Australia’s Minister for Employment and Workplace Relations, the Hon Tony Burke MP, has slammed the stevedore DP World and has refused to intervene to end an industrial dispute that has […]
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UK Ports: Speakers from Peel Ports, Bristol Port, Portsmouth Port and more!
| Returning in May as an in-person event, the UK Ports Conference, is where you will be provided with a complete update on the ports sector and learn about the opportunities for port growth and development. REGISTER HERE |
| UK Ports 2022 will explore the opportunities for port development, including how to make infrastructure more sustainable and integrate new technologies to improve the efficiency of port... |
Shipping Australia welcomes the Prime Minister’s recent announcement on waterfront industrial relations.
It’s particularly important right now as there’s a dock-side cease-fire that runs out on 10 December.
Australians are looking forward to, and need, a bit of Christmas cheer. It’s just not right that a nation of 26 million could have its Christmas wrecked by industrial action taken by the Maritime Union of Australia (MUA), which...
Shipping Australia thoroughly supports the comments about unions made by the Prime Minister Scott Morrison recently, on 15 November 2021, at St Marys, NSW.
In response to a reporter’s question about supply chain problems, the PM said:
“it’s very important that we...
Victoria International Container Terminal (VICT) is facing imminent disruption from industrial action.
This is in the face of a union agenda to force Australia’s first fully automated container terminal to comply with “industry standards” by adopting the incompatible hours, manning and overtime conditions that govern the manually operated terminals around Australia.
Adoption of such conditions would see the terminal saddled...
UK Ports Conference – flexible booking options
Ensure you are up-to-date with the latest development plans, challenges and growth opportunities facing the UK ports sector by attending the UK Ports Conference (24-25 November 2020, London).
Across two days you will not only hear updates on policy and changing trade patterns but ports will share their plans for development, and industry experts will provide practical insight on how to deliver port infrastructure. See the full agenda for all the...
https://www.allaboutshipping.co.uk/2020/07/22/uk-ports-conference-flexible-booking-options/
Ferries continue to be a dynamic sector of the workboat industry, with steady passenger growth and innovative design — bigger, faster vessels for major metropolitan markets, and a new wave of hybrid propulsion.
Designers and builders are responding to demand for cleaner-operating vessels, pushed by California air-quality mandates and moves by Washington State Ferries toward developing hybrid and electric power. On the East Coast, ferry operators tend to stick to proven Tier 3 emissions-approved...
https://www.workboat.com/news/passenger-vessels/ferry-fleets-getting-more-efficient-and-green/