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wa bRANCH 2025 webINAR SERIES"Operationalising Autonomous Survey Vessel for the Australian Coastline" is the theme of a MLAANZ WA Branch webinar being hosted on 7 May by Clifford Chance. Speaker is EGS Australia chief surveyor Charles Collins. View the webinar invitation.
NZ BRANCH CONFERENCE PROGRAMMEA programme has now been issued for the MLAANZ New Zealand Branch annual conference, being held at the Sofitel Viaduct Harbour in Auckland on 9 May. As well as featuring an excellent speaker line up and key industry updates, a highlight will be an interactive panel discussion on issues of current focus for the New Zealand maritime sector. REGISTER NOW! Read more on the NZ Branch page.
SEMAPHORE MARCH 2025Semaphore March 2025 has now been published and can be viewed online. A feature of the edition is a Q&A with Judge Tom Broadmore, a retired New Zealand District Court Judge and barrister based in Wellington, for which a teaser video can be viewed below.
cmi executive council announcedComité Maritime International (CMI) has announced a renewed Executive Committee, following a recent election. MLAANZ proudly announces that immediate past president Michelle Taylor was one of the nominees for a contested position to the committee.
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Further information on the 2025 annual federal conference, being held in Melbourne over 3-5 September will be published as it is confirmed.
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CALL TO ACTION FOR MLAANZ SURVEY PARTICIPANTSIf you participated in the recent MLAANZ membership survey (thank you), can you please read and action the following as necessary. BOARD UPDATESTwo new appointments to the MLAANZ Board were confirmed at the AGM held during the 49th annual federal conference in Queenstown during October 2024. We welcome John Knight (MLAANZ New Zealand vice-president) and Charlie Street (Sydney barrister). All standing Board members also returned. Please view the full list of office holders here.
CALL FOR SEMAPHORE "COMMENTATORS"MLAANZ is establishing a database of members happy to be called upon to provide comment on topical issues covered in Semaphore, that would be relevant to their particular areas of knowledge and experience. Involvement should not be too onerous and would be in the form of one of the Semaphore team sending an E-mail with typically a couple/few questions for the member's input. Please review this E-notice for a further briefing and for details of how to become involved.
MLAANZ POLICIESA series of policies are being drafted by the MLAANZ Executive to outline expectations of aligned conduct and behaviour in a range of specific areas. These are being progressively published in \About\Polices.
JOURNALKeep abreast of the latest Australian and New Zealand Maritime Law Journal, via the publication's website.
VOLUNTEER ARBITRATORS WANTED – IMLAM MOOT 2025Volunteer arbitrators are wanted for the 2025 International Maritime Law Arbitration Moot (IMLAM) hosted by the University of Sydney Law School between 6 and 11 July. Candidates do not need to be a professional arbitrator to participate – you will be provided with materials to support you in your role. If you are available and would like to contribute to the success of this year’s competition, please register your interest via the form at the link on the University of Sydney's IMLAM page.
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Pending EVENTSMLAANZ WA Branch 2025 Webinar Series | 7 May | Read more
MLAANZ New Zealand Branch annual conference | Sofitel Viaduct Harbour, Auckland, 9 May | Further information
CMI Notice of Assembly | Tokyo, Japan, 17 May | Read more
IMLAM Moot 2025 | The University of Sydney, 6-11 July | Read more
MLAANZ annual federal conference | InterContinental Hotel Melbourne, 3-5 September 
JOIN USMLAANZ welcomes new members from any profession or industry with an interest in maritime and shipping law.
Arbitrator UPDATESNovember 2024-updated MLAANZ Panel of Arbitrators.
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