A man who scaled a 60m-high crane at Sydney's Port Botany during one of several stunts by climate change activists last week has been jailed for four months. Maxim O'Donnell Curmi today pleaded guilty to five charges, including endangering a person on a railway and encouraging the commission of a crime, before Waverley Local Court. It has claimed responsibility for …
The Port of Newcastle's ambition to develop a shipping container terminal and diversify away from coal has been dealt a major blow in a Federal Court decision handed down today. "We are disappointed by the court's decision today in the ACCC's case against NSW Ports," said a Port of Newcastle spokesperson. "This judgment provides an enormous hurdle for the Port …
Ronbert Bibat had been trapped inside the rusty belly of a lumbering 39,000-tonne cargo ship for well over a year. Key points: Border restrictions designed to stall the spread of coronavirus have left around 400,000 seafarers stranded at sea Worldwide, there are more than 50,000 commercial vessels, many of which escape oversight by registering in tax havens Australian authorities have …
As the wharf dispute at Port Botany in Sydney continues, exporters are calling for the union or stevedores involved to pay for their mounting congestion charges. Key points: Exporters say delays at Port Botany put their shipments in jeopardy of missing contract shipping times Union accuses stevedore Patrick of escalating the dispute in an attempt to drive through cuts to …