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News in brief Full details at thedcn.com.au DCN wins ‘Relaunch of the Year’ award L-R: DCN publisher Lloyd O’Harte, sales director Lindsay Reed, Paragon Media CEO Ian Brooks, managing director of publishing at Channel, Chris Janz Daily Cargo News recently took out the award for Relaunch of the Year at the prestigious Mumbrella PUBLISH Awards. The awards were held to a packed audience at Dalton House, Sydney, where Australia’s finest digital and print publishers celebrated the best in the industry. “Making the transition from weekly paper to monthly magazine - especially with such a trusted and established brand as the DCN - was not something we took lightly,” said publisher Lloyd O’Harte. “We’ve been thrilled with the positive feedback we have had from the shipping and maritime logistics industry and to now receive such recognition from the publishing industry is a real honour and testimony to the hard work and expertise of the whole team at DCN.” AMSA boots bulkers Two bulk ships were banned from Australian ports after the Australian Maritime Safety Authority found their crews had been underpaid. The Panama-flagged Fortune Genius (IMO 9221877) in Gladstone and the Hong Kong-registered Xing Jing Hai (IMO 9728344) in Brisbane have been banned for 12 months and 18 months respectively for what AMSA said was “a gross breach of the Maritime Labour Convention”. On September 5, AMSA surveyors boarded the Fortune Genius in Gladstone following a complaint from the International Transport Workers’ Federation. The AMSA investigation found the crew had been deliberately under paid A$100,000 by the operator, New Fortune Genius Management, for the period April to August. According to AMSA, the ship had been operating with two sets of wage accounts, one showing the amount of wages the crew should have been paid and the other showing what they had actually been paid. The ship was immediately detained. On September 11, AMSA surveyors boarded the Xing Jing Hai in Brisbane following similar complaints from the International Transport Workers’ Federation. The complaints related to unpaid crew wages and the operator, Dalian Ocean Prosperity International Ship Management, had been previously warned over unpaid wages with sister ship Xing Ning Hai. AMSA’s investigation found the crew of the Xing Jing Hai had been paid late for the months of May and June, while wages for July and August amounting to A$140,000 were still outstanding. AMSA general manager of operations Allan Schwartz issued the ships with bans, preventing them from entering or approaching an Australian port. “Failure to pay crew their wages in full and on time is a reprehensible breach of the Maritime Labour Convention and one that AMSA will not tolerate,” he said. “The operator of the Fortune Genius has acted in a dishonest and predatory fashion... while the operator of the Xing Jing Hai has demonstrated a systemic failure to ensure its seafarers are paid.” Mumbrella; Pxhere 10 October 2019 thedcn.com.au
Report released into Brisbane dedicated port rail connection A new paper says a dedicated freight rail connection to the Port of Brisbane could take 2.4m truck movements a year off the road by 2035. The ‘game-changing’ port rail connection project, which would separate the existing shared passenger and freight rail networks, would provide a dedicated link from the Inland Rail to the Port of Brisbane. The Deloitte Access Economics paper said Queensland’s growing population and the subsequent freight task, climbing from 1.35m TEU in 2018 to around five million in 2050, necessitated an urgent shift from the region’s reliance on road freight. Port of Brisbane CEO Roy Cummins said if Queenslanders wanted to protect the liveability of their region, then the time was right to connect the rail project to the port. “If we don’t directly connect Inland Rail to the Port of Brisbane, Queenslanders won’t get the jobs, but they will get the trucks,” Mr Cummins said. “That’s because as Queensland’s population grows, so too that the freight task. The way our supply chain is established at present, that means a truck tsunami is heading our way.” Currently only 2% of containerised freight comes to the Port of Brisbane via rail. The rest arrive on trucks. “In 2018, that equated to 4m truck movements. With the current rail constraints in place that number would increase to over 13m by 2050,” Mr Cummins said. “Deloitte’s paper shows that by building a dedicated freight rail connection to the Port of Brisbane... we could remove 2.4m truck movements from the local road network,” he said. TOOWOOMBA SECOND RANGE CROSSING OPENED The Queensland government has officially opened the $1.6bn Toowoomba Second Range Crossing. It means heavy vehicles can now travel around north of Toowoomba rather than through it. The project includes a 41km bypass route and an 800-metre-long viaduct. “This is a monumental project for the Toowoomba and Lockyer Valley communities,” Deputy Prime Minister Michael McCormack said. Queensland Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk said the crossing would play a vital role supporting ongoing growth of the state’s industries. “It means our world-class exports can get to their destination quicker,” Ms Palaszczuk said. The Toowoomba SRC was jointly funded by the Australian and Queensland governments, with the Australian government contributing $1.137bn and the balance by the Queensland government. Ambimages; LOGOS; QLD government New logistics estate opened in western Sydney Minister for Western Sydney Stuart Ayres has officially opened Stage 1 of the LOGOS $230m Marsden Park Logistics Estate. The ceremony occurred recently with Blacktown mayor Stephen Bali. LOGOS bought the Hollinsworth Road site in 2016 and is developing it into a 100,000sqm “prime logistics estate”. Mr Ayres said establishing a Logistics Estate in Marsden Park showed vision. “It’s great to see Stage 1 completed and it will be exciting to see the transformation here over the next 18-months as hundreds of people take up the opportunity to work closer to where they live in Western Sydney,” Mr Ayres said. Mayor Bali said Western Sydney was the fastest growing region and economy in Australia and Blacktown City was the powerhouse at the centre of Western Sydney. “We have a $17.1bn regional economy supporting 130,000 jobs and the Marsden Park Logistics Estate forms a vital part in the sustainable industrial development of the region that is driving our strong economy,” Mr Bali said. thedcn.com.au October 2019 11
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