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Avoiding peak season stress

The Western Australia Port Operations Taskforce is again this year reminding us all of the importance of early ordering and planning to avoid the stress of the peak season. 2012-13 and 2013-14 saw a dramatic reduction in storage and demurrage costs borne by importers. This was due largely to the increased co-operation between importers and […]

DP World Brisbane – Weigh In Motion Fees

As of today, 7th July, DP World will be introducing a Chain of Responsibility fee on all containers moving by road.  The fee will be A$5.10 & GST for each container leaving the terminal via road. These fees come hand in hand with the introduction of the new Weigh in Motion which will now be […]

EES new details

As previously advised, EES Shipping moved offices over the weekend. After a few hiccups and a long weekend of moving and shifting, we are now up and running in the new office. Please find our new details following: 16 Baling Street Cockburn Central, Western Australia, 6164 T: +61 8 9414 7711 F: +61 8 9414 […]

Shanghai Customs 24 Hour Advance Manifest Rule

The above manifest rule has come into effect on June 28th 2014.  This rule, know as the AMR, ensures that before cargo can be loaded, that shipping lines to electronically submit to customs the advanced manifest information on maritime container cargo to be loaded onto vessels that are intended to enter into Shanghai port and […]

A Guide to Container Weight Declarations

EES Shipping has been at the forefront of the container weight declaration legislation. It is important to ensure that everyone in the shipping industry supply chain is aware of their involvement in this extremely important subject. Fremantle Ports, along with the W.A. Port Operations Task Force, have again joined forces to produce the informative A […]

Gold Plated Shipping Container Bling Bar

It’s gold plated.  It’s a shipping container.  It’s a bar.  A bling bar. What could be better? Today we would like to show off this shiny, amazing structure. This container calls Linz, Austria home and we think that it’s possibly the best use of a pre-loved shipping container that we have seen so far. This […]

Shipping container training centre

Eighteen specially produced shipping containers have been utilized to build a six story high rise training centre in Birmingham, UK. The containers were lowered into place at the Oldbury Fire Station. Construction was completed in three days. The training facility will assist fire fighters in their training to prepare safely for situations in high rise […]

Our three favourite shipping toys

We’ve had a lot of interest in the Lego Version Maersk Mc-Kinney Moller that we built over a series of weeks. Today we want to show you what we have found when we’ve been on the hunt for the best shipping industry toys! This is definitely for the children amongst us. 1. The Happy More […]

Meet the Team – Tara Francis

It’s lucky number seven today in our Meet the Team series.  Today we would like to introduce you to Tara Francis who is one of the members of our Import Customer Service team.. Take it away Tara!