Amid the challenges faced by the shipping industry this year with the Coronavirus pandemic and wharf industry action, comes an unforeseen hitch: a shortage of shipping containers – largely resulting from the limited availability of empty containers at Asian origin ports. The industry is facing a strong demand on containers out of China and major […]
The Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment (DAWE) is reminding industry stakeholders of their responsibility to correctly declare the delivery destination in the Integrated Cargo System (ICS) for sea containers entering Australia. This week they have issued Industry Advice Notice (IAN) 194-2020: Correctly reporting sea containers destined for rural locations. It is addressed to […]
The largest trade deal in history has been signed, with 15 countries including Australia agreeing to the pact. The Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP), which has taken eight years to negotiate, surpasses the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) in scale after the United States pulled out of that agreement. The countries involved are Australia, China, Japan, South […]
Ruling by the ACCC Consumer watchdog the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) has carried out compliance checks across a range of frozen fish products, becoming concerned the products displayed a misleading ‘Made in Australia’ mark. Popular fish brands like Birds Eye, I&J and Neptune will no longer be sold as being ‘Made in Australia’ […]
The crayfish industry appears to be the latest victim of Australia’s deteriorating relationship with China after airfreighted lobsters were left to die at Chinese airports. On Tuesday, 20 tonnes of lobsters were stranded on planes at a Shanghai airport as Australian exporters faced issues with airport custom clearances. A rejection of the lobsters or a […]
A media release from the Federal Government dated 27 October 2020, announced Australia’s hosting of a virtual meeting of 22 World Trade Organization (WTO) ministers, with the aim to drive negotiations of global rules on fisheries’ subsidies and discuss the role of the WTO in contributing to the global economic recovery from COVID-19. Trade Minister […]
The origins of our company were established in October 1980, when the founders, Derek Colless and Paul Young, commenced trading from a one-room office in the suburbs of Brisbane as Colless Young & Co. The pair had previously worked together for two multi-national forwarders during the 1970s, which had been an exciting decade for the […]
12 October 2020:  Swedish-based Wallenius Marine AB has become a member of the International Windship Association (IWSA), the not-for-profit organization promoting and facilitating the uptake of wind propulsion for commercial shipping. The move comes on the heels of the company’s unveiling of the newly designed wind-powered vessel, the Oceanbird. In line with the design, the […]
Last night (06 October 2020) the Australian Federal Government handed down its annual budget. We note the allocation of an additional A$317 million to extend the International Freight Assistance Mechanism (IFAM) until 30 June 2021. Our industry representative bodies had been calling for additional funds to be allocated to maintain IFAM, JobKeeper and similar financial […]
The strike action by the Maritime Union of Australia (MUA) at Sydney’s Port Botany is now spreading to other sites across the country. Patrick Fremantle Terminal advised that due to the industrial action, their R&D operations on Monday night’s shift was cancelled. DP World, Australia’s biggest port operator, has reached a national agreement with the […]
