The long-running contract dispute between Svitzer and three maritime unions has reached a tentative agreement, which now depends on acceptance by union members. Voting on the proposed contract is now underway. The ballot opened yesterday Thursday 08 June and closes on Saturday 10 June. Svitzer says it will advise of the outcomes of the vote […]
A Double Stacked Vehicle has made its pioneering demonstration on port and public roads, as part of a trial conducted under stringent safety and operational conditions at the Port of Brisbane. A Scania prime mover pulled the Super B-double vehicle, carrying eight empty twenty-foot equivalent (TEU) containers on a defined route within the port facilities […]
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese declared that he wants to expand economic ties with Vietnam as he prepared for talks aimed at deepening Australia’s relationship with the South-East Asian nation. Mr Albanese arrived in Hanoi on the weekend and met with Vietnamese Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh yesterday, along with Communist Party general secretary, the president […]
Further to our report in January on Increase in Landside Charges, newly released data confirms that Landside port charges have continued to grow over 2022/2023 and have never been higher. ‘Landside charges’ refer to fees paid by transport operators (road and rail) moving containers in and out of ports and container terminals. These costs differ […]
As we outlined in our article on 05 May, the Australia-UK Free Trade Agreement becomes active on 31 May 2023. The government has released information through several avenues to give businesses access to the resources they will need to take full advantage of all the deal has to offer. The Australian Border Force (ABF) has […]
The Brisbane Multimodal Terminal (BMT) has welcomed Seaway’s first containerised train, the start of its weekly service from its Central Queensland Inland Port (CQIP) facility located at Yamala. CQIP is the first inland port in Queensland offering storage, packing and a dedicated rail service to and from BMT at the Port of Brisbane. The operators […]
Setting a new record for the global shipping industry, the world’s largest container line – Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC) – has emerged as the first ocean carrier to surpass a whopping 5 million TEU (twenty-foot equivalent units) in fleet capacity. MSC accomplished its remarkable growth from 4 million TEU to 5 million TEU in just […]
The Australian Border Force (ABF) has issued Australian Customs Notice No. 2023/18, titled: Customs (Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement—Entry into Force for the Philippines) Notice 2023. It announces that the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement, known as RCEP, will enter into force for the Philippines on 02 June 2023. The RCEP has already entered into […]
Further to our report earlier in the year advising that paper phytosanitary certificates for imports must conform with ISPM12, the Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry (DAFF) has today (15 May) issued another notice, IAN 115-2023: Update – Australia’s importing country requirements for phytosanitary certificates from 01 July 2023. This notice provides further information to […]
Most international consignments rely on pick-up and delivery by truck at each end of the journey. There was not much joy for truckers in this week’s Federal Budget. They were slapped with an increase in the Heavy Vehicle Road User Charge rate from 27.2 cents per litre of diesel to 32.4 cents per litre in […]
