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Fremantle Port trade stats

Imports represent a major part of the container supply chain, representing about 50% of the total container volume moving through the Port of Fremantle each year. As trade continues to grow, the supply chain will face a number of challenges over the coming years, particularly during the peak season. Please see below the Fremantle Port trade […]

Typhoon Nangka and Chan-hom

Typhoon Nangka is currently on a collision course with Japan, with the super typhoon expected to hit later today or tomorrow. Nangka’s maximum sustained winds are estimated to be 150 mph at this time, making Nangka the equivalent of a high-end Category 4 storm on the Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Wind Scale. Delays in shipping are expected […]

Six months until new food standard on nutrition and health claims bites

Food manufacturers and importers: now is the time to make a final review of your labels and marketing materials to ensure you’re ready for the new standard on nutrition and health claims. From 18 January 2016 it will be mandatory to comply with Food Standard 1.2.7 on “Nutrition, Health and Related Claims”. We are nearing […]

Hard working ABF

Three people have been arrested following an investigation by the newly named Australian Border Force. It all began late June 2015 when a shipment arrived into Sydney from Malaysia.  The consignment was a air compressor unit, marked for delivery to the Sydney suburb of Epping. Australian Border Force (ABF) officers examined the package, noting abnormalities […]

Start planning for the peak season

Even though it’s only July you should be thinking about the peak season. ​ Since 2010-11 there have been vast improvements in the flow of cargo through Fremantle Port leading up to the peak season. This is as a result of discussions, revised working hours at the container terminals, and revised operational hours and ordering processes by importers. […]

World first ship widening

  The MSC Geneva has re-entered service this month sailing between China and South America. All this comes after around four months in dry dock, with the vessel being sliced down the middle and widened, increasing the vessels capacity from being able to carry 4,872 twenty foot containers to 6,336, without any increase to the […]

Suez Canal terror plot busted

Egyptian authorities have arrested 13 members of the Muslim Brotherhood on suspicion of planting bombs around the Suez Canal to disrupt shipping, security sources said on Monday. The waterway, the fastest shipping route between Europe and Asia, is a vital source of hard currency for Egypt, particularly since the 2011 uprising that toppled veteran autocrat […]

Customs Clearance into Australia

So you’ve arranged a shipment from overseas that now requires clearance through Australian Customs? All importers are encouraged to use the services of a licensed Customs Broker, and this is one of our specialities. We have not just one, but two experienced Customs Brokers that have been in the industry for a combined total of […]

New canal proposal

Engineers have produced a plan to build a canal across Thailand so that shipping can cross south-east Asia more swiftly, as well as bypassing pirates in the Strait of Malacca. The Korean Railway Research Institute has drawn up a blueprint for a “rail canal” across the narrowest part of Thailand, to link the Indian Ocean […]