On Friday this week, the Fair Work Commission issued an order suspending Svitzer’s lockout of its maritime employees, along with all industrial action by the company and unions for six months.
The lockout would have affected seventeen ports around the country, with far-reaching consequences.
In other news, Neptune Pacific Direct Line finalised the main terms for acquisition of a landing craft for its Norfolk Island shipping service.
Neptune Pacific Direct Line plans to operate the vessel connecting Brisbane, Norfolk Island and Auckland starting in April.
And finally, the Australian Border Force seized more than one tonne of cocaine from two shipping containers at Port Botany.
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