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Airline Fuel Surcharge from Hong Kong: All airlines operating from Hong Kong to all destinations, including Australia,  have announced another fuel surcharge increase effective from 1st December 2018. The Fuel Surcharge will be increased from the current level of HKD 2.90/kg to HKD 3.40/kg on all shipments. Rate

Goods that are manufactured on or after 1st December 2018 may be exempt from the seasonal measures providing they meet the following requirements: The goods are manufactured on or after 1st December 2018 The goods are classed as new machinery, vehicles, vessels and/or new complex parts and equipment. This includes

Dear Clients, Please be advised that Industrial Action at DP World Terminal in Sydney commenced yesterday at 11.00am and is continuing until at least 9.00am Friday. This has resulted in the cancellation of all time slots and has severely affected deliveries of import and export containers. It is expected that the

Treatment providers registered under the scheme have demonstrated their capacity to conduct BMSB treatments for applicable consignments. These treatment providers are included on the approved list of offshore BMSB treatment providers. This list is referenced in section 48A of the Biosecurity (Prohibited and Condit

Understanding your obligations with ‘shared’ responsibility in the Chain of Responsibility CoR 2018. As many of you are aware on October 1st 2018, the Heavy Vehicle National Law (HVNL) was amended to provide that every party in the heavy vehicle transport supply chain has a Primary Duty to ensure the safety of

Expanding/Collapsing order lines We have a new feature in which we can expand/collapse the order lines on a shipment. Shipments will now default the invoice lines hidden to save us scrolling for days. You will see this button: appear in between the shipment info and the notes. All you need to do to view the &helli

BMSB   list of updated offshore treatment  provider list, we remind all of our clients whilst there has been a policy change to allow onshore inspection and treatment of containers to be mindful that there will be delays during the BMSB season, and as it progresses we believe these will increase as more contain

You can now save your search fields, not only by country but also by State (if it is within Australia). We have just added a new function where you can default your search to per country and per state. Please see example below, all you need to do is click on the little green tick, …

Bio securities have revised its policy for goods shipped from Target Countries between September 1st 2018 and 30 April 2019 inclusive. Both Target high risk and target risk goods may now be treated both onshore and offshore. The revised policy to allow treatment of all containerised cargo with the exception of Op

You must comply with seasonal measures for certain goods shipped between 1 September 2018 and 30 April 2019 inclusive. These measures will require mandatory offshore treatment prior to arrival if they: are goods shipped by Sea Cargo. are goods manufactured in, or shipped from  a Target Country. are goods categori