Turkish-Syrian Earthquake

31 May 2023 has been announced as the date of entry into force of the much anticipated Australia-United Kingdom Free Trade Agreement (A-UKFTA). During his visit to the United Kingdom, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese made the announcement noting that “The Australia-UK FTA represents one of the most comprehens

The Department of Agriculture, Fisheries & Forestry (DAFF) , will now offer document assessment outside standard operating hours. The department’s business hours are 6:30 am to 6:30 pm, Monday to Friday (excluding public holidays). Documents may be assessed outside business hours subject to officer avai

We have received advice that a Maritime Union of Australia (MUA) stop work meeting will be held at the terminal on Monday 13th March, 2023 from 10am until 2pm, excerpts of the statement by MUA as follows: Quote: “International shipping companies’ recent decision to schedule a massive volume of blank s

Terminal Charges: Terminal Operators, DP World, Patricks, VICT and Hutchinson’s have announced a further increase to their landside charges, including Port Infrastructure Levy, Port Booking Fees and associated charges from 6th March.2023. The Terminals are pushing ahead with cost increases as part of their

Our agent in Turkey has sent the below information on the situation there following the large earthquake that hit the area last week: We would like to give you brief information in terms of terrible earthquake affection to 10 cities in South Eastern and Eastern regions in Turkey. 10 cities- mostly iskenderun,Antak

Below synopsis of the current import/export market situation in USA has been provided to us today from one of our service providers: PORT UPDATE: Los Angeles: Congestion at mid-level with dwell times averaging 0-2 days. New York: Vessel waiting time is 0-1 days at PNCT and APM Terminal due to berth congestion. Cha

Ports in NZ are suspending all operations today with the expected arrival of Cyclone Gabrielle. All or most vessels have been sent to Anchor in the harbour for safety with the port only expecting operations to start again on Wednesday morning at the earliest, any vessel enroute to and from Auckland will be delayed

Our agent in Turkey has advised overnight of mass destruction in the most devastating earthquake to hit Turkey and Syria in a century. To date, some 1500+ lives have been lost in Turkey and some 1200+ lives lost in Syria. Many hundreds of buildings have been destroyed in several cities and port operations have als

Airline Handling Fees: Cargo Terminal Operators (CTO’s) have announced they have reviewed their Airline Handling and Documentation charges effective immediately. Our apologies for late notification but we were only advised ourselves today. The Airline Transfer Fee will increase by $ 0.04 per kg to $ 0.67/ki

Rail operations will be suspended into each of the Port Botany container terminals as per below notice received this morning, this will add substantial pressure to VBS slot availability for road operations over this weekend and well into next week. “ARTC will be carrying out essential track maintenance and i