LETTER TO THE EDITOR: IFAW statement on slowing down ships ignores industry effort
Shipping Australia believes a statement from the NGO does not acknowledge the role shipping has played to reduce whale strikes
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LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Policy dithering on Newcastle container terminal
Greg Cameron writes that the previous federal government was to announce a subsidy for building a container terminal at Newcastle, but politics got in the way
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OPINION: Eliminating the risk of container-stack collapses – solutions and unseaworthiness
Captain Glenn Mathias analyses the occurrence of container collapse on vessels, proposing ways to eliminate the phenomenon
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LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Waterfront in a vicious circle of reduced competition and continual price hikes
A DCN reader has called for a return to price negotiation between terminal operators and shipping lines to put an end to the ongoing infrastructure levy hikes
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LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Transport companies have no control over choice of stevedore
A reader responds to Shipping Australia’s justification of terminal access charges
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LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Queensland maritime taskforce
The Queensland government has announced a taskforce into the state’s maritime sector, but not everyone thinks it will generate much value
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MESSAGE FROM AMSA: Float-free EPIRBs on their way
The Australian Maritime Safety Authority provides an update on the use of emergency radio beacons on domestic commercial vessels
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LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Cruise Ships – deal with it!
A former port executive expresses a view on the better handling of the cruise sector during coronavirus
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LETTER TO THE EDITOR: DPWA and ancilliary fee hikes
A decision by a stevedore to increase ancilliary fees during the Covid-19 crisis has prompted a reaction
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LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Infrastructure surcharge hikes
The introduction of the ‘three stevedores’ model may have had unintended consequences, suggests one reader
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