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W.A. Day Closure – 3rd June

On June the 3rd, our office will be closed to honour Western Australia Day (W.A. Day). “Formerly “Foundation Day”, Western Australia Day is a uniquely Western Australian public holiday.  It commemorates the day that the first European settlers arrived in Western Australia to found the Swan River Colony on 1June 1829.  W.A. Day is held […]

Aussie Exports – New Air Cargo Screening Requirements

Aussie exports meeting new air cargo security screening requirements This article has been taken directly from “Across the Borders” Magazine and is By MALCOLM THOMPSON, Deputy Secretary, Department of Agriculture and Water Resources Air freight is an important export pathway for the movement of perishable agricultural products. It’s a key element in Australia’s economy, enabling […]

Indonesia – Ramadan and Holiday Announcement

Kindly be informed Ramadan, the Muslim fasting month, has started last week and will continue until Wednesday June 5th 2019. During Ramadan, like most offices in Indonesia, PT M+R Forwarding Indonesia will adjust their working hours as follows: Monday to Friday 8:30am until 4:30pm – Weekends closed. PT M+R Forwarding Indonesia will be closed during […]

Fremantle Ports celebrates 50 years

The Encounter Bay arriving at Fremantle Port – 28th March 1969 This year in March, Fremantle Ports celebrated 50 years since the start of the international container trade in Australia, with Fremantle the first port to receive a vessel. Check out Fremantle Ports amazing video here. The first purpose-built fully-cellular container ship for international long-haul […]

Let’s be prepared

The Department of Agriculture and Water Resources have recently issued another notice regarding the Brown Marmorated Stink Bug (BMSB). This notice relates to being prepared for the 2019/2020 season. For the 2019-20 risk season, certain goods manufactured in, or shipped from, an expanded list target risk countries will be subject to BMSB seasonal measures. The […]

Proposed 2019–20 seasonal measures for brown marmorated stink bug (BMSB)

In response to the rapid expansion of BMSB throughout Europe and North America, the  Department of Agriculture and Water Resources has strengthened the seasonal measures to manage risk of BMSB from arriving in Australia for the 2019–20 risk season. For the 2019–20 season, certain goods manufactured in, or shipped from target risk countries as sea […]

Deferring GST on Imported Goods

Goods and services tax (GST) is payable on most goods imported into Australia (taxable importations). GST on a taxable importation is payable by businesses, organisations and private individuals, whether they are registered for GST or not. However, if you are a GST-registered business or organisation and you import goods as part of your activities, you […]

Fremantle Port Trade Stats

Today we’re sharing some interesting statistics with you from the team at Fremantle Ports. So far this financial year, Western Australians have imported 416 TEU/20-ft equivalent containers (2386 tonnes) of confectionery (which includes a lot of chocolate) through Fremantle Port.The total for 2017-18 was 536 TEU (3488 tonnes) – a big year out of the […]

Big Little Vessels

We often talk about big container ships coming into Fremantle, like Archimidis (318m long, 43m wide, 90,000grt), but the two ships with the highest throughput of TEU (twenty-foot equivalent units/standard container) in Fremantle are our smallest regular visiting container vessels: Margaret River Bridge and Swan River Bridge. For the past nine years, they have arrived […]