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Fremantle Port Peak Season

With Peak Season upon us, the Western Australia Port Operations Task Force have issued the following press release regarding this stressful time.   The above message is clear, during the Christmas and New Years periods when you might be on holidays, you must be prepared accordingly. Fremantle Ports have issued a Peak Season Guide, which […]

Import Processing Charges

Please kindly note that there will be changes to the Import Processing Charges from the 1st January 2016. Australian Customs (Border Force) have advised the following: As part of the 2015-16 Commonwealth Budget, the Government has decided to restructure the Import Processing Charges (IPCs) in order to support a number of significant reforms. The IPCs […]

Polish crew abducted from cargo ship

Armed pirates have kidnapped five Polish crew members from a Cyprus-flagged Polish operated cargo ship off the coast of Nigeria. In one of the deadliest shipping lanes in the world, the sixteen crew members of the vessel, Szafir, found themselves in a scary situation. Pirates in speedboats pulled alongside the vessel whilst it was underway. […]

Christmas Gift Guide

November is here so there’s less than two months until Christmas! We’ve recently heard about one more special item that we think should be in EVERYONE’S stockings this year! Today we thought that we’d share with you some amazing Christmas gifts that would be perfect for anyone that loves a little shipping in their lives. […]

Gifts not welcome

The Department of Agriculture and Water Resources (Quarantine) have recently issued a statement regarding Christmas gifts that will soon be arriving into Australia. These items are not permitted into Australia as they pose a risk to Quarantine. It is recommended that you do not bring (into Australia) or have sent the following products (but not […]

Xmas lolly jar competition

Who can believe that there’s a mere 29 more days until Christmas Day! EES are about to make your Christmas that little bit sweeter with a fantastic never-been-done before competition… Due to overwhelming demand, this year EES has ordered more Christmas Lolly Jars to be given away to our lucky clients and service providers. We’ve […]

ABF hard at work

Over the last few weeks, the officers from Australian Border Force (ABF) have made several seizures of illicit cargo in import shipments arriving into our country from overseas. 1.  Cigarette concealment Over four million cigarettes was recently discovered in a container from Singapore in Sydney.  With a tax evasion value of over AUD2.25million, this find […]

Sunny Side Up

With 144 solar panels freshly installed on the roof of our Cockburn Central warehouse, the forecast is certainly looking hot! It was earlier this year in March when EES became paperless, providing us with paper free environment.  Our decision to install solar panels was a simple one.  It certainly couldn’t have come at a better […]

Ray Melling Student Award

  There certainly is some fantastic news coming out of the EES office this week. Tracy Ferguson from Melling & Associates (who co-share our Cockburn Central office with us) has been announced to be a one of four recipients of the Ray Melling Student Award for 2015.  Tracy has been nominated to receive this award […]