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Ten years since MSC Napoli

In January this year the shipping industry marked the tenth year since the MSC Napoli incident. MSC Napoli after suffering catastrophic hull damage in the English Channel in January 2007. Photo: UK MAIB Today marks ten years since the UK-flagged MSC Napoli ran into trouble in the English Channel, setting off what is probably the largest […]

How to conquer the Canton Fair

The 121st Canton Fair is right around the corner. The Canton Fair (China Import and Export Fair) is one of the largest trade fairs with the most variety of exhibits and it is conveniently located in Pazhou Island, Guangzhou, China. Due to the size of this fair it is broken down into three phases. The […]

India to go Green

India has started the process of setting up renewable sources of energy projects at twelve of it’s major ports. Twelve of the ports will be set up with solar energy capacity. Kandla and V. O. Chidambaranar ports have wind energy projects scheduled. “When completed, these renewable energy projects will help in the reduction of carbon […]

India service tax

A significant service tax of 4.5% appears to have been levied by the Indian Ministry of Finance.  This new tax applies to pre-paid imports into India landing on/after the 22 January 2017. It appears that this tax is causing confusion with exports from Australia with some shipping lines already attempting to collect the tax from […]

Out with the TPP – in with the new..

As the demise of the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) looms large on the horizon, Minister for Trade Steven Ciobo has begun spruiking a new regional free trade agreement. During a speech at the Australia America Association in New York earlier this week, the minister said Australia was looking for opportunities to collaborate with the US and […]

Fantasy beauty products

Late last year the Australian Border Force (ABF), Border Watch and the Australian Federal Police (AFP) warned the public about the deadly drug, Fantasy, being concealed inside beauty products imported from China. There has been a steep increase, 261% over the last three years, of the drug gammabutyrolactone being illegally imported. Gammabutyrolacton (GBL), also known […]

Trans-Eurasia Railway

2017 will forever be billed as the year that the China-Europe rail services shifted supply chain patterns. On January the 18th the first train from China rolled into the London Eurohub in Barking, it had departed on the first day of the year, some 17 days earlier. It is expected that this new innovative service […]

ChAFTA – one year on

Who can believe that the China-Australia Free Trade Agreement (ChAFTA) has now been in place for over one year. ChAFTA’s first birthday, the 20th December, came and went without so much of a celebration, but for those that deal with this document daily, this year has been a hard one. Since entering into force on […]

Meet The Team #2

A few weeks ago we were introduced to EES’ long term veteran Amanda Bradfield. Today we’d like to acquaint you with another one of our valued team members, Michelle Johnston.. Take it away Michelle! Stay tuned for our next installment in a fortnight’s time.