HMAS Albany on border protection patrol ECEMBER D 2009 Contents The official Journal of Shipping australia ltd Level 6, 131 York Street, Sydney NSW 2000 PO Box Q388 Sydney NSW 1230 2 Announcements from the bridge Ph: (02) 9266 9911 • Fax: (02) 9268 0230 Gillard reforms no help www.shippingaustralia.com.au 5 Viewpoint Time to uncork the bottle PubliShed for ShiPPing auSTralia lTd 6 Profile Ganesh Raj of DP World 8 Grain Showcase Publications P/L Harvest looking good Suite 5, 99 Jones, Street Ultimo 2010 NSW Australia Ph: (02) 9211 7422 Fax: (02) 9211 9061 10 MARITIME SECURITY FEATURE www.showcasepublications.com.au 10 Border Security Command Director: Roger Conway 12 Office of Transport Security 14 Immigration and Citizenship ediTorial 16 The MSIC Executive editor - Llew Russell Feature writer - Archie Bayvel 18 Environment Proactive in face of challenge Advertising Co-ordinatoR 22 Logistics For Advertising in the next issue 22 Stepping up to the challenge Call: Steve Moxey Ph: (02) 9211 7422 24 Focus on infrastructure Email: [email protected] 27 TRADEGATE NEWS ProducTion Manager and deSign 28 Objectives Paul Ortiz-Gomez 28 Why PortBIS? 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A Board Protection team in action copyright, infringement of trademarks or names of publication 2. Ganesh Raj of DP World titles, unfair competition or trade practices, royalties or violation of rights or privacy regulations and that its publication will not give 1 3. Allan du Toit, of Border rise to any rights against or liabilities in the Publisher, its servants Protection Command 2 3 or agents and in particular, that nothing therein is capable of being 4. Tim Harcourt, Austrade economist misleading or deception or otherwise in breach of Part V of the 4 5 Trade Practices Act 1974. 5. Dean Summers of The International Transport Workers Federation Announcements from the bridge by LLEW RUSSELL Gillard reforms will be no help in weathering the storm s the year draws to a close reconsider the application of the Fair we reflect on the difficult Work Act in the light of any changes economic challenges that have EXPAND to the permit regime. come our way. Both in Australia and A We filed two submissions with the internationally there are slow signs of OUR Australian Industrial Relations improvement but globally shipping Commission in relation to this matter lines are facing serious challenges, HORIZONS and the SAL chairman and I attended particularly bearing in mind the new a hearing of the Australian Industrial capacity which is coming on the berth You will note in Relations Commission and made oral in many areas of the shipping industry. this edition of the submissions on 4 November and the This year’s grain harvest is looking result of those consultations will be good with most states’ crops up on magazine that we reported in the March edition of this last year. Our story on this (see page have a new section magazine. 8) follows last season’s problems with The chairman and I also travelled access arrangements at ports for grain devoted entirely to to Capetown in South Africa in shipments following the deregulation early October to attend the 40th of the industry. The Australian news from Tradegate annual meeting of the Federation of Competition and Consumer which is an industry National Associations of Ship Brokers Commission subsequently rejected and Agents. Discussions reflected early this year the port facility access association dedicated the growing importance of this arrangements proposed by CHB, to encouraging international association which now ABB and Graincorp on the basis that has members in 45 different countries exporters needed greater clarity and information with the recent addition of China and transparency. Following undertakings the Philippines as members. given by those companies, the ACCC technology solutions subsequently agreed to the port facility in the transport and We were able to contribute to the access arrangements. discussions at the plenary meeting of logistics industries. the European members, the chartering Viewpoint in our last issue referred and documentary committee, the to the regulations made by the We will be including liner and port agency committee and Deputy Prime Minister and Minister at the council meeting itself at the for Employment and Workplace a Tradegate section end of the week-long deliberations. Relations under the Fair Work Act, in future editions of Interest was shown particularly in 2009 to extend its application to the Rudd government’s proposal to vessels licensed or vessels issued single the magazine as well. significantly tighten cabotage rules or continuous voyage permits under as mentioned above, the oil spill and the Navigation Act, 1912 to carry between those employers who are clean up costs of the Pacific Adventurer coastal cargo. The new regulations will regularly and systematically engaged and the proposal in conjunction with commence from 1 January 2010. in coastal shipping trades and those Tradegate Australia by SAL to actively Subsequently Shipping Australia whose operation under a permit is pursue community-based port data wrote to the Minister and she replied truly incidental to international trade systems in Australia. acknowledging that the current permit operations. The Minister previously Federation members support the early system does not easily distinguish flagged the government’s intention to adoption of the Rotterdam Rules as 2 December 2009 hempel HEMPADUR ULTRA-STRENGTH 47500 The best thing next to steel HEMPADUR ULTRA-STRENGTH 47500 is our most advanced cargo hold coating yet for exposed areas. Tough enough to withstand the abrasive effects of the most punishing cargoes, HEMPADUR ULTRA-STRENGTH 47500 also boasts an industry-leading 10-year repair interval and the market’s quickest time to fi rst hard cargo speed. Suitable for cargo holds, decks, the outer hull and other exposed areas, it’s as versatile as it is durable. Find out more at www.hempel.com 090514 HE Cargo Hold ad 297x210.indd 1 14/05/09 12:32:38 Announcements from the bridge the new international cargo liability waters in March this year. It is, and principles in the International regime. Surveys which have been therefore, relevant to refer to the Convention for the Prevention of undertaken on members’ activities call by the International Chamber Pollution from Ships and the United and a proposed new survey on port of Shipping for all governments Nations Convention on the Laws procedures in the various members’ to bring all national and regional of the Sea. In addition, the chamber countries were also discussed. laws which might result in criminal believes that it is appropriate that Shipping Australia bid for the sanctions for seafarers into line with the IMO/ILO guidelines on the fair opportunity to host this international the internationally agreed standards treatment of seafarers in the event of a meeting in October 2011 and it maritime incident should be reviewed. is pleasing to report that we were Governments were reminded of successful in that bid and detailed Readers will be the importance of maintaining and arrangements are already underway to aware that we host that event in Sydney and make complying with the fair treatment sure that it will be an annual meeting included a readers’ guidelines; the importance of long remembered by delegates. expediting all cases where a foreign survey in the seafarer is detained was stressed as was There has been quite a deal of media September edition the need to seriously consider granting comment regarding the suspected bail. Fortunately in the case of Captain level of criminality on the waterfront of the magazine and Santos these criteria were applied but at a time when the Maritime Security we wait with great interest to see how Identification Card is being reviewed the survey is also on the court case unfolds. as well as other security measures our website. Readers remaining under the spotlight.