs

When you think of a banana with all the fixings, you’re more likely to think of a banana split than what authorities recently uncovered at the port of Algeciras, Spain, earlier last month. Officials found 1,984 pounds of cocaine inside a shipping container filled with bananas. Packets reportedly containing cocaine are displayed by Spanish authorities. […]

Drone’s eye view

From time to time we are sent amazing videos from ports around the world. Today’s clip is from the Port of Amsterdam and was taken via drone of the SAIL event. Along with the presence of the Tall Ships, SAIL is the biggest sailing event in Amsterdam shows off maritime heritage and support.  It is […]

SOLAS two months on..

The SOLAS verified gross mass (VGM) regulations have been in place for more than two months now – long enough for the transport industry to find many of the kinks in the system. Australian Maritime Safety Association principal advisor cargoes and technical Tony Smith was on a panel at the AusIntermodal conference recently; he said […]

Cigarettes Seized by Customs

An ABF operation has resulted in investigators charging a 26-year-old man with illegally importing more than one million cigarettes, with a potential street value of up to $1.2 million and up to $603,000 in duty evaded. Australian Border Force (ABF) officers targeted 17 pallets that arrived from Hong Kong for inspection in August 2016. The […]

Super Typhoon Meranti

Super Typhoon Meranti wreaked devastation and chaos in Kaohsiung Port on Sep 14. In addition to massive port devestation, several fishing vessels were damaged. Meranti was packing maximum sustained winds of 230 mph (370 kilometers per hour) as it moved south of Taiwan, despite being spared a direct hit by the storm, it’s unknown power […]

Meth found in imported timber

Four men are facing life imprisonment for allegedly importing about $45 million of methamphetamine into WA in a pile of wood in a shipping container. Just a few weeks prior to this discovery, this same method of concealment was used to import 154kgs of methamphetamine into Sydney. This haul of methamphetamine, weighing in at 45kgs, […]

Huntsman spider found in shipping container

A venomous Huntsman spider has been found stowed inside a shipping container sent from China to Dumbarton. The giant hunting spider was discovered at a manufacturing business in Lomondgate, Dumbarton at 8am on Friday morning. The company regularly has parts for generators shipped to Scotland from overseas. The Scottish SPCA attended the scene and removed the […]