Threat of Waterfront Disruption Escalates

By GPSM Published: January 11, 2024

Current DP World Situation: Below is an industry Newsflash that gives the latest update on what is happening in the DP World vs Australian Maritime Union dispute, as well as the various interviews and publications that have run articles on the work the Freight Industry in general has been involved with in trying t




DP WORLD

By GPSM Published: January 9, 2024

A major development has now occurred with DP World Australia (DPWA) indicating to its customers and employees that from Friday 12 January 2024, DPWA will no longer tolerate partial work bans as part of the Protected Industrial Actions (PIA) being taken. The Notice says “As a result, employees participating in th




Shipping Update

By GPSM Published: January 4, 2024

Red Sea and Suez Canal situation: All shipping lines are again avoiding the Red Sea and Suez Canal after a missile attack on a container vessel over the past weekend, lines are now transiting the East-West-East trade route via the Cape of Good Hope. Maersk Lines had previously announced they were halting movements




LATEST PORT AND COST NEWS

By GPSM Published: December 20, 2023

DP World Terminals vs CFMEU Union: The Protected Industrial Action continues at all terminals around the country, DP World have received further advice from the Maritime Union of Australia (MUA) division of the Construction, Forestry, Maritime, Mining and Energy Union (CFMMEU) in terms of work bans and stoppages a




Australian Port Situation

By GPSM Published: December 1, 2023

UPDATED DP WORLD SITUATION The Protected Industrial Action that has been on-going at DP World terminals around Australia for the last few weeks was expected to end at end November, however the CFMEU Union have lodged a fresh list of actions for December that will see the work bans, stoppages and refusals to load/u




Fall out from DP World Cyber Hack and Industrial Action

By GPSM Published: November 17, 2023

DP World Industrial Action – Employee Roster Changes Announced Significant Landside Delays & Costs: Landside logistics operators in Melbourne, Sydney, Brisbane and Fremantle have struggled significantly this week in obtaining vehicle booking system slots to pick-up import containers and deliver export re




Breaking News-DP World Cyber Attack

By GPSM Published: November 13, 2023

Further to our earlier Newsflash this morning, we have now received notification that the situation with DP World operating systems has improved and operations are expected to return to normal. Extensive system testing was undertaken on Sunday and DP World have now advised the situation has been contained and oper




DP WORLD CYBER ATTACK

By GPSM Published: November 13, 2023

As you may have seen and heard on the news, DP World Terminals have suffered a Cyber Attack that was detected late on Friday and all systems in the terminals around Australia are affected. It has been indicated that the national emergency response coordination mechanism had been evoked as DP World Australia seeks




DP WORLD TERMINALS – SYSTEM ISSUES

By GPSM Published: November 10, 2023

Dear Customers, Please see below Newsflash regarding DP World Terminals, GPSM Transport Team will be in contact with clients directly affected by these outages: DP WORLD TERMINALS – SYSTEM ISSUES URGENT NOTICE Freight & Trade Alliance (FTA) and the Australian Peak Shippers Association (APSA) would like t




Update on industrial action at DP World

By GPSM Published: October 23, 2023

Hi All, A further update on the Industrial Action at D P World Terminals follows with new stoppages announced for end October/early November: INDUSTRIAL ACTION AT DP WORLD UPDATE 5 Freight & Trade Alliance (FTA) and the Australian Peak Shippers Association (APSA) have been in contact with DP World senior manag




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