NSW government body, IPART, has ruled that the Port of Newcastle need only make a one-off compensation payment of a mere $13 million (thirteen million Australian dollars) to be be […]
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World first hard sail equipped bulker calls at Newcastle
Mitsui OSK Lines held a ceremony on October 24 for the maiden port of call in Newcastle, Australia of the Shofu Maru , the world’s first coal carrier equipped with the Wind Challenger (a hard sail wind power propulsion system), which was delivered on October 7.
The Shofu Maru is expected to have 5% less greenhouse gas emissions on a Japan-Australia voyage and about...
https://www.shippingaustralia.com.au/world-first-hard-sail-equipped-bulker-calls-at-newcastle/
$41m boost for Port of Newcastle Green Hydrogen Hub
The Port of Newcastle Green Hydrogen Hub Project will receive $41 million in funding, the Federal Government has announced.
The project is a joint venture with Macquarie Capital and Macquarie’s Green Investment Group. The project is being developed with a phase one minimum 40MW electrolyser (a system that uses electricity to break water into hydrogen and oxygen) that over time could increase to a capacity of...
https://www.shippingaustralia.com.au/41m-boost-for-port-of-newcastle-green-hydrogen-hub/
174 Jeanine Drummond, Integral Maritime, MD & Principal Marine Advisor
Leadership – essential for a safe working environment at sea
In this episode, you will be meeting a true leader, an experienced Harbour Master, Master Mariner, Experienced Marine Advisor, General Manager and Non-Executive Director; her name is Captain Jeanine Drummond.
We speak about the importance of modern leadership, which is somewhat different from traditional leadership, which has been prevailing in our industry for such a long time.
We also speak about the importance of not just trying to...
https://shippingpodcast.com/174-jeanine-drummond-integral-maritime-md-principal-marine-advisor/
North P&I Club appoints Michael Asherson as Claims Director
North P&I Club appoints Michael Asherson as Claims Director
North P&I Club has announced the appointment of Michael Asherson as Claims Director, in a return to the Club for one of shipping’s leading experts in maritime and insurance law after three years in private practice in his native South Africa.
Michael, who spent 18 years with North in the period up to 2018, returns to North’s Newcastle head office from 2 November to focus primarily on charter claims. The senior appointment...
Port of Newcastle seeks expressions of interest for an empty container park
Port of Newcastle has called for Expressions of Interest for the potential establishment of an empty container park in the Mayfield Precinct of Port of Newcastle.
The EoI for this potential project will be open from Thursday 23 September until 4pm Friday 5 November 2021.
If the project is to proceed, Port of Newcastle proposes to make available approximately four hectares of land which may be...
REMINISCENCES | A rude awakening
My fascination with all things maritime was triggered in 1960 by our family’s journey from Southampton docks to Australia when I was eight years old. Mum, Dad and seven ..
https://www.bairdmaritime.com/work-boat-world-features/reminiscences-a-rude-awakening/
Reminiscences : When North Esk Started Discharging Wheat
In 1976 I was invited to join the North Esk in Newcastle. The local office instructed me to go down to the Western basin wheat berth to sign on. But when I arrived, there was no sign of a ship.
Looking Down Into The FunnelI rang the office from a public phone on the wharf and said their intel was all wrong. “There’s no ship here,” I said. The manager told me to go to the edge of the wharf and look down. Sure enough, I was looking down into the funnel of the North Esk.
Admittedly it was low tide...
https://mfame.guru/reminiscences-when-north-esk-started-discharging-wheat/
COLUMN | Don’t look back [The Boroscope]
A friend of mine, a pilot in Townsville, invited me to join him during an inbound pilotage of a car carrier back in the 1980s. The bridge is forward on car carriers and ..
https://www.bairdmaritime.com/ship-world/boxship-world/column-dont-look-back-the-boroscope/
North P&I Club Hosts Early Intervention Event in Newcastle
Stephen Mills, SeaMediation, Pratap Shirke, North Chairman, and David Richards, North Deputy Director – Cargo
North P&I Club Hosts Early Intervention Event in Newcastle
14 October 2019 – North P&I Club hosted an Early Intervention event in Newcastle on Thursday, 10th October, attended by around 120 guests from P&I Clubs, shipping law firms, mediators and recoveries agents to discuss the benefits of early resolution.
Endorsed by North, SeaMediation Chambers’ Early Intervention product is an...