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Agreement at last between DP World and Maritime Union of Australia?

Negotiations between DP World Australia and the Maritime Union of Australia (MUA) over a new workplace agreement may be concluded within days.
Following a hiatus in the industrial action at DP World’s Sydney terminal last weekend, the two sides said talks this week had made significant progress.
“By meeting to bargain in good faith, DP World Australia and the MUA have been able to achieve a significant breakthrough, reaching an in-principle agreement …

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Shipping Australia condemns rogue Union’s refusal to unload cargo vessel in Melbourne

Shipping Australia condemns the rogue action of the Victorian
branch of the Maritime Union of Australia who have refused to unload a cargo vessel
in Melbourne on the pretext of utterly spurious health and safety claims.

The Union’s claims that the vessel is breaching any sort of
regulation and presents an abnormal risk is an outright campaign of lies.

At a time of national crisis when all other Australians are
feeling the pressure, the Victorian branch of the MUA is engaging in a blatant
attempt...

https://shippingaustralia.com.au/shipping-australia-condemns-rogue-unions-refusal-to-unload-cargo-vessel-in-melbourne/

Call for papers – 1st GEF-UNDP-IMO GloFouling R&D Forum and Exhibition on Biofouling Management Melbourne, Australia, 1-4 October 2019

Call for papers – 1st GEF-UNDP-IMO GloFouling R&D Forum and Exhibition on Biofouling Management Melbourne, Australia, 1-4 October 2019

The IMO-GloFouling R&D Forum will bring together regulatory bodies, stakeholders and representatives from shipping and other maritime industries, academia, leading scientific experts and technology development leaders in the field of biofouling management for a comprehensive overview of this rapidly expanding area of research and development and technology...

http://www.allaboutshipping.co.uk/2019/07/14/call-for-papers-1st-gef-undp-imo-glofouling-rd-forum-and-exhibition-on-biofouling-management-melbourne-australia-1-4-october-2019-2/

Port of Melbourne $300m ‘rail solution’ would restrict competition, claim shippers

Shippers in Australia have criticised Port of Melbourne’s plans to create intermodal links connecting its box terminals to the Victoria hinterland.
Melbourne’s proposed Port Rail Solution (PRS) would see the port authority take back land currently leased to two container terminals in the Swanson Dock area, DP World and Patrick, and create a new rail facility – effectively giving the terminals on-dock rail capability.
It said the project, at a reported cost …

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Not at all boring for AAL!

Discharge of the TBMs in Sydney

Not at all boring for AAL!

AAL MAKES HASTE TO DELIVER MEGA TUNNEL BORING MACHINES (TBMs) FOR GEODIS AND MAJOR AUSTRALIAN RAIL INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS!

April 11, 2019 – In February, AAL successfully completed a major shipment of two mega tunnel boring machines (TBMs) from Nansha in South China to Sydney and Melbourne respectively, equipment that will help progress important new multi-billion-dollar metro railway projects taking place separately in the two state...

http://www.allaboutshipping.co.uk/2019/04/11/not-at-all-boring-for-aal/

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