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Huge Cocaine Bust made in China

70 kilograms of cocaine – equivalent to the weight of an average baby giraffe Chinese police have made an extraordinary discovery in a shipping container that arrived in Shanghai from Peru for transhipment to New Zealand. The Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) officials in the United States tipped off the Chinese police on the arrival of […]

Truck Productivity Study Industry Forum – Summary

EES Shipping are valued members of the Western Australia Port Operations Taskforce. Recently, an industry forum was held at the Esplanade Hotel in Fremantle, where over 60 industry members, representing Container Terminals, Empty Container Parks, system providers, transport operators, importers, exporters, and industry associations, participated in a discussion about key issues in the industry and actions […]

USD1.3 million in cocaine found in container

Jamaican authorities (Transnational Crime and Narcotics Division and the Contraband Enforcement Team) have discovered a whopping 121 kilograms of cocaine hidden inside a shipping container.  The container was transshipping through the port of Kingston destined for China.  The cargo had originated in Suriname. Suriname is a small country with a population just under 566,000 During […]

Pallets at the ready

EES have just recently moved into our brand new premises in Cockburn Central.  Along with our new offices, we also have a huge amount of warehouse space. Nothing says warehouse more than pallets! Do you need a few more pallets around your warehouse?  EES are able to provide you with top quality pallets, that are […]

Monkey Business

The Maersk container vessel, Eugen Maersk, was host to some stowaways earlier this month. The vessel, which departed Malaysia bound for the Netherlands, was en route when five monkeys were discovered using shipping containers for their own amusement. The cheeky stowaways are likely to include one older male, one younger male, two females and one […]

Meet the Team – Sally Pegg

Today marks the ninth installment of our Meet the Team series.   We are still picking on reviewing the lovely ladies in the Imports Department.  Now it’s Sally’s turn..

USD2500 to Slow Down in Santa Barbara Channel

Whales are big, but container ships are bigger.. Environmental groups concerned about pollution and the whale populations in the Santa Barbara Channel have come up with an incentive for the vessel operators to reduce their speeds. It is hoped that with this reduction it could not only save whales lives, but lessen emissions from smog […]

The Container Bar

The name is not fancy, but it’s exactly what it is, The Container Bar.  Yup, it’s a bar, that’s made of containers. The two story establishment took three years to create and features a number of indoor spaces along with an outdoor courtyard. It’s home is a historic district in Austin, Texas. Each shipping container, […]

Focus on container weights

This article is taken directly from here. Three major maritime organizations, the Company of Master Mariners of India, the Institute of Chartered Shipbrokers and Shipping Professionals Network-Mumbai teamed up to focus on the recent International Maritime Organization’s (IMO) initiative on container weight verification. In this regard, a joint conference was held last weekend to deliberate […]