Qube squares up in western Oz…
NewsIn a move apparently intended to outflank problematic Australian unions, energy giant Chevron has switched the container logistics for its m...
Oz dock code closer
NewsAustralian waterfront employers and unions are moving closer to agreement on a new stevedoring code of practice....
Oz unions to fight automation plans
NewsThe Maritime Union of Australia (MUA) has reversed its co-operative attitude towards DP World’s plans to introduce semi-automated systems ...
WA in Freo sell-off?
NewsThe Western Australian government may look to resolve its long-running dispute with pr ivate port proponent Len Buckeridge by selling him Fr...
Thumbs down for Oz safety code
NewsProtest marches in major Australian ports at the end of October appear to have done little to convince shipowners and stevedores to embrace ...
Patrick and MUA reach agreement – again
NewsFor the second time in six months, Asciano’s Patrick and the Maritime Union of Australia (MUA) have reached equanimity on a new labour agr...
Oz waterfront woes spread…
NewsNew labour agreements between the Maritime Union of Australia (MUA) and Asciano’s Patrick Container Ports were finally reached in mid-Nove...
DP World’s turn for trouble on Oz docks
NewsThe focus of industrial disputes on the Australian waterfront has switched to DP World after the Maritime Union of Australia (MUA) launched ...
Strife continues on Oz waterfront
NewsThe cat-and-mouse game that purports to be Enterprise Bargaining Agreement (EBA) negotiations between Asciano’s Patrick and the Maritime U...
Strife hits Oz waterfront
NewsThe Australian waterfront is facing a year of industrial disputes as an increasingly aggressive maritime union negotiates new labour agreeme...
MUA takes on Patrick
NewsSelected Australian ports have been subjected to strikes of up to 72 hours as the Maritime Union of Australia (MUA) “negotiates” with Pa...
Dock death prompts code call
NewsThe death of a dockworker at Port Botany in late March has prompted waterside workers to increase pressure on the Australian government for ...
Recession catches up with Oz ports…
NewsAfter something of an Indian summer, the impact of the global slowdown has finally reached major Australian container ports with volumes sli...
MUA “back to 1998”
NewsThe Maritime Union of Australia (MUA) claims to have “reclaimed” most of the employment conditions lost in 1998’s bitter waterfront di...
Oz shipping comeback?
NewsHopes are growing of a resurgence in Australian-controlled shipping with the Australian Labour Party - currently leading opinion polls ahead...