Protected Industrial Action at DP World Terminals On the 6th of October, the CFMEU-MUA Division (Maritime Union of Australia) commenced industrial action at DP World terminals across the country and…

Welcome to our September 2023 Newsletter Qantas Cargo Terminals Qantas switched over to a new integrated operating system on the 24th of September for all their cargo operations. Unfortunately, this change…

2023-2024 Brown Marmorated Stink Bug Season Brown Marmorated Stink Bug (BMSB) risk season starts again for sea freight cargo departing between the 1st of September 2023 and 30th of April…

Welcome to our July 2023 Newsletter Rate Increases From North Asia As we start to move into the peak shipping season, it’s no surprise that we’ve received several notices from…

Changes to Government fees on Import Declarations from 1 July, 2023 Dept of Agriculture Fisheries & Forestry (Biosecurity) has announced another increase of $5 per Import Declaration, from 1 July 2023. …

Welcome to our May 2023 Newsletter Australia-UK Free Trade Agreement While the Prime Minister was in London attending the King’s Coronation, it was announced that the Australia-UK Free Trade Agreement…

Welcome to our March 2023 Newsletter Seafreight Update  Shipping costs are remaining at very low levels, especially from China, and its certainly a long way off what was being charged…

Merry Christmas and welcome to our December newsletter Christmas Closures  As everyone is looking to close down over the Christmas and New Year period, please remember the following important points…

The Fair Work Commission (FWC) hearings are still on going in this dispute, but the Commission has advised overnight that the planned lockout for today will not proceed. The hearings…

As mentioned in our Newsletter earlier this month, there’s been ongoing Industrial action between Svitzer and the unions for quite some time, years actually. As you may have already seen…