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VIDEO: USS Canberra Commissions in Rare Overseas Ceremony

U.S. Navy Ceremonial Guard and the Royal Australian Navy ceremonial guard line up for a photo op shortly before the commissioning ceremony for the Independence-variant littoral combat ship USS Canberra (LCS-30) in Sydney, Australia July 22, 2023. DoD Photo

SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA – Leaders of the U.S. Navy joined their Australian counterparts on a windy winter day at the ancestral home of the Royal Australian Navy to welcome USS Canberra (LCS-30) to the American fleet.

Moored the RAN naval base HMAS...

https://news.usni.org/2023/07/22/video-uss-canberra-commissions-in-rare-overseas-ceremony

VESSEL REVIEW | The Jackson – Dinner cruise vessel built for Australia’s Sydney Harbour

Australian tour operator the Kelsian Group (formerly the SeaLink Travel Group) recently introduced a new luxury charter vessel that will sail on dinner cruises. Conceived ..

The post VESSEL REVIEW | The Jackson – Dinner cruise vessel built for Australia’s Sydney Harbour appeared first on Baird...

https://www.bairdmaritime.com/work-boat-world/passenger-vessel-world/maritime-tourism/vessel-review-the-jackson-dinner-cruise-vessel-built-for-australias-sydney-harbour/

Gala black tie fundraiser announced for Cape Don and indigenous maritime training

Pictured: the Cape Don at Port Jackson in the 1970s. Photograph supplied by the Sea Heritage Foundation.

A Gala Black Tie Fundraiser will be held at the National Maritime Museum on Saturday the 20th of November 2021 to raise for funds for the heritage vessel Cape Don and for indigenous maritime training programmes.

The event will be held in the appropriately named “Lighthouse Gallery” to assist in raising funds to dry dock the ship at the Garden Island Naval Dockyard in the new year for some...

https://www.shippingaustralia.com.au/gala-black-tie-fundraiser-announced-for-cape-don-and-indigenous-maritime-training/

Mission to Seafarers, NSW Ports & NSW Health collaborate to vaccinate crew

Pictured: the Sydney Mission To Seafarers begin vaccinations for seafarers. Photo credit: Mission to Seafarers.

By Rev Tay, at the Sydney Mission to Seafarers.

Sydney Mission To Seafarers, in collaboration with NSW Ports, has converted the mission bus (a Mitsubishi Rosa) to a Mobile Vaccination Station.

The bus was stationed at the Bulk Liquids Berth, Terminal 1, and NSW Ports arranged with NSW Health for St George Hospital medical staff to administer AstraZeneca vaccine.

There were 11 crew...

https://www.shippingaustralia.com.au/mission-to-seafarers-nsw-ports-nsw-health-collaborate-to-vaccinate-crew/

Almost $100m Worth Drug Found in Cargo Ship

  • Close to $100 million worth of the drug ice has been found concealed in electric barbecue grills and water heaters on a cargo ship docked in Sydney.
  • Police officers intercepted the Thai cargo vessel at Port Botany on May 4.
  • 62 large cardboard boxes were searched after the ABF noted inconsistencies in the consignment details.

A recent news article published in the 9 News reveals that close to $100 million in drugs found in heaters, barbecues on Sydney cargo ship.

What did the officers find?

Once...

https://mfame.guru/almost-100-million-worth-drug-found-in-cargo-ship/

Faster. Cheaper. Greener: Accenture’s plan for a sustainable last mile

As e-commerce packages zip across the country from warehouse to doorstep, the number of emissions continue to grow. The king of the genre, Amazon’s (NASDAQ: AMZN) Jeff Bezos, claims that e-commerce is more environmentally friendly than in-store shopping.

“Amazon’s sustainability scientists have spent more than three years developing the models, tools and metrics to measure our carbon footprint,” Bezos wrote in a shareholder letter in early 2020. “Their detailed analysis has found that shopping...

https://s29755.pcdn.co/news/faster-cheaper-greener-accentures-plan-for-a-sustainable-last-mile

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