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Half a million dollars seized

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers stopped an illegal exportation of currency when officers searched a cargo container intended to be shipped to the Dominican Republic on board the Caribbean Fantasy ferry this past week. Utilizing high-tech equipment, CBP officers examining outbound containers being loaded to the Caribbean ferry […]

Introducing NICNAS

We wanted to share with you today an informative website that provides the key for importing chemicals – NICNAS.  This interesting acronym name stands for “National Industrial Chemicals Notification and Assessment Scheme”. Industrial chemicals are a big part of our life, the NICNAS website assists those in the chemical industry such as importers, exports, manufacturers […]

CSCL Indian Ocean

The CSCL Indian Ocean has finally been freed from the banks of Germany’s Elbe River. The 399m container ship ran aground last week whilst on it’s way from Hamburg to Felixstowe, England.  Over the last few days the vessel has been lightened by more than 6500 tonnes through the removal of heavy fuel oil, gas […]

Helpful ChAFTA websites

The China-Australia Free Trade Agreement (ChAFTA) came into force on the 20th December 2015.  Since then exporters and importers from and to China have been scrambling to ensure that all documentation is correct and received in good time, allowing for correct concessions to be applied. Here at EES our brokers have been busy providing information […]

The BICON website

Back in October we bought you the fantastic news that the Department of Agriculture and Water Resources had updated the ICON website  – ICON has now been replaced by BICON. Now a few months on, the Department of Agriculture and Water Resources have advised that the BICON website receives up to 80,000 hits a day. […]

Pandora’s Box

The Sander Mulder Pandora Cabinet …. you had me at “hello”. One of our avid readers sent us a link to this beautifully crafted furniture.  They are, of course, modeled on the perfectly imperfect shipping container. The Pandora comes in custom sizes, anything is possible. The cabinets come with a smoke grey glass inlay or […]

Air Cargo Prohibition Update

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 remains in force. We reported last month that the ban has hit Bangladesh exporters hard, especially those in the garment industry. The ban, that now enters it’s third month, pushes suppliers […]

Tradex Scheme

Today we wanted to shine the light on a little known Scheme known as Tradex. The Tradex Scheme allows an importer to gain an up-front exemption from Customs duty and GST on eligible imported goods that are intended for export. The goods may be exported in the same condition as imported, subjected to a process […]

New look for lighthouses

Newly painted North Mole Lighthouse The North Mole and South Mole lighthouses have been newly painted and, to protect them against vandalism and break-ins, new palisade fencing has been installed around them. Marine and Equipment Maintenance Manager Jack Merolla said the lighthouses took seven days each to prepare and paint to the specific red (North […]