Import Traffic from China/Taiwan/Korea/Japan:
Space continues to be tight on services from above Far East Asian countries to Australia through August and in to September as volumes continue to ramp up and some services are remaining on a fortnightly rotation instead of the customary weekly services.
Rates are also continuing to increase as shipping line are not increasing capacity despite vessels apparently being available. This is resulting in a self-made peak season to validate the on-going rate increases as stronger volumes are expected from mid-August through to late November.
Singapore Transhipments:
Services to Adelaide and Fremantle that tranship from all origins over Singapore are experiencing delays of up to two (2) weeks at present due to escalating congestion in Singapore. The delays have been building slowly with no advice as yet as to when the backlog of containers will be cleared.
GPSM staff are monitoring all transhipment consignments on a daily basis and will keep clients advised of further developments.
Airline Handling Charges:
Airline CTO’s (Cargo Terminal Operators) Australia wide have announced that they will increase their Australian import/export documentation and handling charges with effect from 1st September, 2025.
The airline documentation fee increase averages around 2.5% and the terminal handling/ITF fees will be a total of $ 0.04/kg. The new out of pocket costs will be reflected in GPSM invoices from the above date.
LCL Port/Terminal Handling Fees:
Shipping Lines have announced some increases in local port and terminal charges over the last 3-4 weeks and now LCL unpack depots have also advised that their costs will be increased from 1st September 2025.
The new rates applied by GPSM will be increased by $ 3.50 per cubic metre for port and THC charges as we need to recoup the increased out of pocket costs. Our charges still remain well below the level of rates being billed by most forwarders in the market.