Current China Rate Situation

Please note that Northern China (Xingang and Qingdao) and Eastern China (Shanghai and Ningbo) ports have been adversely affected by heavy fog resulting in a large number of vessels being delayed in berthing and discharging/loading at these ports. It is expected that some vessels may arrive in Australia later than

Further to our earlier Newsflashes/Newsletters on rates applicable from Far East Asia to Australia, we are pleased to advised that our main carrier (COSCO) has extended their current rate levels until 31/12/16 without any increases. Some other lines have made some adjustments to rates for December shipments but mo

There has been a builds up of traffic transiting Singapore and Port Klang to all Australian ports over the past four (4) weeks. Higher than anticipated volumes from Far East Asia, South East Asia, Europe and USA in the November peak period have led to a large backlog of containers sitting in the transhipment ports

Please be aware that there are possible delays expected at Singapore for transhipment cargo destined for Australia. We are giving you a “heads up” on the situation as of today, we have noted some traffic from China particularly to Fremantle and Adelaide are facing some delays in Singapore port on some

It is the responsibility of all importers to ensure the goods you import do not contain any Asbestos, Australia policy is Zero Tolerance. We urge you to read the attached fact sheet carefully. It does contain information on your due diligence, and what measures the Australian Border Force (ABF) is taking with resp

We would like to remind all shippers that Chinese National Holidays commence October 1st until 7th October. We urge you to ensure all documentation for any shipment arriving around this time have been received or dispatched by your suppliers to avoid unnecessary storage costs.

The market from Far East Asia has been extremely volatile of late, rates have been at extremely low levels for most of 2015/2016, despite small increases and reductions over this period, including increases from 1st September, 2016. The driving factor on rates throughout this period has been availability of space

Are you importing from, USA, Japan or Korea? Just a reminder that your supplier provide you with a Signed Certificate of Origin to prevent delays at time of import and having to unnecessarily having to pay import duty, and then claim a refund. Please refer to the formats attached below which you should provide you

As advised by our industry body, CBFCA, the following article has been written by Sohee Kim & Kyunghee Park for Bloomberg and is forwarded for your attention. “As reported in Bloomberg today Hanjin Shipping Co. will apply for court receivership after lenders decided to halt all support to South KoreaR

Under the Biosecurity Act 2015, there have been changes made to the Packing Declaration, in particular to Q.1. whereby Department of Agriculture & Water Resources (DAWR) has removed the “Prohibited Packaging Material Statement” and replaced it with the “Unacceptable Packaging Material Stateme