Occupational Health and Safety
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News
Pilot and crew ran ship aground because they ignored navigation equipment
Poor navigation and poor “bridge resource management” were the cause of the Maersk container ship, the Leda Maersk, running aground in a New Zealand harbor…
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News
DOWN UNDER TRUCKING: injured truck driver wins US$1.15 million compensation
Truck driver Terry Damon will receive a total of A$1.7 million (US$1.15 million) of compensation from his employer, a shipper and a consignee, after they…
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Container
Suicide caused shutdown of Patrick ocean container terminal
Patrick Terminals in Sydney, Australia, shut down for about 19 hours over Monday, July 8 and Tuesday, July 9 after a worker tragically committed suicide.
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Trucking
Drug-abusing trucker jailed for 18.5 years after savagely beating his boss to death
Truck driver Patrick Allen Boon must now serve nearly two decades in jail for beating his boss to death with a hammer and wrench in…
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Trucking
Down Under Trucking: bureaucrats ignore trucking experts
Experts say Aussie trucks should be widened a tiny amount... but officials ain't listening. Also: truck driver funding; fatigue; drugged drivers.
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Asia-Pacific
Fatal: Australian trucking’s annual death-toll
Australian trucking continues to prove fatally dangerous to drivers with a death rate in Australian road transport nearly six times greater than the national industrial…
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