Japan to continue search for livestock carrier
The new Japanese Prime Minister has ensure Australia that the search for a cattle ship that sank during a typhoon will resume.
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Bulk carrier banned from Australia over crew underpayment
AMSA has banned the Panama-flagged bulk carrier AC Sesoda for deliberately underpaying its crew by more than AUD $118,000, which the ship’s operator attempted to conceal from authorities.
AMSA bans bulk carrier for 6 months
Australian Maritime Safety Authority (AMSA) recently banned a Hong Kong-flagged bulk carrier from Australian ports for the period of six months.
AMSA bans cargo ship from entering Australian ports
Australian Maritime Safety Authority recently detained a Hong Kong-flagged cargo ship for serious and repeated safety and pollution prevention related failures.
AMSA fines company for unlawfully operating domestic commercial vessel
AMSA found a Gold Coast company guilty of operating a domestic commercial vessel unlawfully and fined it $20,000 in the Southport Magistrates Court on 3 August 2020.
Australia risks clogged ports with over-contract seafarers stopping two ships
The International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF) says Australia is experiencing economic carnage from clogged ports as a result of rapidly worsening crew change crisis around its coasts.
AMSA receives MLC complaints on maximum period of seafarers service
AMSA announced it has received a large number of MLC-related complaints after its late-June marine notice on the maximum period of shipboard service for seafarers during COVID-19 pandemic.
Australia bans bulk carrier for crew underpayment
The Australian Maritime Safety Authority (AMSA) banned the Liberian-flagged bulk carrier TW Hamburg from Australian ports for 12 months, after finding evidence that the crew was underpaid.
AMSA bans bulk carrier for underpaying seafarers
The Australian Maritime Safety Authority (AMSA) has banned the Liberian-flagged bulk carrier Agia Sofia from Australian ports for six months, as some crew had not been paid their wages in full.
APL England set sail to China after three week detention
The containership APL England, which lost approximately 40 containers on 24 May off Sydney, was allowed to leave the port of Brisbane and set sail to China, where it is scheduled to undertake repairs.
