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‘Ice’d coffee seizure

A 32 year old Vietnamese national has been charged with the importation of a commercial quantity of a border controlled drug. Two shipments arrived at the Sydney International Mail Facility from China . Australian Customs and Border Protection Services (ACBPS) carried out an exam of the cargo, which revealed a shocking concealment of methamphetamine. The […]

Lego build is in the bag

This is the fifth week in our Lego build and while our ship building tasks were relatively small they sure proved to be time consuming! Our job this week was to put together the shipping containers that the Lego version of the Maersk Mc-Kinney Moller is transporting. Lego have this stage “in the bag”. Once […]

Meet the Team – Michelle Johnston

We are currently up to our fifth installment in the Meet the Team series.  Today we would like to introduce you to Michelle Johnston, EES Customs Customer Service.  EES has two Michelle’s – this can sometimes cause a little bit of confusion. This one is often referred to as Michelle with “two L’s”, M.J., or […]

Istanbul and pre-loved containers

Welcome to Trump Cadde.  This magnificent shopping mall is located in Istanbul, Turkey. The architects have embraced the urban look by placing shipping containers on the roof of this mall to create a perfectly balanced shopping and eating area. We love that the world’s artists are embracing shipping containers. This space is amazing. It shows […]

Off-Grid Streetlights

Off-Grid streetlights have been installed in the Rous Head Industrial Park by Fremantle Ports. These amazing lights have been designed in the South West of Western Australia, Bunbury, by a company called BSE.  They consist of a magnetic levitation wind turbines that rotate in lighter wind conditions and have no mechanical friction to slow them […]

Meth concealed in machine

It all started with a shipment (manifested as a large metal machine) arriving in Sydney from Mexico. Officers from Australian Customs and Border Protection Services (ACBPS) arranged an inspection of the shipment and discovered that several welds at the base of the machine were open and peeking out from below were a number of foil […]

Team Work

We kept all the Lego building in-house this week. Michele Kent, Import Supervisor (top of the screen) and Amanda Hamilton, Cartage Controller, put their heads together and got busy working on the model. Amanda gives their progress a big thumbs up. If you think that this vessel is long, you are right. The lengthy Lego […]

Cocaine concealed in wine

Australian Customs and Border Protection Service (ACBPS) officers have been busy again, this time intercepting the importation of approx 2.6 litres of cocaine. A parcel was intercepted at the Sydney International Mail Facility on the 12th May. The package originated in Brazil and was manifested as a cask of wine. Upon examination it appeared to […]

Shipping Abbreviations

At EES we want to simplify the world of shipping. So far we’ve bought you Transhipment Explained and The Features of a Shipping Container. Today we are turning our attention to shipping abbreviations. Here is a list of our most commonly used abbreviations: CY = Container Yard CFS = Container Freight Station T/S = Transhipment […]