World Maritime Day 2020
“Sustainable shipping for a sustainable planet” is the World Maritime theme for 2020. This will provide an opportunity to raise awareness of the United Nations’…
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Queen’s Birthday Closure
We wish to advise that our office will be closed on Monday the 28th September in order to honour the Queen’s Birthday. We will re-open…
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Industrial Action at Container Terminals
Please read the following as this is affecting all current deliveries, vessel schedules and upcoming containers for the foreseeable future until the current industrial action…
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Australian Container Safety Launch
Freight & Trade Alliance (FTA), Container Transport Alliance Australia (CTAA), and the Australian Peak Shippers Association (APSA), have partnered with the National Heavy Vehicle Regulator…
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Cathay Pacific August Stats
Hong Kong’s Cathay Pacific and Cathay Dragon carried a total of 102,122 tonnes of cargo and mail in August, a decrease of 36.7 per cent…
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Immediate withdrawal of industrial action at DP World Sydney
We have received advice from DP World Australia that the Maritime Union of Australia (MUA) will not be taking industrial action of any kind at…
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Sydney’s container congestion sparks anger
Sydney’s pile up of empties, sorely needed in China ports if liners would only take them there, are causing massive congestion in Botany Bay, reports…
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Australia’s Crisis-hit Shipping Industry
Australia’s crisis-hit shipping industry is now providing a ‘third-world’ service. Australia’s shipping industry is in “disarray”, according to angry forwarders and transport operators. They claim…
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Asia Shipping Issues
Back-to-back typhoons and surging shipping demand have meant lengthy vessel delays for ocean freight out of Asia. Typhoon Haishen made landfall south-east of Gangneung in…
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Patrick Terminals Industrial Action Update
We have received an update that the Maritime Union of Australia (MUA) have notified Patricks Terminals of its intention to take further Protected Industrial Action….
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