The DCN Weekly

In the news this week, a man was charged for smuggling 7000 litres of alcohol into Australia while already serving a prison sentence for importing 100,000 cigarettes in the same shipment. Pacifica Shipping announced a new vessel on its NZ coastal service, and Maritime Safety Queensland hosted an oil spill response exercise in Gladstone. The World Shipping Council released some “worrying” figures i...

This week, Maersk announced the launch of a coastal service in New Zealand, and the Australian Transport Safety Bureau explored the safety issues behind a fatal helicopter crash during a marine pilot transfer in 2018. The Australian Maritime Safety Authority celebrated the successful outcome of its proposal to mandate the reporting of seafarer fatalities in the Maritime Labour Convention 2006, and...

In the news this week, the Australian Border Force seized what it suspects to be cocaine on a ship at Port Botany, and the Australian Transport Safety Bureau launched an investigation into the near-grounding of a bulk carrier in Hydrographers Passage. The US Federal Maritime Commission released its findings on ocean carrier competition, Ports of Auckland halted its container terminal automation pr...