In late March 2024, there were 37 wind propulsion-installed vessels along with eleven wind-ready ships which have a combined total of 2.5 million dwt, the International Windship Association (IWSA) revealed. A critical mass of demonstrator ships is forming in the bulker, tanker, RoRo and general cargo segments, with developments in other ship segments accelerating, too. […]
Freight Forwarders and Customs Brokers need to be vigilant to a surge of illegal vapes being concealed in commercial shipments of clothing, machinery, cookware and furniture, originating from Asian ports. The Australian Border Force (ABF) has stopped almost 400,000 disposable vapes from entering Australia within a week in Sydney, in the largest single ‘at border’ […]
The Australian Maritime Safety Authority (AMSA) has today issued the following notice: AMSA focus on shipper compliance with Verified Gross Mass (VGM) requirements. (Friday, May 24, 2024). AMSA has a current focus in Victoria to ensure shippers of containers are accurately measuring verified gross mass (VGM) through one of the two accepted methods, and that […]
The Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry (DAFF) has announced an upcoming policy change. They are introducing a new pre-border treatment provider assurance scheme called AusTreat. AusTreat is a government-to-industry scheme that will replace the existing Offshore brown marmorated stink bug (BMSB) Treatment Provider scheme and set the conditions for the regulation of pre-border biosecurity […]
The Federal Budget for 2024-25 was delivered by Treasurer Jim Chalmers on Tuesday night (14 May). The Minister for Trade, Don Farrell has issued a media release jointly with Penny Wong (Foreign Affairs) and Pat Conroy (International Development and the Pacific) which draws attention to aspects of the Budget that will affect internal trade. International […]
On 08 May 2024, the 6th WCO Global AEO Conference was launched in Shenzhen, China, by the Secretary General of the World Customs Organization (WCO), Mr. Ian Saunders. This event, lasting three days, was themed “Harnessing the Power of AEO Programmes for Inclusive and Sustainable Global Trade.” The conference attracted over 1,200 attendees from 108 […]
The vessel CMA CGM Greenland took part in the grand nautical parade around the arrival of the Olympic Flame at the port of Marseille on Wednesday 08 May. The torch for the 2024 Paris Olympics arrived amidst tight security and much fanfare onboard a historic tall ship. The CMA CGM Greenland, a 15,000 TEU boxship […]
When it comes to both cargo pallets and empty shipping containers, ever since the start of the Covid pandemic four years ago we have found ourselves reporting variously on their shortage, oversupply or – more commonly – being situated in the wrong location to where they are needed. The latter case became most apparent as […]
The consultation on the Simplified Trade System (STS) which opened on 09 April is about to close on 06 May. The STS Implementation Taskforce is working in partnership with the Australian Border Force (ABF) and the Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry (DAFF) to deliver the STS reforms, as well as consulting with other federal, […]
Since new vape import regulations took effect on 01 January 2024, the Australian Border Force (ABF) has stopped hundreds of thousands of illegal disposable vapes and vape products from entering the Australian community. In two separate manoeuvres during April, ABF officers in Brisbane seized more than 80,000 vape devices, while in Melbourne a joint operation […]
