Tag: Australia

Japanese K-Line’s plea follows an investigation by the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission and charges laid by the Commonwealth Director of Public Prosecutions, in relation to cartel conduct concerning the international shipping of cars, trucks, and buses to Australia. NYK had also pleaded guilty in July 2016.

The Australian Transport Safety Bureau informed that it will be investigating the collision with water of a single-engine EC120B helicopter which happened near Hardy Reef, north-west of Hook Island, Whitsunday Islands, Queensland, Australia. Transport Safety Investigators will go to the accident location to begin the evidence collection phase of the investigation.

The Australian Maritime Safety Authority received a report that a helicopter had crashed into the water about 35 kilometres north of Port Hedland in Western Australia, and is currently conducting a search in that area. The EC-135 helicopter, had two people onboard, was heading to the bulk carrier MV Squireship to collect a marine pilot.

The Liberia Maritime Authority said that it has recently experienced an increase in PSC inspections, while, on the contrary, they have reported a decrease in PSC detentions, due to their requirement to receive Advance Notice of Arrival for vessels calling on ports in Australia, China, Europe and  the USA, which helps to ensure compliance and report problems.

Australia and East Timor have reached a agreement on a maritime border, putting an end to an over 10-year dispute between the two nations that has hindered development of a $40 billion offshore gas project in the Timor Sea, the Permanent Court of Arbitration in The Hague announced Saturday.

Marubeni Corporation, JERA Co., and Squadron Energy, a subsidiary of Australia's Minderoo Group, signed a Memorandum of Understanding regarding a joint feasibility study for the establishment of an LNG import terminal and gas supply project in New South Wales, Australia.

On Monday, the governments of Australia and Peru signed the Peru-Australia Free Trade Agreement (PAFTA), that is expected to develop new jobs and economic growth for Australia, according to Steven Ciobo, Australia's Trade Minister.

Australia's ​NT WorkSafe, a division under the Department of Attorney-General and Justice for ensuring workers' health and safety in the Northern Territory, has charged Darwin shipping company Barge Express and one of its workers, with breaching the Work Health and Safety Act, following death of a deckhand.

The Gard P&I Club issued an alert drawing attention on Asian Gypsy Moth, the destructive forest pest spread via ocean-going vessels in international trade, highlighting that Australia has heightened vessel surveillance for AGM and in New Zealand is introducing new AGM requirements from 1 February 2018.

Australia’s leading research organisations will collaborate to build resilience and repair the Great Barrier Reef, following the country's Federal Government announcement of $60 million for measures aimed at protecting the Great Barrier Reef.