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Meet the Team – Abbie Box

Welcome to our third installment in our Meet the Team series. Today we spend some time with our Customer Service Manager, Abbie Box..

EES Shipping’s Easter / ANZAC Day Hours

Easter has snuck up on us this year! Please kindly be advised of our operating hours below: Friday 18th April – Closed Saturday 19th April – Closed Sunday 20th April – Closed Monday 21st April – Closed We will resume work on Tuesday 22nd April. Please note that our office will also be unattended on […]

Australia-Japan Free Trade Agreement

History has been made yesterday when a free trade agreement with Japan was agreed to. Following seven years of negotiations between our two countries the Japan-Australia Economic Partnership Agreement (JAPEA) has now been procured. The trade deal struck will improve prosperity between both nations. Australian Prime Minister, Tony Abbott and his Japanese counterpart Shinzo Abe […]

Controversial name – awesome concept

Approval has been given in Buffalo, NY for a restaurant to be fashioned out of 8 to 10 pre-loved shipping containers. The name of the restaurant is Dog é Style, and whilst no mention was made when approval was won of the tongue in cheek name of the establishment, members were concerned on what colour […]

Easter 2014 Industry Arrangements

The revised Easter and ANZAC 2014 Working Arrangements for our Fremantle have just been released. These have been collated by the W.A. Port Operations Task Force and include both Patricks and DP World, along with Quarantine and Customs Services. Please also find the 2014 Easter vessel schedule. EES office will be closed Good Friday 18th April […]

Container doors explained

The spot light has been on container weights with the chain of responsibility / container weight declarations being introduced. We also have reported on mis-declaration of weights in which your container holds has often lead to disaster. Below we thought that it would be helpful to get down to the nitty gritty and explain what […]

Methamphetamine hidden in shampoo bottles

Intelligence collected by the Australian Crime Commission as part of Taskforce Eligo has assisted Australian Customs and Border Protection Services officers in ambushing a international mail package in Melbourne. The package contained 11 shampoo and body lotion bottles. When ACBPS officers tested the liquid, it returned positive results for methamphetamine. The exact weight and purity […]

Re: Start Shopping Mall

Mitch (EES Shipping Business Development Manager) was telling us about this sweet mall in Christchurch, New Zealand that was constructed using shipping containers. It’s one of the coolest shopping malls that we have ever seen. You can head over to their website for more details, but we thought that we would share a few of […]

Catch of the Day

There has been an alison (The act of striking a fixed object, compare collision: the act of striking another vessel) between two vessels in Surabaya Port, East Java in the early hours of the 1st April. The container ship, the KM Journey, was drawn to the passenger vessel, the KM Lambelu, by the tide when […]