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Brown Marmorated Stink Bugs – Europe

Information has been received from the Department of Agriculture and Water Resources advising that the Brown Marmorated Stink Bugs, previously a nuisance with shipments from the United States, are now becoming an issue for shipments arriving into Australia from Europe. The Brown Marmorated Stink Bugs are now spreading throughout Europe.  The Department are now monitoring […]

Trump dumps TPP

During his first full working day in the office, Donald Trump signed an executive order officially withdrawing the United States from the Trans Pacific Partnership (TPP). “Everyone knows what that means, right?” Mr Trump said at the signing ceremony in the White House. “We’ve been talking about this for a long time … It’s a […]

Aussie exports to increase

EXPORTS of Australian commodities are expected to increase 10.7% in value to almost $225bn over the 2016-17 financial year, according to forecasts from ABARES and DIIS. The figures were published in DFAT’s Composition of Trade Australia 2015-16. The total value of energy and resources exports looks to increase 11.9% over 2016-17 to $175.8bn while agricultural […]

Changi Airport Review

Every now and then we come across a fantastic info graphic that just begs to be shared. Today we’d like to show you the 2016 Year in Review of Singapore’s Changi Airport. If you’ve ever been to Changi, you know just how spectacular this airport is.  With is wide open spaces, lush gardens and unrivaled […]

Meet the Team .. It’s back

We commenced the Meet the Team series back in 2014 – for 2017 we are revisiting our staff members .. Plus adding a few new faces! First up we have Amanda Bradfield ..

Counterfeit Shipping Containers

The Department of Immigration and Border Protection (DIBP) (via Border Watch) are currently warning Importers on the importance of being vigilant. A counterfeit shipping container (also known as a fake, cloned or re-birthed container) is a container that has had its unique identifier erased from its exterior and replaced with that of another legitimate containers […]

How Chinese New Year can affect you

Freo Port above average November

Fremantle reported a throughput of 62,337 TEU for November, the second-highest monthly total for 2016, and well ahead of the average for the year (through November) of 58,490 TEU (twenty foot containers), according to the latest available data from Fremantle Ports. While the total throughput at the port decreased in November, coastal trade actually increased […]

Latest ABF Finds

Today we thought that we would wrap up some of the finds made by the officers at Australian Border Force (ABF) in the last few months of 2016. Ephedrine ABC’s Two men have been charged with importing 26.5 kilograms of ephedrine worth $2.3 million. ABF officers in Sydney inspected three cartons that arrived from China […]