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Public Holidays in January & February 2019 – Asia offices

Please be informed all Asia offices will be closed on the following days in January and February 2019. In order to avoid delays and additional costs, please ensure that all documentation is provided to our office prior to these holidays. Please kindly contact our sales team should you have any further questions.

Xmas and NY Working Arrangement 2018

The hard-working crew at the Western Australia Port Operations Task Force (WAPOTF) have issued this years 2018 CHRISTMAS AND NEW YEAR WORKING ARRANGEMENTS. This shows both of the Fremantle Terminal Operating hours during the Christmas and New Year period along with depots, Australian Border Force as well as Quarantine. Please kindly contact our office for further […]

Stink bugs force another ro-ro expulsion

A car carrier has been ordered to leave Australian waters following a stink bug discovery. The vessel MV Morning Composer was initially due to arrive at an Australian port on 26 November, however inspections found both live and dead buds on board. In a statement to customers, ship operator Wallenius Wilhelmsen Ocean said the Department […]

EES Festive Operating Hours 2018

Please kindly find following EES Shipping’s Holiday Period Trading Hours:   Monday 24/12 : OPEN Tues 25/12 Wed 26/12: CLOSED Thurs 27/12  Fri 28/12 Mon 31/12: OPEN Tuesday 01/01/19: CLOSED Wednesday 02/01: REGULAR TRADING HOURS COMMENCE From all of us at EES Shipping, we appreciate your support the past year and extend to you and […]

More containers being moved after hours, easing pressure on roads

A recently released study has found more containers are being moved between Fremantle Port and unpack and pack locations after daytime business hours. The percentage of containers being moved by rail is also increasing. The Fremantle Ports Container Movement Study 2017 found the Perth market is slowly maturing in terms of after-hours unpacks. This has […]

Biosecurity Levy Update

Last week the Customs Brokers and Forwarders Council of Australia (CBFCA) CEO, Paul Damkjaer participated in the Department of Agriculture and Water Resources (the department), Biosecurity Imports Levy Workshop, where the department presented to industry latest information on the new proposed import levy planned for implementation 1 July 2019. In the presentation the department proposed […]

Police find drugs in container full of bananas

New Zealand’s largest cocaine seizure – approximately 190 kilograms of cocaine – was secreted in a shipping container of bananas and was intercepted in New Zealand en route to Australia. A 41-year-old man was arrested in the Sydney CBD on Thursday (15 November) in connection with the shipment. The arrest comes after a joint international […]

Xmas Lolly Competition 2018

Our famous “guess the flavour” Lolly Jar competition is back again for the forth year running and we’re asking you to join in the fun. In each jar of these delicious sweets are five fun flavours: Sour Cherry ???? Grape Strawberries & Cream Apple & Blackberry Your job is to guess the mysterious fifth flavour! […]

St Johns Brook Winery and Jerkx Jerky

Another year bites the dust! It’s time to start thinking about Christmas presents, and just who is on your nice list for this year. For twenty eighteen EES have selected a premium Western Australian winery – St Johns Brook.  St John Brook is a mature vineyard, located in the northern heartland of the Margaret River […]