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CBFCA W.A. Conference

The annual Customs Brokers and Forwarding Council of Australia (CBFCA) Western Australia conference was held at Observation City Hotel on Saturday the 16th May. This yearly meeting of brokers and forwarders alike brings members of the industry together under one roof to discuss relevant topics along with providing important information. This year both Phil Gray, […]

Multiple supplier shipments

Today we are turning our attention to the documentation that is required for full container shipments for one importer that contain multiple suppliers. These shipments can be tricky, and unless they are handled correctly, you could find yourself with delays an additional costs at the port of discharge. The most important rule of thumb that […]

Five ‘World’s Largest Containership’ Titleholders

Check out these ship photos of five containerships that were once considered the world’s largest by TEU (twenty equivent unit – 20 foot container) carrying capacity. The list starts with the mighty Emma Maersk, part of the Mearsk E-Class, delivered in 2006. While each of these ships would eventually be joined by sister vessels of equal […]

Illegal Logging Laws Update

Compliance assessments have now commenced The Department of Agriculture has now begun contacting selected businesses to request information about their due diligence systems. This process, which began in March, represents an initial ‘dry run’ of the department’s due diligence compliance arrangements. It will help the department and the selected businesses to better understand ‘good’ industry practice […]

Road changes on Rous Head – one-way trial

The one-way works are expected to start on Wednesday 27 May and will take about 2-3 weeks to complete. The trial, for a period of six months, will see traffic continue to enter Birksgate Road off Rous Head Road. Traffic heading out of Birksgate Road from the east and wishing to exit the port or […]

Detector dogs graduate

A delightful canine story for our readers today. The Australian Customs and Border Protection Services (ACBPS) have recently announced that four new detector dogs along (and their handlers) have graduated the Detector Dog programme! These new recruits will be the last handlers to graduate from the Australian Customs and Border Protection Service (ACBPS) before becoming […]

Maersk Garonne Grounding – Preliminary Report

The Australian Transport Safety Bureau have recently released their preliminary report into the February grounding of the Maersk Garonne in Fremantle harbour In the early hours of the 28th February (0448hrs) the Maersk Garonne, on a clear morning with light winds, ran aground on a sand bank to the south of the channel beacons number […]

150kgs of methamphetamine seized

A 66-year-old Hong Kong national will appear in Sydney Central Local Court today (15 May 2015), charged with attempting to import approximately 150 kilograms of crystal methamphetamine into Australia. The operation began in late April 2015, when Australian Customs and Border Protection Service (ACBPS) officers searched a sea freight shipment sent to Australia from Hong […]

Crane operator killed in Bremerhaven

Sad news out of Bremerhaven as one person is killed during the unloading of container vessel Maersk Karachi. It was the 52 year-old crane driver that was killed during the discharging of the vessel when the structural members of the crane that he was operating failed. This caused the crane gondola/cabin to fall to the […]