Tag: Australia, Crew change, sail, seafarers'
Seafarers in Australia refuse to sail amid crew change crisis
Crews on two more ships in Australia have refused to keep sailing, demanding repatriation as crew change crisis resulting from the COVID-19 travel restrictions...
Australia bans Greek ship for underpaying crew
The Australian Maritime Safety Authority (AMSA) has today banned the Liberian-flagged bulk carrier Agia Sofia from Australian ports for six months. The 82,000 dwt...
Australia bans Greek ship for underpaying crew
The Australian Maritime Safety Authority (AMSA) has today banned the Liberian-flagged bulk carrier Agia Sofia from Australian ports for six months. The...
Australia frees APL England after losing 50 containers
The APL England has been cleared to leave Australia after losing some 50 containers overboard off the coast of New South Wales last month. Inspectors with the...
Norwegian shipper pleads guilty to cartel conduct in Australia
Norwegian shipping company Wallenius Wilhelmsen Ocean AS pleaded guilty to charges of criminal cartel conduct in Australia’s Federal Court on Thursday,...
Australia charges ship Master over loss of containers
Australian authorities have brought charges against the master of the APL England, which lost about 50 containers overboard off Sydney on Sunday. The offenses...
Australia orders all foreign cruise ships out of Its waters
In the wake of what has been characterized as a humanitarian crisis as thousands of seafarers and passengers are left stranded on board cruise ships in Australian...
Cruise ships avoid Australia’s Port of Eden amid raging bush fires
Operations at the Australian small seaport of Eden have been impacted by the major bush fires raging across the South Coast region of New South Wales, threatening...
Australia revokes national shipping line law
Australia has removed laws that protect the country’s shipping industry with the repeal of the Australian National Line (ANL) Act, according to the Maritime...
Australia bans two vessels in one day for MLC violations
The Australian authorities are continuing to clamp down on owners that violate the Maritime Labour Convention (MLC) barring two ships from the country’s waters...
Australia bans two ships from its ports
Two bulk carriers have been banned from Australian ports for breaching the most basic rights of seafarers, according to the Australian Maritime Safety Authority (AMSA)....
Australia detains ship over unpaid crew wages
A Chinese-owned bulk carrier chartered to carry coal to Korea has been detained at the Port of Gladstone after crew members reported they were owed tens of...
