By PA NSW
Port Authority of NSW has signed a $10 million contract with Australian shipbuilders, Birdon, to build two new multipurpose firefighting vessels for Sydney Harbour and Port Botany.
The two new firefighting vessels will provide Port Authority with improved capabilities for a range of routine on-water operations in addition to a more effective response to...
Philip Holliday, Chief Executive Officer and Director, Port Authority of New South Wales, writes:
“From the rapid response to COVID-19 to a new strategic vision set to improve levels of service for shipping, it’s been a year of significant change for the ports of New South Wales.
“If one word could sum up 2020, for me it’s ‘resilience’. Australia has faced two unprecedented crises this year, first the devastating bushfires, then the ongoing impacts of COVID-19, and has stood firm in the face of...
https://shippingaustralia.com.au/a-resilient-response-to-a-year-of-change/
Port Authority of New South Wales has scrapped its restrictions on vessels arriving from Iran, Italy, China or South Korea.
The easing of restrictions was effective as of Friday 26 June 2020.
Prior to PA NSW’s 26 June notice, PA NSW was formerly delaying pilotage services to ships that had transited from mainland...
https://shippingaustralia.com.au/pa-nsw-scraps-restrictive-rules-on-vessel-arrivals/
Given the widespread shoreside transmission of COVID-19 in
communities around the world, shipping lines have been extremely careful to
protect the health of their crews.
COVID-19 onboard would adversely affect the operational
viability of a ship. There is also
clearly a strong sense of self-preservation amongst crew members who are keen
to protect their own health. Shipping
companies share that interest as it is crucial to their...