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Rates from North East and South East Asia/Indian Sub-Continent: Current rates from North East Asia (China, Hong Kong, Japan, Taiwan and Korea) to Australia have been extended until 14th October 2017 without generally being changed. Shipping Lines have advertised that they will be seeking a General Rate Increase fr

Please note below message just received from Port Botany advising of industrial action commencing on 26th September 2017 at Sydney Port. This action will obviously disrupt vessel arrivals and departures and could seriously affect deliveries to/from the port before and after the stoppage. Issue: Industrial action t

Space Availability Becoming an Issue For Early Peak Season There are extensive space issues out of Malaysia, Singapore, and Thailand for traffic to Australian ports. All carriers are fully booked and space is becoming extremely hard to obtain at present with first available vessels now being quoted as October. Thi

Dear Clients, We would like to advise that most Italian suppliers, factories and trucking companies will be closed for Summer Vacations from August 7th up to August 25th. Heavy goods vehicles are totally banned from roads from 4.00pm July 28th until 4.00pm August 4th, 2017. Below is a list of the various Italian r

Our Indian partners have advised us of the following information on a new GST to apply to all services in India from 1st July 2017. The Government of India is planning to implement GST to all services in India with effect from 1st of July 2017. Goods and Services Tax (GST) is one indirect uniform …

Patrick’s Infrastructure Surcharge Following the Implementation by DP World Port Terminals of an Infrastructure Surcharge on all containers moving through the Australian ports, Patrick’s Terminals are also implementing a similar charge effective from 10th July, 2017 to all Australian terminals. This a

The Australian Border Force is experiencing significant Customs Entry processing issues that are affecting all processing of Import and Export Customs Entries. This may lead to some delays in cargo deliveries. The Department is investigating the issues as a matter of urgency and will continue to keep all Freight F

Please take a moment to look at new forms that have been posted in Communicater. Go to View -> Resources -> Download Forms Information has been added for topics on Asbestos, Fumigation, Certificate of Origin, Plywood declaration. Download Documents: Asbestos Supplier Declaration Asbestos Importer Due Diligen

Based on the further information we have obtained from the Australian Border Force (ABF) regarding the importation of goods which may contain Asbestos, we have had to update the Declaration Forms. To satisfy the ABF’s requirements that the imported goods do not contain Asbestos and to be compliant with the r

While rates from above ports have remained quite stable for the past 4-5 months, we are again now receiving notices from shipping lines that they will be applying rate increases effective 1st July 2017. These notices are not uncommon and while the current notices are indicating a General Rate Increase of USD 300.0