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Fremantle Port Performance

The Port of Fremantle is the fastest out of Australia’s five biggest container ports for turning around trucks and containers, according to a report released late last year. Waterline 62, published by the Bureau of Infrastructure, Transport and Regional Economics and showing comparative data for the December quarter 2017, stated Fremantle had the best average […]

Moving Mountains

At the beginning of this month EES was faced with a challenge.  An urgent container was arriving into Singapore late, so late that it would miss it’s connecting transhipment vessel to Fremantle. EES worked closely with ONE (shipping line) here in Fremantle, who in turn worked closely with the PSA (Singapore), to see if there […]

Fire on board the APL Vancouver

A timely reminder about how important marine insurance can be to your company has occurred during the last month. In the early hours of 31 January, off the Vietnamese coast, a fire started in the cargo hold forward of container ship APL Vancouver’s accommodation block. The ship, in transit from China to Singapore, had to be […]

Labour Day Closure – 4th March

Please kindly note that EES Shipping will be closed on Monday 4th March for Labour Day. “The Labour Day holiday commemorates the granting of the eight hour working day to Western Australian workers.  It is held on the first Monday in March and today recognises the contribution of all working people to the prosperity of […]

Be prepared for Easter and ANZAC Day 2019

It’s not long to go until we celebrate Easter! We have all been holiday overloaded here with Christmas and then Chinese New Year but we’re always looking ahead at the next holiday that will cause a headache in the world of logistics. Vessels still arrive during this four day holiday.  Wharves will still charge storage […]

Amended – seasonal measures for vessels (BMSB)

This notice replaces Industry Advice Notice 16-2019. What has changed? In response to a growing number of detections of BMSB on vessels the department is adjusting the seasonal measures applied to vessels for the 2018-19 BMSB risk season. Upon submission of a pre arrival report (PAR), all roll-on-roll-off (ro-ro) and general cargo vessels will receive […]

New Australia-UK agreements

New Australia-UK agreements will provide certainty to Australian exporters… Australia and the United Kingdom have signed a new bilateral Wine Agreement and Mutual Recognition Agreement in London, which will help ensure the continued flow of trade post-Brexit. Minister for Trade, Tourism and Investment Simon Birmingham said these agreements would ensure arrangements already in place between […]

Finding Australia’s niche in Japan’s wine market

The Japanese market is currently experiencing its ‘seventh wine boom’ as a surge in affordable ‘new world wines’ fuels record levels of imports. In 2017, Japan was the sixth-largest wine importing country, totalling 284 million litres valued at A$2.2 billion.[iii] Current trends suggest wine is becoming a mainstay consumption item of daily life in Japan, […]

W.A. Biosecurity Alert

Brown marmorated stink bug detection at Fremantle port We are asking businesses and residents in North Fremantle to help with surveillance for Brown marmorated stink bug (BMSB), following detection of a single live BMSB in a trap at Fremantle Port. This serious pest is not established in Australia, and efforts need to be taken to […]