Today (07 November 2023) the Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry (DAFF) has issued Advice Notice 234-2023: ‘Commencement of 2023-24 Burnt Pine Longicorn (BPL) (Arhopalus ferus) flight season.’ From time to time we report on a number of pests that “hitchhike” a ride in shipping containers into Australia, such as Stink Bugs and Khapra Beetles. […]
Queensland’s Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk today leads a 5-day mission to Shanghai and Beijing, together with over 100 delegates from the education, business, agriculture, trade and tourism sectors. A media statement from the Queensland Government says it is largest ever trade missions will next week showcase our state’s exporters to China and the world. As part […]
DP World Australia has announced its intention to increase landside fees at its Terminals from 01 January 2024, just as the MUA has outlined a further series of work bans and stoppages next week – and, coincidently, a report by the Centre for International Corporate Tax Accountability and Research (Cictar) says that DP has paid […]
Negotiations for a Free Trade Agreement (FTA) between the European Union and Australia have once again collapsed, with Australian government ministers saying a deal is now unlikely in this term of parliament. Technically, we have not closed the door to further talks, but officials believe it is now getting too close to next year’s EU […]
A dedicated freight rail link to the Port of Brisbane was listed as essential by Infrastructure Australia in 2016 and, as we reported in our article Port of Brisbane Gets Rail Funding four years ago, the Federal Government gifted Queensland $20 million to finalise a business case for the project. The Courier Mail newspaper ran […]
The Department of Agriculture Fisheries and Forestry (DAFF) has previously identified that consignments of solar panels can pose a WHS (Workplace Health & Safety) risk to staff during rural tailgate inspections when the container doors are opened. All FCLs of solar panels that require a rural tailgate inspection are instead directed for an external container […]
China has begun dismantling the last major trade sanction against Australian exporters after agreeing to review punitive wine tariffs, clearing the way for the first visit to Beijing by an Australian prime minister since 2016. Prime Minister Anthony Albanese announced the deal for the five-month wine review ahead of his upcoming trip. The PM will […]
A report published this week concludes that the shipping industry is an ‘easy target’ for cyber attacks while another survey shows that 30% of global ports are ‘unprepared’ for the IMO’s MSW mandate to move from paper to digital documents by 2024. A conference held by the WCO, however, demonstrated that Customs administrations have a […]
Global events over the last three years have changed the face of our industry. One of the interesting outcomes is a change in the demand for new types of shipping containers. The past year has seen a new 48ft folding flatrack designed for China’s burgeoning car export trades, while China Rail Group has started phasing […]
Qantas’ freight division suffered a major IT nightmare last week, throwing cargo operations into disarray. The airline’s attempt to transition to a new, fully integrated cloud-based management system on September 24 didn’t go according to plan. The malfunction forced them to prioritize the movement of essential & perishable supplies. Today the airline has issued an update, […]
