Covid impacts on Airfreight

NZ Port Congestion and Trucking Delays Our NZ agent, Tri-Star, have provided us with the latest update on Auckland Port Issues as follows: We would like to bring to your attention the ongoing challenges associated with capacity and congestion at Auckland port, that also impacts on container truckers operating in A

The department continues to experience high volumes of entry lodgements. The department has implemented a new queuing process in its COLS system to identify and prioritise entries. We anticipate that these delays will continue while we continue to experience unprecedented numbers of lodgements, and while we settle

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Patrick Terminals has lodged an application with the Fair Work Commission to terminate its Enterprise Agreement with the MUA. The agreement is no longer fit for purpose, as it contains a number of operational restrictions that have limited the ability of Patrick to meet customer requirements at a time of congestio

Patrick Terminals has received notifications for industrial action at our Patrick Terminals – Melbourne and Patrick Terminals – Sydney AutoStrad. These notifications are listed below in bold . After weeks of significant labour availability due to the impact of COVID-19 cases in Melbourne, the MUA has n

Major ports in Italy have been blocked all weekend as workers strike against mandatory vaccines and vaccine passports. Italy made Covid-19 health passes mandatory for all workers from Friday. The so-called Green Pass confirms the holder is vaccinated against, recently recovered from, or recently tested negative fo

China’s power crisis is expected to further disrupt supply chains bringing longer lead times and a preference for high-value goods. Last month, factories across Guangdong’s Pearl River Delta manufacturing heartland and nine other provinces were forced to cut output due to government-imposed ene

Typhoon Kompasu has resulted in the worst container shipping traffic jam in months, one that now stretches throughout Southeast Asia and may take weeks to unravel. Although port operations are largely back to normal in Shenzhen and Hong Kong after the tropical storm’s passing, the total container ship count

This document defines the minimum documentary and import declaration requirements that must be met when lodging a declaration to the department to support risk assessment of imported goods, whether for biosecurity purpose or the Imported Food Inspection Scheme. Attachments https://www.gpsm.com.au/wp-content/upload

LCL and Airfreight Trucking Charges: GPSM has had fixed LCL and airfreight trucking charges in Australia for some 8 years without any cost increases being passed to clients. We were looking to introduce a general rate increase earlier this year but in light of the escalating COVID situation we again postponed any