THE Bega Valley Shire Council will be facing difficulties in raising money to fund a port development after the Federal Government backed out.
13/11/2009
THE Federal Government will investigate whether the Iran-bound ANL Australia cargo ship, discovered carrying undeclared weapons, has breached Australian laws and sanctions.
01/09/2009
THE Federal Government has announced it will introduce legislation next year to enhance security at national ports.
15/09/2009
THE NORTHERN Territory government wants to secure a second lot of funding for the Darwin Port upgrade under the Federal Government’s Infrastructure Australia funding.
03/08/2009
THE FEDERAL Government will meet in Canberra today with Swire Shipping, the company responsible for the south-east Queensland oil slick in March this year.
27/07/2009
THE federal government has called for greater maritime pollution compensation.
08/12/2009
THE Business Council Australia (BCA) urges the government to confront current infrastructure challenges in the shipping industry before economic boom.
26/10/2009
THE MARITIME Union of Australia has called on the Federal Government to help upgrade Australia’s shipping fleet.
05/06/2009
FEDERAL Transport Minster Anthony Albanese has announced his commitment to Australia’s shipping future at the National Shipping Industry Conference in Sydney, saying much needs to be done to bring the sector up to an international level.
09/06/2009
THE NORTHERN Territory Government said it will look into how Darwin’s East Arm Wharf could be more accommodating to larger vessels regardless of tidal conditions.
18/09/2009
AUSTRALIAN ship owners have warned the national fleet could halve if nothing is done by the government to protect the industry.
04/05/2009
The federal government has approved the building of a new coal terminal in Newcastle in NSW, which it believes could boost coal exports by $1 billion.
03/10/2007
AN LNG export plant at the Port of Newcastle in New South Wales’ hunter Valley could soon be going ahead.
18/09/2009
SHIPPING AUSTRALIA will host the 42nd annual Federation of National Associations of Ship Brokers and Agents (FONASBA) meeting in 2011.
21/10/2009
THE Maritime Union of Australia (MUA) has criticised the federal government’s plans to change Australia’s maritime security.
10/02/2010
SHIPPING companies will temporarily pay a higher levy to help with clean-up costs related to the oil spill off the southeast of Queensland coast last year.
22/02/2010
SHIPPING Australia has expressed its concern about the need to address the continuing piracy crisis in the Indian Ocean.
19/01/2010
TRANSPORT Minister Anthony Albanese has called for the need to strengthen security at Australia's ports as well as oil and gas facilities.
02/02/2010
A NEW shipping service between Darwin and China commenced yesterday when a freighter carrying 600 containers docked at Fort Hill Wharf.
01/07/2009
THE FEDERAL Government says there is no guarantee The Pacific Adventurer’s lost shipping containers will be retrieved from the ocean floor because it may be too difficult and costly.
06/04/2009