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- What happened On the morning of 8 January 2012, one of the permanent m...
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- What on earth do we mean when we use the word “sustainable?” It is a term th...
- On the bridge of the bulk carrier the Master was talking on the telephon...
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- The Zhen Hua 21 was an impressive sight as it entered Fremantle Port’s Inner H...
- On December 5 last year, the Ob River, an 288-metre LNG (Liquefied Natural Gas) ...
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What happened
On the morning of 8 January 2012, one of the permanent mooring lines holding the general cargo ship Tycoon in position in the inner moorings at Flying Fish Cove, Christmas Island, came free from its anchor. As a result, the ship moved forward and closer to the...
-----Original Message-----From: AMSA Publishing [mailto:publishing@amsa.gov.au] Sent: Tuesday, 21 May 2013 3:38 PMTo: undisclosed-recipients:Subject: New Marine Notices availablePlease be advised that two new Marine Notices are available on...
The Zhen Hua 21 was an impressive sight as it entered Fremantle Port’s Inner Harbour two days ago to deliver a new container crane to Asciano’s Patrick Terminal at North Quay.
The mega-sized delivery was one of four cranes on board the ship, which has made the long journey from...
New national standards for domestic commercial vessels covering crew competencies and operations have been unanimously agreed by the Standing Council of Transport and Infrastructure.
The Council consists of Transport, Infrastructure and Planning Ministers from the Commonwealth,...
During the last 12 months HMA Ships Shepparton and Benalla have been involved with hydrographic surveys in and around Torres Strait. Their focus has been to achieve high order surveys for Australian Maritime Safety Authority's (AMSA) Under Keel Clearance Management System (UKCM). A...
Please find attached draft Marine Order 98 (Marine Pollution - anti-fouling systems) 2013, released for external consultation. It would be appreciated if you could provide any comments on this draft by Friday 7 June 2013. The Order gives effect to...
The Asia-Pacific oil spill preparedness and response conference, Spillcon 2013, was held last week in Cairns, Australia. Spillcon 2013 brought together local, regional and global environmental and shipping representatives from across industry, government and non-government...
The Royal Australian Navy’s 'Purple Pony', HMAS Toowoomba, is mid-way through her six-month deployment, patrolling the expanses of the Arabian Sea, Red Sea, Gulf of Aden, Gulf of Oman, and Indian Ocean.
The Frigate Helicopter (FFH) frigate is currently assigned to Operation...
Australia will join with other Asia-Pacific nations in South Korea this week to discuss the development of a global strategy for women seafarers. Australia will be represented at the International Maritime Organization (IMO) regional seminar by Ms Megan Profke, currently Master of...
HMAS Choules has returned to sea following sea assurance testing of the ship’s six propulsion and power distribution transformers which were replaced after a defect was identified in June 2012.
The ship then followed a graduated program of trials and training which concluded with...
The Maritime Labour Convention (MLC) is an international convention developed under the International Labour Organization (ILO). It consolidates a number of existing labour conventions, while introducing modern standards relating to the working and living conditions of seafarers at...
Sydney’s controversial million White Bay Cruise Terminal received its first cruise vessel this morning with P&O’s Pacific Pearl docking with 2,000 passengers aboard.
New South Wales Roads and Ports Minister Duncan Gay said the arrival was a milestone, that could give...
Please find attached draft new Marine Order 64 (Vessel traffic services) 2013, released for external consultation. It would be appreciated if you could provide any comments on this draft by 10 May 2013.
Draft new Marine Order 64 provides for AMSA’s role as the Competent Authority...
After much delay and arrival of a special purpose barge, the 1903 Australian built topsail schooner Alma Doepel is now high and dry ready for restoration back to resembling this 1999 shot in Melbourne Docklands, which is where the restoration will be done in the shadows of the city...
AMSA Navigation Safety and International Division hosted an E-navigation Usability Workshop on 5-6 March at Kingscliff, New South Wales.
The aim was to assist in the International Maritime Organization (IMO) with the development of an e-navigation strategy implementation plan by...
Austal was pleased to announce the first-in-series Cape Class Patrol Boat which was officially named the Cape St George during a ceremony held at Austal’s Henderson shipyard in Western Australia on 15 March.Cape St George is the first of eight new boats being built by Austal for...
A 39 percent jump in iron-ore cargoes over the next three years will fail to offset a surplus of the biggest ships hauling the steelmaking commodity, keeping rates at unprofitable levels, said DVB Bank SE.
Annual shipments of iron ore will rise to 1.5 billion metric tons in 2015...
Liquefied natural gas (LNG) bunkers could be an economically feasible solution for environmental and commercial challenges in the Australian shipping market, a Joint Industry Project (JIP) study by Det Norske Veritas (DNV) and nine Australian partners found.
The study found that...
Established UK-based cruise company Cruise & Maritime Voyages (CMV) announced in Europe last night its scheduled expansion into the Australasian market.
From December 2013, the 620 passenger, premium cruise ship the ASTOR will operate itineraries...
The Navigation Act 2012 and Maritime Labour Convention 2006 - AMSA Information Sessions This year is significant for the maritime industry with the most important reforms in Australian seafaring history. This includes the modernisation of the Navigation Act 2012 and the Maritime...
It's got a similar name, it will look the same, and its owner has declared it will be "sinkable". But eccentric billionaire Clive Palmer's Titanic II, under construction in China, will differ in one significant respect from the original: it will have many more lifeboats.
Last...
The A.6 billion Port Capacity Project has been given the go ahead following a decision by Planning Minister Matthew Guy to provide the planning approval for works to commence at Melbourne’s Webb Dock.
“The Port Capacity Project demonstrates the Coalition Government’s commitment to...
The 2013 Torres Strait Marine Safety Program (TSMSP) training calendar was launched at Murray Island last week. Building on the back of a pilot training program conducted during the last financial year, the TSMSP team is currently using a dedicated training vessel, complete with...
The new LHD was named by Mrs. Vickie Coates, wife of the late Rear Admiral Nigel Coates AM, RAN, who served a distinguished career in the Navy and sadly passed away in June 2010.
This is the third Australian Navy ship to bear the proud name Canberra. NUSHIP Canberra has been proudly...
The Spanish Armada Ship Cantabria arrived in Australia at the Port of Melbourne on 13 February 2013 just 41 days after departing La Graña Naval Port on the 3rd of January this year.
Cantabria sailed over 11,000 nm (approx 20,000 km) transiting the Suez Canal as well visiting...
A 6.8 metre lifeboat from the 2011 shipwreck of the MS Oliva that ran aground on Nightingale Island in the South Atlantic ocean has washed ashore on a remote beach in South Australia.The 20-person lifeboat originated from a 75,300 tonne bulk carrier that was travelling from Santos...
The Directors of Mermaid Marine Australia Limited (MMA) announced that MMA has been awarded a contract in excess of A million by BHP Billiton Petroleum for provision of offshore marine support to the Company’s Floating Production Storage and Offloading (FPSO) operations off the...
The Australian Transport Safety Bureau (ATSB) is seeking applications for the following vacancy.
Senior Transport Safety Investigators -Marine
The ATSB is seeking 2 x Senior Transport Safety Investigators located within either our Brisbane or Canberra Offices. Interested...
At 10:30 on Friday 18 January there was a change in Command at the Australian Hydrographic Office in Wollongong.
Commodore Rod Nairn, AM, RAN stepped down as Australia’s longest serving Hydrographer and was relieved by Commodore Brett Brace, RAN.
“Hydrography has been my life”...
The vessel is the first of eight new boats being built by Austal for the Australian Customs and Border Protection Service under a design, construct and in-service support contract valued at approximately A0 million.The ceremony marked the first time the boat has been lowered...
Queensland Branch member Stuart Ballantyne gives his views on "Master Mariners and the Spirit of Australia"
Please click on to: ST_press_release_Feb_13_Master_Mariners_and_the_Spirit_of_Australia.pdf
This year, 18 cruise ship visits are scheduled for Fremantle Port, with 60,000 passenger visits due in 2013 compared to 56,500 passenger visits in 2012.The biggest ships to visit in 2013 will be Voyager of the Seas (with up to 3800 passengers) on 9 March and Queen Mary 2 (with up to...
Any member interested can contact Troy Mitchell at: - troy.mitchell@PORTHEDLANDPILOTS.COM
The Australian Maritime Safety Authority (AMSA) is gathering information to try to determine the original source of the canisters containing Aluminium Phosphide which have been collected on Queensland’s beaches.
AMSA is trying to ascertain if the canisters are from a ship, and if...
This year is shaping up as a big one for the future HMAS Canberra, Australia's first helicopter landing dock and the third Royal Australian Navy vessel to bear the name of the national capital.
BAE Systems maritime director Bill Saltzer said the vessel now looked like the ship her...
Australian oil and transport fuel company Caltex [ASX:CTX] is working to change its image to emphasise its focus on product distribution in the face of the closing of one of its two refineries, The Australian reports.
Caltex's Kurnell refinery in Sydney is set to close in 2014, and...
Chinese and Australian naval officers shared their experiences in the conduct of counter-piracy operations in the Middle East Area of Operations at a roundtable meeting today.
Rear Admiral Zhou Xu-Ming Commander of the Chinese Naval Task Group and the commanding officers of three...
Chinese demand growth for imported coal will almost halt next year before shipments contract in 2014 as the nation’s improving transport network allows domestic suppliers to gain market share, according to Barclays Plc.
China will increase purchases by 2.1 percent to 145 million...
Dear all Further to my email of 17 December, please find attached three draft Marine Orders which AMSA is providing for your consultation. It would be appreciated if you could provide any comments you may have on these Marine Orders to AMSA by 30 January 2013 (email address:...
I wish to advise that three draft Marine Orders will be released for consultation later this week. To meet timeframes for the commencement date of the Navigation Act 2012, expected in March 2013, the consultation period for the three Marine Orders falls over the...
This paper was prepared by Captain Rajiv Singh:
Please click on to: Automation_and_Error_Trapping_kj_crtd_180412_mod_2__MM_sub.pdf
The unnecessary and unjustified detention and criminalisation of seafarers shot up the political and media agenda and became a subject that major players in shipping, including ship owner organisations, insurers and the Secretary General of the International Maritime Organisation...
This case Study is by Master Class 1 Students at W.A. Maritime Training Centre
What is the situation?
In May 2007, Odyssey Marine announced the discovery of the "Black Swan," a Colonial period site located in the Atlantic Ocean. Yielding over 500,000 silver coins weighing more than...
This Case Study is by Master Class 1 students at W.A. Maritime Training Centre.
The Parties
Whistler International, the disponent owners of the Hill Harmony
Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha (‘KKK’), the time-charterers of the Hill Harmony
SITUATION:
The HILL HARMONY was...
To meet the needs of changing market conditions and increased commercial vessel traffic in and around the Great Barrier Reef, TITAN Salvage has established a new office and equipment depot in Cairns, Australia. The presence in the Pacific Southeast enhances the company’s marine...
The Government has released several reviews into Australian submarines, including the Final Report of the Coles Review into Submarine Sustainment, and has announced plans for a new submarine testing facility for Adelaide.
Coles Review into Submarine SustainmentThe Government...
The Darwin Port Corporation says a new marine supply base will free up more room at the port for live cattle ships.
There have been some costly delays to cattle ships this year, which compete with the ever-expanding mining sector for berths at the port. General manager of port...
Navy personnel and dignitaries have farewelled Balikpapan Class Landing Craft Heavy (LCH), HMAS Wewak, which has been decommissioned after almost 40 years of service. HMAS Wewak’s Commanding Officer Lieutenant Luke Weston and the ship's company farewelled their ship in a...
Up to 3000 passengers on one of the world's most luxurious cruise ships have gained an interesting first impression of Australia after cruising into one of its busiest ports.
On the Australian leg of its latest round-the-world voyage, the 311-metre mega liner Voyager of the Seas...
Passengers may vote Sydney the best cruise port in the world, but a price hike for berthing charges of up to 3700 per cent by the NSW government may mean cruise companies will avoid the city. The price increase would mean a mid-size cruise ship, such as P&O Cruises' PACIFIC...
Damen Shipyards Group reports that Serco Group member DMS Maritime Pty Limited has received a contract to support the Royal Australian Navy's submarine fleet with a Rescue Gear Ship 9316. The vessel will be built at a Damen shipyard in Vietnam and is due to be delivered in 2016....
A cruise ship originally built in 1986 by Kockums Varv, Malmö, Sweden, for Carnival Cruise Lines as MS Jubilee, is now operating as MS Henna for China's HNA Tourism Cruise and Yacht Management Co., Ltd. and has become the mainland's largest luxury cruise ship.
On January 26, 2013,...
The Director of Combined Maritime Forces in the Gulf region says coalition efforts have led to a fall in piracy attacks against merchant shipping and local fishing dhows but the risk to trade remains high.
The International Maritime Bureau’s Piracy Reporting Centre reported just one...
Defence has revealed that HMAS Choules, bought from the British last year, will be out of action until April following a mechanical breakdown June 2012. Following consultation with the transformer manufacturer, the Defence Materiel Organisation, the Defence Science and Technology...
Crew members on board Royal Caribbean's megaliner Voyager of the Seas are battling to bring significant ongoing norovirus related problems under control.
An unofficial Royal Caribbean blog website, written by supporters of the Royal Caribbean Cruise Line, reported about 135...
Australia's icebreaker AURORA AUSTRALIS has returned to Hobart bringing back new information about marine life under the world's largest ice sheet, ABC News reported. More than 50 researchers from eight countries have spent the past two months on board. They have been using an...
Australian shipbuilder Incat Tasmania Pty Ltd launched the world’s first high speed passenger Ro-Ro ship powered by LNG (Liquified Natural Gas) on Saturday 17th November to allow the vessel to be completed outside the main shipyard shed.
The vessel has been moored alongside at the...
A court has ordered the captain of a ship that caused 'unprecedented' damage to the Great Barrier Reef off Queensland to pay a ,000 fine.
Ship master Jichang Wang mastered the Shen Neng 1 coal carrier when it smashed into Douglas Shoal off the central Queensland coast two years...
Fremantle Ports has won the 2012 Work Safety Award for the Best Safety and Health Management System in the Public Sector.Announcing the award recently, Worksafe WA said Fremantle Ports had made “significant OSH improvements over the past two years, guided by its ‘Safety for Life’...
Nuclear subs 'out of Aussie reach' says US Ambassador
AUSTRALIA is a long way off being capable of running nuclear submarines, US Ambassador Jeffrey Bleich says. Some coalition frontbenchers are reported to have spoken to US officials about replacing the navy's diesel fleet with...
Coral Princess Cruises has been fined 0,000 following the death of a crewman after he was trapped by a powered door while working on Oceanic Discoverer in 2009.
The company was found to be non-compliant with the Occupational Health and Safety (Maritime Industry) Act 1993 in...
KBR (NYSE:KBR) announced that it has been selected by GDF SUEZ Bonaparte Pty. Ltd. (GDF SUEZ), operator of the Bonaparte LNG project, to execute floating liquefied natural gas (FLNG) production vessel design work for its project offshore Darwin, Australia.
This award is one of two...
The shipping industry is on the verge of experiencing dramatic change with rising fuel costs and new regulations as outlined in the Ship Energy Efficiency Management Plan (SEEMP) driving the industry to make drastic changes in the way it operates. Hundreds of thousands of dollars...
An Action Plan to address key concerns surrounding the safety of domestic ferries in the Pacific Island Countries and Territories (PICTs) has been adopted by a forum on the subject, organized by IMO and held in Suva, Fiji, from 30 October to 2 November 2012. Recent losses of domestic...
Australia's billion project to replace our six Collins Class submarines with 12 Future Submarines is at risk of failing. In addition to the potential gap between the retirement of the Collins Class and the commissioning of the Future Submarine, there are unsolved problems with...
A SHORTAGE of technical sailors, blamed on the resources boom, has forced the navy to tie up two frontline warships indefinitely while its remaining 10 frigates lost 459 days in just six months this year due to "unscheduled" repairs and maintenance.
The navy describes the temporary...
Dockwise's BLUE MARLIN finally off loaded Australia's biggest Navy jigger to date in the middle of Port Phillip, CANBERRA, with tugs SVITZER MARYSVILLE, HASTINGS and KEERA, was towed to her fitting out berth at BAE Williamstown, putting a mark on the landscape of Williamstown...
The hull of the first of the Royal Australian Navy's two new amphibious ships, HMAS Canberra, transited through Port Phillip Heads on Blue Marlin and was greeted by the men and women of HMAS Cerberus on 17 October 2012.
The Canberra class vessels are 230.8 metres long overall,...
THE navy's most cash-hungry vessel is the ageing supply ship HMAS Success that costs almost 0,000 a day to run. The cheapest is a light utility boat, which costs a modest a day to operate or less than an hour.
In between are a large number of vessels including one of the...
11 Oct saw the former R.A.N vessel HMAS MANOORA shifted from the Garden Island naval base to a commercial berth at Glebe Island. She will be stripped of hazardous materials and await her future.
Built in 1970 as the Tank Landing Ship USS Fairfax County, she was purchased by the...
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A very busy time for all - my thanks go to Ash Papp who has taken on the editing of the Newsletter – first edition in the new format attached! Please make sure you forward input to the newsletter to Ash for the next one! 1 – 2 August – IIMS...
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