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Missing cargo ship near Bermuda

An American cargo ship has gone missing during Hurricane Joaquin on Thursday 1st October. The search for El Faro and its 33 crew members continued into Sunday night off Crooked Island in the Bahamas after covering 70,000 square nautical miles since Thursday. Two Coast Guard cutters were expected to stay in the area and search through the night as downgraded […]

Operation Nightbird

Two Taiwanese men are scheduled to appear before the Sydney Central Local Court this morning (Thursday 24 September) charged with importing approximately 50 kilograms of methamphetamine concealed in packaging equipment. The operation, code-named Operation Nightbird, began on Wednesday 9 September, when Australian Border Force (ABF) officers at the Sydney container examination facility examined a consignment […]

Emma Maersk Model

We have something fun to share with you on this sunny Friday morning. Check out this 1:65 scale model of the container ship Emma Maersk.  This video was taken at SMG Ijmond ship model harbor in the Netherlands just a few days ago. Looks just like the real thing! credit  

China Golden Week Holidays

We have received notice from our overseas agent, M+R Forwarding, that from 1st October until 7th October 2015, all of China will be closed due to National Day  Golden Week, resuming work on the 8th of October 2014. Please also note Hong Kong will be closed on the 1st October 2015. It is essential that […]

Illegal dairy a scary prospect for our industry

Wonsoek Lee of Changshin International today pleaded guilty of deliberately contravening Australia’s biosecurity requirements, after illegally and knowingly importing dairy products into the country. Mr Lee was convicted of breaching the Quarantine Act 1908, fined $20,000 and handed a suspended sentence of 1 year 7 months imprisonment at Sydney District Court today. First Assistant Secretary […]

Fleet Expansion

EES slid into September with a couple of new additions to our fleet of vehicles. We’d like to introduce you to our 1 tonne ute which is perfect for small LCL deliveries, airfreight deliveries or just running a few pallets across town.   The new pride and joy of our fleet is our brand new white […]

Two charged after meth seizure in Perth

An investigation by the multi-agency Joint Organised Crime Taskforce (JOCTF) has resulted in the arrest of two people in Perth’s outer suburbs and the seizure of 9.5 kilograms of methamphetamine concealed inside a shipment of mobile phones. Following an Australian Border Force (ABF) intelligence assessment of a consignment from Hong Kong, the JOCTF began its […]

Dept of Agriculture Protected Industrial Action Update

EES Shipping Pty Ltd has been advised via the Department of Agriculture that the Community and Public Sector Union (CPSU) will have periods of industrial action across different areas of the departments operations on the 17,18,21,22,23,24,25,26,27, 28 and 29th of September 2015. The area that is of concern to import cargo is the four hour […]

Five points about SOLAS

The amendment to the SOLAS convention has really shook up the maritime supply chain ever since the IMO approved the long awaited amendments.  It’ll be ten months until these unavoidable laws become effective, 1st July 2016. There are so many reasons why these amendments to the SOLAS convention is important to our industry.  There are […]