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Smooth sailing into peak season 2016

Wow, it’s THAT time again.  It’s the beginning of the Peak Season Planning for this year. Keeping ahead of the rush is critical in ensuring that you don’t end up with a unbearable migraine along with late cargo this year. Avoiding peak season induced stress is relatively simple.  Order early. It’s that easy.  Instead of […]

Container weighing off to a smooth start

Reports being made from worldwide terminals are giving us the good news that we have all been hoping to hear from July 1st.  The introduction of the SOLAS convention, where shippers are responsible for providing Verified Gross Mass (VGM) prior to exporting is running smoothly, with very limited delays being felt. The shipping industry has […]

$275m worth of ice seized

Eight people have been charged after 275 kilograms of crystal methamphetamine worth hundreds of millions of dollars was uncovered in three shipping containers from China delivered to an industrial estate in Melbourne’s outer-east.The drugs were found under the floorboards of the containers sent to the estate in Bayswater last week following a four-month investigation involving […]

Container Kindergarten

Check out this beautiful kindergarten in Japan that has been built using shipping containers. Known for their durability, shipping containers are strong and have been used for this structure to protect children from earthquakes. The clean aesthetics of this kindergarten shows that the minimal look really does speak for itself. Since 2006, Japan has experienced […]

Calling all women

Calling it the “untapped sector,” the secretary-general of the United Nations International Maritime Office on Saturday pushed for the increased involvement of women in the seafaring industry saying they are the key to the growth of the industry. Speaking during the International Seafarers Day at the SM Convention Center in Pasay City, IMO Secretary- General […]

Panama Canal Inaugural Voyage

MV COSCO Shipping Panama in the middle chamber of the new Agua Clara locks on the Atlantic Side of the Panama Canal, June 26, 2016. Photo: Panama Canal Authority Panama inaugurated the long-awaited Panama Canal expansion on Sunday with the ceremonial transit of the China Shipping Panama through the new neopanamax Agua Clara locks on […]

Verified Gross Mass FAQ Part 2

  Who can believe that it was at the end of 2015 when we were letting you know of the informative FAQ (Frequently Asked Question) document that had been issued by an industry coalition on the ever important SOLAS / Verified Gross Mass. The same coalition is now back with a second part FAQs. This […]

Container serge at Singapore Port

The Port of Singapore has seen a serge in total container and cargo throughput in the month of May, hitting levels not seen in more than a year. The number of shipping containers rose 1.6 per cent from May 2015 to 2.665 million twenty footers.  This was the first year on year rise in 15 […]

A bad hair day

Australian Border Force (ABF) investigators have charged a 31-year-old Sydney man with importing 20kg of ephedrine concealed in hair brushes. On 17 June 2016, ABF officers targeted a parcel from China addressed to a residence in West Ryde, New South Wales. The officers examined the parcel of hair brushes which were found to have concealments […]