IIMS ADVOCACY ACKNOWLEDGED BY AUSTRALIAN SENATE AS PERFORMANCE OF THE AUSTRALIAN MARITIME SAFETY AUTHORITY REPORT IS PUBLISHED
The International Institute of Marine Surveying’s (IIMS) submission to the Australian Senate, raising members concerns as to the direction and delivery of AMSA’s services for domestic commercial vessels, has been widely agreed with and extensively quoted in the Rural and Regional Affairs committee’s recently published report entitled Performance of the Australian Maritime Safety Authority.
IIMS expressed concerns over the new system’s excessive red tape, inappropriate and unsafe survey standards being applied and a lack of government concentration on safety management system development and implementation. These and other matters were highlighted by the IIMS and other submissions to the Senate Committee.
The committee made four recommendations with the first three relating to legislative changes to better allow authorities to prosecute breaches of the law.
The fourth recommendation sets out for the Australian Government to commission an independent review of the National Law and associated instruments to consider if it remains fit for purpose and if the instruments improve marine safety without being overly burdensome or complex. Based on multiple responses to our member questionnaire on the subject before the hearing, IIMS members certainly view this to be the situation with the current system.
IIMS welcomes the committee’s recommendations and findings. As the region and world’s premier professional body for marine surveying, (and the only surveyor’s association to make a submission to the committee), IIMS calls on the Australian Government to act on the report.
IIMS will continue to remain closely engaged with the process and will consult with local members and input into future consultation to better improve this important regulatory reform.
Read how ABC News broke the story about IIMS’ submission at
https://ab.co/2ZLsa7W.
Read the report in full at
https://bit.ly/3dBENq9. The Senate
Rural and Regional Affairs and Transport Legislation Committee
Performance of the Australian Maritime Safety Authority
SINGAPORE REMAINS THE WORLD’S MOST IMPORTANT SHIPPING HUB
Singapore has maintained its position as the most important shipping hub in the Asia-Pacific region, ranking first for seven consecutive years, a new index shows. The 2020 Xinhua-Baltic International Shipping Centre Development (ISCD) Index has been published by the Baltic Exchange, in collaboration with Xinhua, the Chinese state news agency.
Based on objective factors including port throughput and infrastructure; depth and breadth of professional maritime support services; as well as the general business environment, the latest report shows that the top five international shipping centres remain the same as in 2019, although with some movement. Singapore tops the list for the seventh consecutive year followed by London, Shanghai, Hong Kong and Dubai.
London, with advantages accruing from providing high-end shipping finance, insurance, and legal services, has climbed back to the second place after dropping to third place in 2018 and 2019. London and Dubai are the only top 5 international shipping centres outside Asia.
In addition, the index showed a continued rise in Middle East and Mediterranean locations with Dubai, as the pre-eminent shipping hub in the Middle East, retaining fifth place while Athens rose to eighth place.
“Whilst this report reflects a pre-COVID 19 world, those locations which continue to build on their strengths, are able to communicate a clear vision for the future and diversify beyond the physical port hub will be the ones who are able to succeed in the future,” Mark Jackson, Baltic Exchange Chief Executive, said.
8 | The Report • September 2020 • Issue 93
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