The Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP) will enter into force for Chile on 21 February 2023. As we reported in November last year, the CPTPP entered into force for Australia, Canada, Japan, New Zealand, Mexico and Singapore on 30 December 2018, Vietnam on 14 January 2019, Peru on 19 September 2021 and […]
Recently we wrote about the “greening” of the shipping and aviation industries in our article Amber Lights for Green Shipping. The inaugural Greenport Congress Oceania is taking place this week at the Port of Newcastle from 15 to 17 February. This is the first time for it to be held in the Southern Hemisphere, bringing […]
There are strict rules for the reporting of import shipments to the Australian Border Force (ABF) that affect both freight forwarders and their clients. While the customs broker lodges the reports, it is the importer who is likely to foot the storage bill for late reports. To minimise associated costs incurred for delayed release of […]
Three issues have dominated shipping news over the past three years: The Pandemic; Supply Chain Crisis; Shortage of Shipping Containers. There was some hope that Roll-on/Roll-off vessels, or Ro-Ro, would help alleviate some of these supply-chain issues. However the surge in demand for that mode of shipping has meant we are now encountering difficulty securing […]
Boeing has delivered its last 747 jumbo jet, more than a half-century after production of the plane began, and it’s a freighter. The final jumbo that rolled out of Boeing’s assembly plant in Everett, Wash., USA, is the 747-8 cargo freighter variant, destined for Atlas Air, with eventual use by the logistics company Kuehne + […]
A.P. Moller-Maersk A/S (Maersk) and Mediterranean Shipping Co. (MSC), the world’s two largest container lines, are ending an eight-year vessel-sharing agreement as the fierce shipping rivalry in global logistics intensifies. They have agreed not to renew their alliance in 2025. The question is whether the breakup will benefit the shipping community, with the two giants […]
Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry, Senator Murray Watt, has just been to London as part of a government push to inject a sense of urgency into Britain’s passage of the Australia-UK Free Trade Agreement (UK-FTA). The agreement was signed more than a year ago, but it needs to be ratified by legislation passed in […]
From 01 February 2023 the Biosecurity Portal will be the only way for most clients to book cargo import inspections with the Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry (DAFF). The portal is a streamlined process for booking import inspections that gives clients full control of requests including changes and cancellations. This will result in the […]
This week (25 January 2023) the Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry (DAFF) issued Import Industry Advice no. 18-2023: Approval of new Recognised Offshore Cleaning and Pre-inspection Provider (ROCIP) facility in Japan for used vehicle and associated parts for export to Australia. The notice will be of interest to importers and customs brokers of used […]
In 2021 we reported on an initiative by the Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry (DAFF) to conduct a Methyl bromide treatment provider survey. Today DAFF announces they have been further reviewing the Methyl Bromide Fumigation Methodology and that consultation is now open on their Have Your Say platform. DAFF is updating and modernising the […]
