Most businesses provide incentives for returning customers. But not in New South Wales. Here, in a recent change to a long-standing practice, the relevant port authority much prefers to penalise their customers by double-charging them.
A Navigation Service Charge is a statutory charge levied by port authorities on ships that enter a port. It is intended to recover the costs of maintaining safe navigation in...
https://shippingaustralia.com.au/unfair-one-port-call-two-sets-of-charges/
New detailed plans for two freight rail projects, that will boost land-side freight capacity around Port Botany, have been approved by the NSW Government.
Minister for Regional Transport and Roads Paul Toole said that the fast-tracked assessment will enable construction works to begin within the next six months.
The current single freight rail track between Mascot and Botany will be duplicated and a new passing loop will be added to the freight line between Cabramatta and Warwick Farm stations,...
On this page you will find Federal and State Restrictions in regards to Covid-19. You will also find a link to policies from international bodies such as the International Maritime Organization.
Important: please read the Federal Restrictions first and then read whichever set of State or Territory Restrictions that you are interested in as if they were one set of rules. It is meaningless to read either the Federal or the State/Territory rules in isolation from the other. So, if you are...
The master of the APL England has been charged in Australia following the loss of 50 containers from the ship.
According to the Australian Maritime Safety Authority (AMSA), the master appeared before the Wynnum Magistrates Court on Monday to face two charges related to the loss of the containers:
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The APL England on Wednesday was escorted to the Port of Brisbane, where Australian officials will investigate an at-sea incident in which 40 containers were lost overboard and nearly 75 others were damaged.
Australian Maritime Safety Authority (AMSA) surveyors conducted an inspection of the container ship at anchorage on Tuesday and determined the vessel was structurally sound and could be safely brought into port. Two harbor tugs, one container salvage response vessel, two Queensland water...
https://www.freightwaves.com/news/overboard-container-loss-investigation-underway
The Royal Australian Navy (RAN) formally welcomed HMAS Sydney, its newest air warfare destroyer, into the fleet on Monday, May 18. The commissioning ceremony off the ..
An investigation into the recent case of Ruby Princess, in which a large cruise vessel affected with the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) was allowed to dock and offload passengers freely in the inner-city Sydney Harbour, […]
http://safetyatsea.net/news/2020/out-of-date-logs-cited-as-evidence-in-ruby-princess-case/
An expansion of capacity at the planned Port Kembla Gas Terminal was approved in late April by the New South Wales Government. Limits on the number of LNG ships that can call at Port Kembla have been removed.
The project originally assumed a flat level of demand from industrial users and the project was capped in the number of ship calls that could be made each year. However, further modelling...
https://shippingaustralia.com.au/more-lng-carrier-ship-calls-for-port-kembla/
The New South Wales Police Force has commenced an investigation into the circumstances surrounding the docking and disembarking of the coronavirus-hit cruise vessel Ruby Princess last month that led…
The Prime Minister of Australia announced that Australian citizens will be restricted from travelling overseas. This restriction commenced 25 March 2020 at 1200hrs AEDST.
This travel restriction does not apply to persons who are: