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MUA Stop Work Meeting Tuesday 25/11/2014

IMPORTANT NOTICE:- MUA STOP WORK MEETINGS TUESDAY 25/11/2014 Please be advised that there will be an MUA stop-work meeting on Tuesday 25/Nov/14 at Patricks Fremantle terminal, from 0900Hrs to 1300Hrs. Please note the terminal gates will be closed for this time. Please also note that the MUA will be conducting their AGM at the Port […]

Protector in the sky

A tethered blimp will be raised early next year in Singapore to increase surveillance in both the maritime and aviation industries. The blimp will sail high above the skyline of the beautiful city-state being held down by fortified ropes. At a height of 600m above the ground, it will be twice as high as Singapore’s […]

Woman arrested after meth find

When your printer is out of toner, don’t be reaching for these cartridges.. It’s another week and another fantastic find by the good officers at Australian Customs and Border Protection Services (ACBPS). The latest discovery of methamphetamine has been made at the Sydney Air Cargo Facility last month.  Officers stopped a shipment containing three packages, […]

Flat packed ice

Australian Customs and Border Protection Services (ACBPS) have intercepted one of the largest hauls of methamphetamine arriving into Australia. The seizure, approx 65kgs, is worth approximately $43 million on the streets and would be thousands of hits of the drug. It was late last month when ACBPS officers at the Sydney Container Examination Facility selected a […]

Somali Pirates release hostages

The crew following their release. Good news was well received last week when word broke that seven hostages that had been held by pirates in Somalia since September 28, 2010 had finally been released. All the crew on board the cargo ship MV Asphalt Venture were hijacked four years ago by Somali pirates, the vessel […]

Shipping Apparel

So we all know how amazing container homes can be, right? And it was just the other day that we bought you the wonderful world of furniture that has been inspired by these gigantic steel boxes. Today we have something just for you. As Christmas is coming up, perhaps you will consider the gift of […]

U.S. finds unwanted beetles

The Khapra beetle, also called cabinet beetle,which originated in South Asia, is one of the world’s most destructive pests of grain products and seeds. Acting like a hungry teenager, it’ll eat you out of house and home. This article has been taken directly from here.   LEWISTON, NY– U.S. Customs and Border Protection agents discovered […]

Smitten with container recycling

The weather is slowly heating up here in Perth with this weekend set to be a warm one. As we are channeling our inner summer here at EES, we thought we’d share a cool story about container recycling, icecream and good old fashioned ingenuity. Smitten Ice-Cream in San Fransisco is deliciously unique because they create […]

Container vessel fire pictures

Late last week we reported on a collision involving two container ships that resulted in both vessels becoming engulfed in flames.  This all happened at Malaysia’s Port Klang .  Both fires are have since been put out, with repairs being made to any damages. We thought that we would share with your some of the […]