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Record drug and precursor seizure

A record 3.9 tonnes of ephedrine, plus 350 kilograms of methamphetamine, have been seized and three people arrested as a result of joint investigations between the Australian Border Force (ABF) and the Australian Federal Police (AFP). Investigations began with information originating from Thai authorities, about suspected large-scale imports of border controlled drugs into Sydney. In […]

World Maritime Day 2017

World Maritime Day has been celebrated around the world in the last week of September.  2016’s theme was Shipping – Indispensable to the World. 2017’s take’s it up a notch with the International Maritime Organisation (IMO) announcing the theme as “Connecting Ships, Ports and People.” The theme was chosen to provide an opportunity to focus […]

Fremantle Container Trade is Up

Containerised trade through Fremantle Ports in August was significantly more than in any month this calendar year, and was a big step up on throughput in August 2016, according to the latest trade statistics from the Port. Total container trade through Fremantle during August came to 64,677 TEU*. This is a 5% increase on the […]

Indonesia-Australia tariffs tumble

Indonesian tariffs on imported Australian raw sugar are to be slashed while Australia is scrapping import duties on Indonesian herbicides and pesticides. Indonesian and Australia trade ministers, Enggartiasto Lukita and Steven Ciobo, announced the tariff reductions jointly. “These tariff cuts reflect our shared ambition for the Indonesia-Australia Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (IA-CEPA),” Mr Ciobo said. […]

Air Cargo Prohibition

The prohibition on air cargo originating from, or transiting through, Syria, Egypt, Bangladesh, Yemen and Somalia that came into force on the 19th December 2015 still remains in place. Updates received from the Department of Infrastructure confirm the same. Note that there are some modifications introduced on Bangladesh air cargo only. At this stage there is […]

Sailor Monument

A three metre sculpture of a sailor was unveiled late September as part of the Australian Sailor Monument, honouring the contribution of Aussie seafarers. Western Australia Premier Mark McGowan recently unveiled the bronze sculpture and it is to be the centrepiece of the Monument, which is under construction at Rous Head in Fremantle. Mr McGowan said he […]

30 Days Timelapse at Sea

Since it’s Friday we thought that we would share would you this truly spectacular time lapse video, documenting the transit of a container ship through several ports. The camera captured some of the most beautiful thunderstorms along with torrential rain and unloading of containers from the vessel. Take a look here now.  The video is […]

Trade Talks in China

Australia’s Trade Minister Steve Ciobo recently concluded trade talks in China. Steve Ciobo met with the Minister of Commerce of the People’s Republic of China, Zhong Shan and one of the topics that was discussed was the popular ChAFTA (China Australia Free Trade Agreement) that entered into force in 2015. Both Ministers noted that since […]

Pirate Day 2017

Did you know that today, the 19th of September, is International Talk Like a Pirate Day?  Yup, we’re not kidding. Now whilst we’re not going to make you have a conversation in fluent pirate, we’re using this opportunity to shine a light on a number of pirate attacks that happen worldwide. We’re not talking about […]