Sydney Tollway Charges

As you will be aware, Sydney Tollway Charges are increased by tollway operators in February and August each year. We have not passed on the last three (3) increases over the last 12 months, we have absorbed those increases in an effort to assist clients. Unfortunately, we are now in a loss situation on Sydney &hel

GPSM is proud to announce that it has won the Founders Family Business Award at the Family Business Association (FBA) Awards, held last Thursday evening in Tasmania. After winning the NSW category last year, GPSM went on to compete against leading family businesses from across Australia and New Zealand, ultimately

REVISION OF CHINA’S MARITIME CODE Governing Law and Shipper Liability Risks   Freight & Trade Alliance (FTA) and the Australian Peak Shippers Association (APSA) would like to update members on the latest regarding the significant changes to China’s Maritime Code, which came into effect on 1 Ma

As previously advised, GPSM are reviewing trucking furl levies on a weekly basis in conjunction with our interstate partners. Eventually we are seeing the terminal gate price for diesel fuel starting to reduce and from April 28th our fuel levies will be adjusted as follows: NSW 32% VIC 35% QLD 38% SA 38% WA 38% &h

There has been little movement in the diesel fuel terminal gate price over the past week, it was reduced slightly for 1-2 days but then rebounded to be over 300cents per litre. The GPSM fuel levy rates advised last week will remain in place for this week, we will review the situation again on Tuesday …

Unfortunately, we have no good news on fuel levies for this current week. Diesel prices have continue to rise over the past week, we can only assume it is due to short supply and high demand, below are the new rates applicable from 13th April, 2026: Sydney         38% Melbourne   43% Brisbane     

Further to our previous Newsletters on this subject, GPSM will be maintaining our current rates for this week as we await news on the revised terminal gate price to be advised. The terminals are awaiting deliveries of diesel fuel with a lot of service stations running dry, and bowser rates for diesel are still aro

Local cargo consolidators (LCL shipments) have implemented a Temporary Emergency Fuel Levy on all LCL shipments, import and export, across all Australian ports from 1st April 2026 @ $ 5.00 per cbm or 1000kgs. Empty Container Parks have also introduced the Temporary Emergency Fuel Levy of $ 10.00 per container to �

Government Action on Fuel Pricing: Many would have heard the news this afternoon that the Federal Government will cut fuel tax by 50% for 3 months from later this week. We welcome this news and while it should impact our costs in a positive way we await to see the mechanics of how will operate …

As we are seeing on the daily news bulletins, the price of diesel fuel has again increased dramatically in the last week. The supply of same from normal distributors has also slowed, with many companies reducing delivery quantities in an effort to stretch existing stocks in their facilities. This is greatly impact