In a stunning twist, the Government has proposed that it should scrap its expensive cabotage policy – the government of Chile that is. Chile’s Merchant Navy Law (Decree 3059/79) currently […]
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Shipping Australia has been watching the unfolding – and wholly avoidable – crisis in north west Australia with mounting concern.
Today, 8 March 2023, on local radio and in the Senate, Bridget McKenzie made an impassioned call for Minister Catherine King, the...
By Maersk
Maersk is launching a new dedicated New Zealand coastal service – “Maersk Coastal Connect”, to enable a more resilient New Zealand supply chain and improve vessel schedule reliability. The first of its kind for Maersk in its 25 years of operational history in the country, this service will help enhance domestic connection and offer sustainable and flexible supply chain solutions for importers, exporters and domestic distributors.
https://www.shippingaustralia.com.au/maersk-to-launch-dedicated-coastal-service-in-new-zealand/
China has been slowly easing its restrictive cabotage policy – the policy of prohibiting the carriage of cargo between two ports in the same nation by ships that do not fly the national flag.
The A.P. Moller-Maersk ship, “Merete Maersk” has loaded the first batch of Chinese coastal cargo at the port of Yangshan...
The New Zealand government has committed $30 million of funding for coastal shipping through the National Land Transport Programme (NLTP) to improve domestic shipping services, reduce emissions,…
Shipping Australia notes that there is now backing by both of the major parties for support to, and expansion of, a national commercial ocean-going freight fleet.
Details of the policies by either main party are pretty scant at this point so it is difficult to provide detailed comment. However, Shipping Australia cautions against government support for national fleets.
Similar nationalist policies have been tried in the past –...
Saturday, March 19, 2022
‘Just do what you can, you can’t do more, you shouldn’t do less’
“A stunning shock. It is a nightmare but I can’t orientate myself to the magnitude of the catastrophe being so far away from its terrible reality. It is a crime against Ukraine and the whole of humanity…”
Monaco welcomes Ukrainian refugees in practical ways
Following HSH Prince Albert’s address on TV on Thursday night, in which he offered Monaco’s wholehearted support for Ukrainian refugees,...
https://allaboutshipping.co.uk/2022/03/19/helping-ukraine-from-monaco/
The government of Western Australia is establishing a taskforce into shipping and the supply chain. It will be led by the Minister for Transport and Ports, Jessica Stojkovski and Kyle McGinn, reporting back in late March 2022.
The taskforce will examine the state’s shipping industry and supply chains that link Western Australia with the east coast and international customers. It has been set up in response to...
Members of Shipping Australia are aiding in relief effort to Western Australia by transporting essential goods by sea.
Outback rains and flooding in late January damaged vital cross-country road and rail links and this has caused a shortage of supplies in the western parts of Australia. Trucks and trains cannot carry goods over damaged infrastructure.
The Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Infrastructure,...
https://www.shippingaustralia.com.au/shipping-australia-members-aid-wa-relief-efforts/
ANEK’s Festive Season Extravaganza
by John Faraclas and Anny Zade
We all dearly want to see things from the bright side of life, particularly during this era of Covid which prohibits lots of things; one must create good, safe vibrations and think positively if we are to get ahead…
As you all know from previous coverage, over the last ten years we opted in criss-crossing Planet Ocean by any means of transport and particularly Europe in early Spring...
https://allaboutshipping.co.uk/2022/01/20/aneks-festive-season-extravaganza/