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Managing the risk of asbestos at the border

The subject of asbestos in importations is still keeping us busy. Australia is one of the few countries with an absolute ban on asbestos.   In most countries, a low amount of asbestos is allowed.  Goods that are manufactured outside of Australia can indeed be labelled as “asbestos free” and still contain a small amount of […]

Dangerous goods

Are table tennis balls classed as dangerous goods? The answer is yes, however it does depend on how big your table tennis balls are.. Check out this amazing article courtesy of of the IMDG Code Compliance Centre.. This question has been asked many times by shippers, carriers, ports and forwarders for many years and finally […]

Perth Tobacco Seizure

A 44-year old man is to be summonsed to appear in court after an ABF operation resulted in investigators finding over 750 kilograms of illegally imported tobacco, with a potential street value of up to $210,000 and up to $664,412 in duty evaded. Australian Border Force (ABF) officers targeted a consignment that arrived from Indonesia […]

Another Megaship Delivered

In an industry seemingly obsessed with builder bigger and better container ships a Norwegian ship owner has taken delivery of a brand new vessel, the MSC Eloane. This mega ship was built in South Korea by Samsung Heavy Industries and can hold a whopping 19,500 twenty foot containers. The handing over of this vessel comes […]

World Maritime Day 2016

World Maritime Day 2016 was celebrated on the 29th September with a fitting theme, Shipping – Indispensable to the World. Here are some interesting facts on this fantastic industry:   Researchers at UCL Energy Institute together with London-based data visualization and digital journalism studio Kiln have released this amazing interactive map that plots 250 million data points […]

Drugs imported from the Dark Net

A 31-year-old man from Port Neill was arrested after an Australian Border Force (ABF) and South Australia Police (SAPOL) investigation linked him to the importation and distribution of numerous border controlled drugs via the dark net. The man was arrested after ABF and SAPOL officers executed several search warrants at residential properties in Adelaide and […]

“Light Touch” to end

On October the 1st 2016, the IMO’s (International Maritime Organisation)  three-month so-called “light touch” enforcement of the SOLAS revision that all packed containers must have a certified VGM (verified gross mass) before loading on board a ship comes to an end. Industry fears of supply chain chaos on 1 July, when the new VGM regulations […]

Pirates attack container ship

Pirates have stormed a container ship off the coast of Guinea on Wednesday, making off with money and some of its cargo but leaving the crew unharmed, the government said. They fired guns and briefly held the crew hostage while they were looting the ship named Wendok, Guinea government spokesman Albert Camara said by telephone. […]

Crew not required

The below article has been taken from Lloyds List Australia and is the views and opinion from Peter van Duyn – Institute for Supply Chain and Logistics at Victoria University, Melbourne, Victoria. Crew not required – what happens when we don’t need humans on ships? Rolls Royce Marine, in collaboration with a number of Finland’s […]