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Shippers’ group moves regulator over extra levy on overweight containers

The first sign of resentment over a rule adopted by the International Maritime Organization (IMO) requiring container weights to be verified before they are loaded onto ships was evident last week when an Indian shippers’ group petitioned the port tariff regulator against a move by one of India’s top container terminals to collect extra charges […]

Piracy – a clear threat to seafarers

Oceans Beyond Piracy, the maritime advocacy group, has released it’s fifth annual State of Maritime Piracy Report. The study results are shocking, with some of the findings below: Southeast Asian piracy is especially dangerous for seafarers based on the quantity of attacks and 90% boarding success rate.  Nearly 3,600 seafarers were on board vessels boarded […]

Patricks Stop Work meeting

Patrick / Maritime Union of Australia (MUA) Stop Work Meeting – Fremantle Terminal (Wednesday 01/07/2015) Patrick has just announced the Maritime Union of Australia (MUA) have arranged a Stop Work Meeting on Wednesday 01/07 from 1340HRS-1540HRS inclusive. Vessel operations will not be affected. EES Shipping is doing everything possible to minimize delays and complications, however […]

Snakes arrived on a plane

Australia’s bio security officers received a shock when examining and opening packages marked as ‘mixed powder’.  They discovered live snakes instead! ^ X-ray of the cargo revealed some vast abnormalities. The shipment arrived into Melbourne’s international mail facility from Indonesia. ^ This cargo was not mixed powder as manifested. It is believed that the snakes […]

Adelaide gains two new cranes

Two new cranes have been installed at the Flinders Adelaide Container Terminal in the hope that it will increase the reach and competitiveness of South Australia’s export business.   ^ Flinders Port Holdings CEO Vincent Tremaine The $24 million cranes purchased by Flinders Port will increase the load time of ships and it is hoped […]

Safety of life at Sea (SOLAS)

There’s nothing that we are more passionate about than the safety of the supply chain and the importance of correct container weights.  This all revolves around the International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea (SOLAS) which relates to the verified weight of containers and their cargo.  On July 1 2016 the shipping industry […]

EES AGM 2015

This year’s AGM (Annual Grog-up and Munchies) was held at AMF Bowling in Cannington. It was a night of strikes, splits, drinks and snacks, in no particular order! There were winners, and of course losers (and one person may have slipped onto their bums…). We’ll let the pictures do the talking. Enjoy! ^ Before the […]

Singapore’s next phase

The newest phase of Singapore container terminal was opened on Tuesday this week. A few of the planned 15 berths in Phases 3 and 4 of the Pasir Panjang Terminal are operational. The rest of the S$3.5 billion ($2.6 billion) project is scheduled to be completed by the end of 2017, pushing Singapore’s annual container […]

Customs Changes

The Australian Government announced changes to the immigration and border protection portfolio in relation to future border protection arrangements. From 1 July 2015, the Department of Immigration and Border Protection and the Australian Customs and Border Protection Service (ACBPS) will be consolidated into a single Department of Immigration and Border Protection. At this time, the […]