Do you import from Indonesia, if so please see the attached list of suspended fumigation provider’s?
There have been a number of companies either suspended or withdrawn, please ensure your supplier only has cargo fumigated using acceptable treatment providers nominated on the list.
Jet Airways from India:
India’s second largest airline have cancelled all international flights until further notice. Many passengers and cargo shipments have been stranded at several airports.
Jet have been partnering and code sharing with Qantas to/from Australia. Several of Jet’s aircraft had already been grounded due to non-payment of lessor’s rentals.
As you may be aware, due to the Indo-Pakistan issue, the carriers are not permitted to fly over Pakistan and the space situation is very critical with all carriers. With the Jet Airways position, the space situation is expected to become more critical. Rates are already high in the market & expected to be increased by Airlines soon.
Empty Container Booking Fees:
The situation with return of empty containers has reached a critical position, many of the empty container parks are operating on restricted hours and are overstocked, they also do not work on weekends. Shipping lines are issuing last-minute redirection notices in Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane for delivery back to their port terminal instead of to an empty park.
This is causing major disruptions to trucking operations leading to more expenses and additional time-slots booking fees. More and more empty containers are now being moved to our yards in all cities in an attempt to overcome the issue, this naturally results in double-movements and added costs. The empty container parks are also increasing their booking fees, some have implemented cost increases from 1st April, others are implementing new costs from 1st May 2019.
GPSM regret we have no alternative but to pass on the added costs involved, but rather than trying to isolate the costs for each movement, redirection etc, resulting in additional invoices after the fact, we will be increasing the empty booking fee to $ 40.00 per container from 1st May 2019.
We believe through prudent management of our fleet “on the run day by day” that we can be more transparent to all clients under this scheme. We regret the need to increase costs at any time, but feel the above action will be a far better solution for all parties involved.
The Maritime Union has advised that they will be taking Protected Industrial Action at DP World Port Botany Terminal, accordingly, the Terminal will be closed on the following dates:
Thursday 4th April from 6.00am, resuming work @ 6.00am Friday 5th April
Wednesday 10th April from 6.00am, resuming work @ 6.00am Thursday 11th April
Wednesday 1st May from 6.00am, resuming work @ 6.00am Thursday 2nd May.
During the above times, there will be no road movements in or out of the terminal.
The following vessels have been immediately impacted:
“Elizabeth S” has now been subcontracted to Patricks.
“YM Vancouver” is sitting outside Botany awaiting instruction as to where it can berth.
“Miami” and “ER Sweden” will be delayed berthing with an unknown ETA at this time.
There will be continued delays with DP World vessels and we will endeavour to keep clients updated with the progress and deliver all containers as soon as possible.
GPSM awarded Australian Trusted Trader status by Australian Border Force
It’s a win for GPSM and it’s a win for You
We are pleased to announce that GPSM has been awarded Australian Trusted Trader (ATT) status.
This was achieved a vigorous application process carried out by GPSM and the Australian Border Force (ABF) officials.
The ATT program recognises businesses with a secure supply chain and compliant trade practices and the ATT logo, of which GPSM can now use, is an internationally recognised mark of quality that signifies a business has met or exceeded international supply chain security and trade compliance.
Some of the advantages of the ATT program that will flow through to GPSM customers are:
1. Reduced Intervention of document processing lodged by GPSM
2. Dedicated ABF account Manager to assist with customer queries
3. A higher level of service from the Australian Border Force authority.
GPSM’S ABF Account Manager | Australian Trusted Trader Operations congratulated GPSM on its ATT status saying “Once again, congratulations on achieving ongoing Australian Trusted Trader status and welcome to the programme. This is an important achievement for Global Product Supply Management, which was only made possible due to your significant efforts and commitment to the programme”.
We look forward to participating in the program for many years and passing on the benefits to our customers
Containers treated for BMSB by 3 Italian providers have been found to contain the Stink Bug, therefore, leading to their suspension. It was estimated these three we’re completing approx. 70% of treatments prior to their suspension.
Following these findings interim measure relating to consignments that have been treated with Sulfuryl Fluoride (SF) from EUROPE now require the following Biosecurityinspection:
This will be for ALL Shipments from Europe as Sulfuryl Fluoride is the only chemical used in Europe for the fumigation of containers
“If delays from the BMSB was not enough to date, Importers can now expect further delays to their shipments under these new measures “
Industry (Customs Broker/Importer/Depots etc.) will be responsible for arranging a third-party Sulfuryl Fluoride detection and monitoring operator to be present at the Biosecurity inspection.
The Department of Agriculture and Water Resources ( DAWR ) has advised it will not be liable for any costs associated with these new measures and all costs associated will be borne by the Importer.
We will be arranging all treatments on behalf of our clients and will continue to ensure we deliver the goods in the fastest and most cost-effective manner possible
Treatment providers registered under the scheme have demonstrated their capacity to conduct BMSB treatments for applicable consignments. These treatment providers are included on the approved list of offshore BMSB treatment providers.
This list is referenced in section 48A of the Biosecurity (Prohibited and Conditionally Non-prohibited Goods) Determination 2016, section 43 of the Biosecurity (Prohibited and Conditionally Non-prohibited Goods—Christmas Island) Determination 2016, section 44 of the Biosecurity (Prohibited and Conditionally Non-prohibited Goods—Cocos (Keeling) Islands) Determination 2016, and section 43 of the Biosecurity (Prohibited and Conditionally Non-prohibited Goods—Norfolk Island) Determination 2016.
These lists will be updated as required.
*NOTE: The column titled ‘treatment capabilities’ details the types of goods that each company is capable of treating. This information has been provided by the individual company involved and may be subject to change. Where there is no treatment capability indicated, the treatment provider has not indicated their treatment capabilities to the department. This does not mean that the treatment provider is not capable of delivering treatments of this kind. You should confirm the treatment capability with the company concerned. The three categories included in the ‘treatment capabilities’ column correspond to the following descriptions:
A severe weather alert has been issued for waters from the Sunshine Coast to the Gold Coast as a result of Cyclone OMA.
Brisbane port is warning that if winds and conditions become dangerous then the port will close immediately and will remain closed until it is safe to resume operations.
All pilotage services have already been cancelled for today, Friday and tomorrow, Saturday due to current rough seas.
The port closure will disrupt any container collections/deliveries, our Transport Team will keep affected clients advised of further developments as soon as further information is available.
The vessel delays now being encountered in Brisbane could result in port arrival changes at other Australian ports, depending on the port rotation of each vessel. As usual, affected vessel arrival/departure dates will be updated to affected clients via Communicater messages.
Port terminal operators in all states have announced a significant increase to Port Infrastructure Levies for all containers moved to/from ports. It was expected that these costs, when first implemented in January 2018 and increased again in January 2019 would be used by the terminals to generate extra income.
The National Transport Body is questioning the increase with terminal operators and has raised the severe cost increases with both State and Federal Governments. It is hoped that some action will be taken by Government with upcoming elections, however in the meantime, the terminals are pushing ahead with the increases and unless the rate is paid on collection, then containers will not be released by the terminal.
The increased costs vary from state to state but overall average around $20.00 to $30.00 per container. New rates effective from 1st March will be updated to the GPSM website.
Airline Cargo Terminal Operators have completed their annual review of arrival charges and announced increases effective from 1st March 2019.
The Airline Airwaybill Fee will increase to $55.00 per airwaybill and Airline Handling Fees will increase to $0.53 per kg with a minimum charge of $53.00. As a result of the above increases, the International Terminal Fee will also increase minimally by $0.01/kg effective from 1st March 2019.
New regulations effective from 1st March 2019 will require all export airfreight cargo to be screened prior to aircraft loading. Screening has been in place to the USA for some time but this requirement will now be extended for all cargo to all global destinations. The warehouses GPSM use at all Australian airports installed the necessary screening equipment in early 2018 and are fully geared up and already operating.
There will be two (2) levels of screening, primary and if required by authorities, secondary screening. A charge will be made by the warehouse for this mandatory service and rates have been uploaded to the GPSM website.
Due to the extended delays being encountered over the past few months at both airline and LCL sea freight terminals, we have been forced to increase the minimum trucking rates for these services in an attempt to recover our costs. It is not uncommon for our vehicles to be held at terminals for up to 4 hours on a daily basis waiting to be loaded.
The new minimum trucking rates have been increased on average by $10.00 only maximum and same have been updated to the GPSM website, applicable from 1st March 2019.
Once upon a time, it was the wharves that caused delays for Importers and Exporters. Truck waiting times would grow by the hour.
The new challenge for trucking companies and their clients is now de-hiring the empty containers. A reduction in empty container park capacity, larger numbers of containers being handled, and a high level of import empty container ‘re-directions’ by shipping lines, are causing significant additional empty container handling costs in Sydney.
CTAA director Neil Chambers said: “The empty container management situation in Sydney has been getting progressively worse over a number of months now.” For many container transport operators, it has reached the stage where they cannot fully absorb the additional costs.
“A conservative estimate is that the additional costs being borne by transport operators in managing empty containers in Sydney are between $90 to $200 per container, depending on the level of delay and additional handling necessary.”
A significant contributor to the higher costs of empty container management in Sydney are the number and frequency of empty container ‘re-directions’ that are ordered at the discretion of the shipping lines with little notice.” observed Neil Chambers.
Port Botany is Australia’s empty container ‘re-direction capital’, with over 30 re-direction notices current every day, equating to hundreds of re-directions per month. By contrast, this is more than double the number of re-directions in Melbourne.
“Empty containers destined for one Empty Container Park, or for direct wharf de-hire, are suddenly re-directed to another location, causing significant planning difficulties for transport operators who must adjust their fleet and job allocations at the last minute.”
These re-directions are occurring solely to suit the shipping lines that want the empty containers sent to a specific location for their next use, including to meet regional rail export empty demands or for international empty repatriation, rather than the shipping line being responsible for the costs of repositioning the empty at a later date.
Whilst we are always striving to deliver empty containers in the most efficient and cost-effective manner, there are times that the shipping lines redirections have a direct impact on our planning and impact on costs
The current situation leaves us with no alternative but to charge a $100 redirection fee for containers that have not been imported using our freight services.
It is important to understand that we will make all efforts to ensure this cost is not incurred however in some cases this will be unavoidable
Attention all shippers:
Please ensure all of your export cargo is clearly labelled, including actual shipper & consignee name + address PRIOR to us collecting from you.
Please ensure cargo is marked with the following details to ensure easy identification:
Actual shipper & consignee details (including Address)
Origin & destination
Number of packages (ie. 1 of 2, 2 of 2)
Shipper & Consignee reference numbers
We thank you for your co-operation and assistance.
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