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Mail and Air Cargo drug seizures

International mail and air cargo arriving into Australia under go the exact same scrutiny as cargo landing on our shores via sea freight. A 28-year-old woman along with a 29-year-old man, both from Mildura NSW, have been arrested following warrants being executed in six different locations. The investigation began when officers from the Australian Border […]

High profile illegal logging cases

Image credit: WWF.org Before we starting reminding you constantly of the upcoming SOLAS convention, we were informing you of the changes in importing regulated timber products into Australia (oh, and of course who could forget our notices on the brown marmorated stink bugs!). We realise that for most importers, the introduction of the new law […]

Singapore two tiered container terminal

image credit: www.singaporebudget.gov.sg Singapore is considering using a two-tiered container terminal at the new port in Tuas, Maritime & Port Authority (MPA) of Singapore’s CEO Andrew Tan has reportedly announced. While speaking at the 5th Singapore Maritime Institute (SMI) Forum, Tan said that the port is exploring ideas to use a double-tiered container terminal in […]

Touring the Grasmere Maersk

One of our more popular posts is this fantastic one from October 2014. We’re re-sharing today for nostalgic reasons! A few of our lucky staff members and clients recently were fortunate enough to be invited to tour the container ship Grasmere Maersk when it was berthed at Fremantle this week. Built in the year 2000, […]

August imports hit record high

Australia’s total merchandise imports were the highest on record in September 2015 at $23.85bn in seasonally adjusted terms, and $24.13bn in original terms. In seasonally adjusted terms, Australia’s total merchandise imports rose $332, or 1%, from August to September 2015, according to the most recent data available from the Australian Bureau of Statistics. In original […]

Aircargo and lithium batteries

Back in March we bought you the news that Qantas Freight would not longer accept lithium ion batteries on their flights. Recently Asian Shipper reported on an Alaska Airlines flight that had to make an unscheduled landing after a credit card reader that contained lithium ion batteries began smoking.  Here’s the article: AN Alaska Airlines […]

Is this the future of autonomous shipping?

Do you think that the future of shipping be unmanned vessels? We’ve bought you a few articles skirting around this subject. There was this one stating that drone cargo ships were the way of the future. And then this blog post from August which confirmed that the research into unmanned ships was moving forward. This post […]

Latest ABF seizures

Officers from the Australian Border Force (ABF) have been kept busy recently with a number of record seizures. Here’s a summary of four latest arrests and discoveries. 1.  Record illegal tobacco find Sydney’s Port Botany was the background for the discovery of a record haul of illegal tobacco.  Officers unearthed a whopping 47 tonnes that […]

South Mole closed for a month

  South Mole will be closed to the public for repairs and upgrade works from 26 October until 27 November this year. The works include repairs to rubble mound seawalls and verges at South Mole adjacent to Fleet Street. Specifically, the works will include: removal and disposal of existing signs and barriers removal and disposal […]