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Shipping container offices

We’ve seen some beautiful shipping container structures.  Amazing cargotecture is always impressive, and the way builders can contort a shipping container to make different structures is downright crazy. Today we wanted to show you something a little different. Shipping container home offices have been installed in a quiet street in Southwest Portland. Jeff Wallach was […]

CC4441 – Shipping container office

EES are moving into a brand new office soon.  Whilst the offices are shiny, spacious and completely functional, some of us still dream of shipping container offices. We thought that today we would show you this fantastic new space that has just been constructed in Torigoe, Tokyo.  It’s a fantastic piece of cargotecture, combining clever […]

Beetles Beware

The Department of Agriculture refers to them as exotic pests.  Their Entomologists have confirmed that they are Asian longhorn beetle, the brown mulberry longhorn beetle and the Japanese Sawyer Beetle. These insects have been found in timber pallets that arrived into Australia loaded in 337 containers.  With the ability to cause serious damage to our […]

Fremantle Trade Statistics

The Western Australia Port Operations Task Force have recently issued the Trade Statistics for Fremantle Port. They advise as follows: Trade in May is 6.6% higher than the same period of the previous year (59,144 TEUs). Loaded exports continue to perform well with results 30% higher than the same period of the previous year. Loaded […]

Day of the Seafarer

Today, June 25th is the International Maritime Organisation (IMO) Day of the Seafarer. This day is held every year to honour the 1.5 million seafarers working around the world. This year, the IMO’s Secretary-General, Koji Sekimizu, has asked the international community to come together and show support for the seafarers by completing the sentence “Seafarers […]

Meet the Team – Glenn Hack

It’s hard to believe that today’s post is number six in the Meet the Team series. Today we’d like to share a little bit more about one of our directors, Glenn Hack.

Port Botany Weighs In

Aerial shot of Port Botany The Western Australian Port Operations Taskforce has recently issued the minutes to a previous meeting. Whilst all important issues for Fremantle Trade is covered by the Taskforce, they also report on the happenings in the industry from around Australia. The Chain of Responsibility legislation is a hot issue at the […]

Torque tester concealment

Arrests have been made, yet again, after two men attempted to import methamphetamine into Australia. The latest seizure of contraband was made in Sydney.  Australian Customs and Border Protection Service (ACBPS) officers targeted an import sea freight shipment that arrived into Sydney port from China. The consignment of five wooden crates was manifested as “Torque […]

The Hougoumont Hotel – Fremantle

We have just discovered that an innovative new hotel has opened its doors right in the heart of Fremantle. Aptly named the Hougoumont Hotel, it combines class, luxury and of course cargotecture all in one space! Why is the Hougoumont an apt name? Time for a little history lesson. The Hougoumont was a ship that […]