In this interview, John Anderson speaks with Peter Court and Walter Purio, experts in maritime security, about Australia’s vulnerabilities in shipping logistics and maritime defence.
They highlight Australia’s lack of domestically registered international trading ships, leaving the country heavily reliant on foreign vessels. They also examine the economic and strategic risks posed by this dependency, especially during crises.
They finish by exploring potential solutions, such as the Australian International Shipping Register (AISR), which could strengthen Australia’s maritime capabilities through international cooperation.
Peter Court is an internationally experienced master mariner, principal consultant at DNV Consulting and founder of Court Marine consulting.
Captain Walter P. Purio is a seasoned marine and maritime industry executive who has worked across several affiliated disciplines including commercial shipping, marine finance, marine compliance, naval operations, offshoring, bunkering, oil and gas and mineral resources industry.
Both Peter and Walter are much sought-after experts and commentators on matters relating to maritime security and shipping.
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00:00 Intro
05:39 An Australian Perspective on Shipping
11:54 A Global Perspective on Shipping
19:58 Who is Doing all the Shipping?
21:06 Who Operates Trade in Australia?
26:56 The Lessons of History
32:24 What Happens in the Case of Conflict?
36:55 Oil Reserves in America and Australia
41:03 Our Delicate Shipping Routes
42:55 What are the Solutions?
57:55 Shipping Emissions
01:04:11 Outro
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Changing sides is the easiest and most sensible solution.
American Sanctions (and America) are so 20th Century, we'll survive – Chinese and Russian Economies and Cultures are blossoming in response.
Russia has a +3.5% GDP Increase and a SHORTAGE of Workers!
Yes, change sides and end this 80 year loosing streak.
Peace.
Australia was federated in 1901 to provide a navy to defend the continent and to restrict our immigration to white Europeans. Our founding fathers recognised the problems facing North America and South Africa on this issue and did not want it for Australia. Our federal government nolonger serves a purpose. It could be argued they are facilitating our continents invasion.
Shipping survived WW1 and WW2. NZ and Australia fed the UK.
Shipping out or Shipping in?
Australia is dependant on overseas shipping lines for all its trade
The cruise ships are all overseas owned including P&O Australia which is gone forever next year.
Columbus line a German shipping company used to make profits for Germany carrying cargo between 🇦🇺 and 🇺🇸 Australia is such a backward country head in the sand.
Anderson was in government when the decline was going on.shame on him.
It was about getting cargo to wherever destinations has cheap as freight rates could be thats why China dominates today.
Globalism will gut the globe.
Senator Molan had spoken about our lack of strategic oil reserves. Complacency of all our major political parties has put Australia in great peril.
Only one word comes to mind. Vulnerable.
Hi guys, See if you can add me some pictures of these different boats when you do those "shorts" with the extra added pictures please 😊 I don't know what the different boats look like that they're all talking about. Thanks.
The government is busy with identity politics, climate change and policing men’s behaviour – let’s not lose perspective on what’s important
Hi John, thank you so much for this interview! I am a Kiwi and I have been banging on about this to my family and friends about the situation in NZ which is many times worse than Australia. We closed our only refinery, we can’t explore for gas or coal or any thing else and we have mandated reserves of Diesel of 21 days plus we have no coastal shipping and no international. No one in NZ is even aware of this. I will send this vid to as many people as possible
Great interview about a serious problem with expert guests.
However, a couple of statements made relating to international rankings were brutal. Peter Court said that Australia had the 12th or 13th largest economy in the world. Absolutely not. The IMF projections for GDP on a purchasing power parity (PPP) basis show Australia as the 21st largest economy in the world barely ahead of Taiwan in 22nd place. Nor do the IMF estimates show America as the number one economy as John said. China is number one with an economy that is larger than those of the United States and Mexico combined. The SNA Manuals have favoured GDP on a PPP basis as the best way to rank economies since the 1993 update of the manual. Why do people even use nominal GDP as the gauge anymore. I should say that there are also GDP on a PPP basis estimates compiled by the World Bank and the CIA. They differ slightly in their rankings of different countries. (The World Bank now believes Russia has the 5th largest economy while the IMF still shows it as number 6.) Like most people, I generally reference the IMF estimates, not because they are necessarily better, but because they are more timely than those of their competitors.
You are a recidivist in making such statements, John. Please don’t continue. It really lowers the credibility of your show.