Please be advised that the Perth office in Australia will be closed on Monday 28th September for a Public Holiday. Normal office hours will resume on Tuesday 29th September. Our Brisbane, Sydney, Melbourne and Adelaide offices will be operating…
In this update, we now add 2 additional shipping lines to those already imposing surcharges. This now totals 8 shipping lines. Those 2 additional shipping lines are; 1. Hyundai Merchant Marine. 2. T.S. Lines Co Ltd. Directly below are…
Please be advised that Shipping Lines operating in the North Asia (China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Japan & Korea) to Australia trade have advised of a General Rate Increase (GRI) to be implemented from 1st October 2020. The GRI will…
Please be advised that Shipping Lines operating in the South East Asia (Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia, Vietnam, Thailand and Sub-Continent) to Australia trade have advised of a General Rate Increase (GRI) to be implemented from 1st October 2020. The GRI…
After several days of further negotiations with the below 5 shipping lines, the following revised position has been reached regarding the Port Congestion Surcharge. These 5 Shipping Lines are, at this stage; ➢ Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC). ➢ CMA…
Several shipping lines have imposed, without warning, a surcharge which they say is to recover the additional costs of vessel congestion in the Port of Sydney. Those shipping Lines are, at this stage; ➢ Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC). ➢…
All empty container parks have been at capacity for the last month, and this situation continues to worsen, with the position today that VGL is now unable to de-hire your empty containers in Sydney. This is caused by 3…
Please be advised that Shipping Lines operating in the North Asia (China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Japan & Korea) to Australia trade have advised of a General Rate Increase (GRI) to be implemented from 15th September 2020. The GRI will…
Three is currently a serious shortage of empty containers throughout all ports in China. This shortage covers all destination Countries, including Australia and New Zealand. In order to optimise empty container use, all shipping lines will now only release…
In response to the increasing global spread of Khapra Beetle (Trogoderma granarium) and detections on a wide range of plant products and from places where this pest is not known to occur, the Department of Agriculture, Water and the…