Shipping Australia

Melwyn Noronha steps up to take over as CEO of Shipping Australia

Liner association Shipping Australia has promoted Melwyn Noronha (pictured above) to be its next chief executive.
Mr Noronha is currently deputy CEO and he will take up his new role on 1 January.
Shipping Australia chairman Scott Henderson said: “Melwyn is an outstanding choice and has a wealth of experience in shipping, both at sea and in regulatory roles.
“He has been with Shipping Australia since 2015, initially as a general manager of technical …

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Shipping Australia responds to Port of Melbourne tariff rebalancing proposal

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Shipping Australia has previously expressed concern the the Port of Melbourne could not accommodate the larger vessels that need to use the port now. 

We congratulated the Port last year when their hydrodynamic studies and simulations led to their ability to take Bosphorusmax ships up the Yarra to Swanson Dock.

But large ships are already waiting for up to 48 hours to enter the port due to lack of suitable berths. The situation is only going to get worse if further improvements are not made...

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Shipping Australia announces Melwyn Noronha to be appointed as Chief Executive Officer

Pictured: Melwyn Noronha, who will be Shipping Australia’s CEO effective 1 January 2021

Melwyn Noronha will be appointed as the next Shipping Australia Chief Executive Officer, effective 1 January 2021.

Shipping Australia Chairman Scott Henderson said Melwyn was selected after an extensive review and selection process.

“Melwyn is an outstanding choice and has a wealth of experience in shipping, both at sea and in regulatory roles. He has been with Shipping Australia Limited since 2015, initially...

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As trade rebounds in Australia, war of words erupts over surcharges

Although trade with the Far East is booming, shipping line surcharges in Australia are “spiralling out of control” – and carriers blame port congestion.
Last week, Alphaliner highlighted a significant increase in cargo demand in Australia, coinciding with the country’s peak season.
“The rise is fuelled both by the Far East-Australia trade itself and by increased transhipment activity to and from other regions,” according to the analyst.
It said spot rates into Melbourne …

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Union backs off until November at Sydney, but port delays and congestion run on

Port operations resumed unhindered at DP World’s Sydney terminal over the weekend, after the Maritime Union of Australia agreed to halt its industrial action.
However, liner body Shipping Australia warned that shippers and freight forwarders could still expect substantial disruption to container supply chains.
It said: “The union has given a written undertaking to the Fair Work Commission that no further notice of industrial action at Port Botany will be given before …

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Australia’s crisis-hit shipping industry now providing a ‘third-world’ service

Australia’s shipping industry is in “disarray”,  according to angry forwarders and transport operators.
They claim Sydney’s Port Botany is providing a “third-world” service, while importers are being “held to ransom” by shipping line surcharges.
The crisis in Australian docks escalated this week with more industrial action planned for Brisbane, crammed storage areas for empty containers closing and work stoppages in Sydney have combined with bad weather, both local and typhoons in Asia, leading...

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Shipping Australia welcomes new director Captain Sunil Dhowan

Pictured: Captain Sunil Dhowan; photo supplied by Wallenius Wilhelmsen Ocean

Captain Sunil Dhowan has been appointed as a new director of Shipping Australia.

Sunil, who is the Head of Port & Cargo Operations, Oceania – Wallenius Wilhelmsen Ocean, began his sea-going career in 1978. He has experience of crewing general cargo, bulk, container, and ro-ro ships. He has visited almost all ports in Australia during his sailing days and he earned his Master Class 1 and Class 4 from Sydney, before...

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Shipping Australia’s week in review

It’s been another busy week. The Shipping Australia Secretariat has carried out research, consulted with members, and has made submissions to politicians and government officials on a wide variety of matters.

Coronavirus consultations

Coronavirus related matters were, of course, very much on everyone’s agenda this last week. We have written to politicians urging the facilitation of seafarer crew changes and the Secretariat also took part in a national conference on the effects of coronavirus on...

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Australian supply chains threatened by containership crew-change crisis

As the crew-change crisis inexplicably drags on, Shipping Australia has warned that vessels will soon be detained, blocking the country’s ports and disrupting supply chains.
“Commercial mariners, Australia and international shipping are now at crisis point,” said the carrier lobby group.
“Seafarers are being forced by government rules to combat Covid-19 to stay at sea for months beyond what they originally agreed – we have heard of seafarers being required to stay …

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Maritime history: the ‘bloody pirates’ of the Pacific

For 75 years from 1885, the Burns Philp ships provided a lifeline for the South Pacific’s island nations. Burns Philp also became a de facto arm of Australian influence and diplomacy in the regional struggle between the imperial powers of Britain, the US, Germany, France, The Netherlands and Japan.

In a time before air travel and instant mobile communications, this age of sea transport was inhabited by tough and colourful characters who crewed and loaded Burns Philp ships around the South...

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