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Many clients will be aware of the struggle to find space on the USA to Australia/New Zealand trade at present . Recent weather events including a heavy snow storm that has swept across the country from the Gulf all the way to the north east corner of USA has hampered pick-ups and deliveries of FCL …

Finally some good news from the Australian waterfront. This morning we have been advised that the Enterprise Bargaining Agreement between Patrick’s Terminal in Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane and Fremantle and the Maritime Union of Australia appears to finally have been negotiated. Below is the statement issued

Following extensive flooding in South Australia and Western Australia, Pacific National who operate rail services between Australia’s East and West Coasts, have advised that some 400kms of railway rack needs to be replaced on the cross country services. This has severely disrupted all services and could be

Below is the current status of average vessel delays and berthing times around Australia this week: The delays indicated below are for this week’s vessels only and can change frequently depending on labor absenteeism / Covid related delays, final productivity at the terminal and weather. DPW Melbourne, Sydn

Just a reminder that Chinese New Year holidays will commence from 31st January, 2022 until 6th February, 2022 and we ask all clients to ensure they receive shipment documents from suppliers in advance of the break. Many factories will close for longer periods as most workers will return to their home towns during

Please note we are unable to process any documents through Bio Securities this will cause some delays .

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