25 August 2026
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25 August 2026
Jason Morrison, a former presenter at the Sydney radio station, denies ‘tailoring his evidence’ during trial of veteran shock jock Jones The text messages were uncovered as Morrison faced accusations from the prosecution on Tuesday of “tailoring his evidence” about an alleged assault at a lower north shore restaurant to suit his friend Jones.
25 August 2026
KPMG i Australia opplever kraftig fall i inntekter etter anklager om skittens spill. Nå må selskapet kutte 400 ansatte.
25 August 2026
"Every woman on Earth should live in fear of a camera, should live in fear of Facebook," Antonio Rotondo allegedly told police.
25 August 2026
Global container port congestion has climbed beyond the levels recorded during the Covid era, removing more than 4. 3m teu of capacity from circulation and helping keep freight and charter rates elevated. Data from Linerlytica shows 4. 3m teu is now waiting to berth at container ports worldwide, surpassing the previous absolute peak of 4m teu recorded …
25 August 2026
Shipowners trading through the Strait of Hormuz have been placed in a fresh compliance bind after Iran blacklisted 45 ships and threatened fines, detention and cargo confiscation, while Washington warned that complying with Tehran’s transit regime could trigger US sanctions. Iran’s newly established Persian Gulf Strait Authority (PGSA) published the “non-compliant vessels” list over the …
25 August 2026
A Saudi-owned VLCC has been struck off Yanbu in the northern Red Sea, extending the Houthi campaign against Saudi shipping to one of the kingdom’s most important alternative crude export routes. The 320,926 dwt Amzan was hit around 63 nautical miles west of Yanbu on August 24. UK Maritime Trade Operations said an unknown projectile …
25 August 2026
Shipping needs greater clarity over how regulation applies to increasingly integrated digital systems, with engineers and lawyers sometimes operating on radically different concepts of what constitutes a timely response. In a new release, CIMAC, the global association covering ship propulsion, power generation and digital systems, has pointed to the contrast between engineering environments where “real …
