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Attention: Shipping Manager Chinese New Year Public Holidays: Chinese Lunar New Year Public Holidays are from 11th to 17th February 2021 but factories are generally closed for a longer duration than the official holidays. The duration of closure will

Attention: Shipping Manager Port Congestion Surcharge – Auckland Due to the flow on effect of Sydney port congestion, vessels calling into the ports of Auckland are experiencing considerable delays at the moment and the port is heavily congested. There

Maritime Union of Australia’s Industrial Action Against Svitzer: Maritime Union of Australia’s Industrial Action has now slowly spread from port terminals to tug boat operator Svitzer, which provides crucial towage services to vessels arriving and departing all major ports

Current Shipping Situation: Despite having no industrial action for a while now, the situation at Sydney port has not returned to completely normal levels. There are still extensive delays for vessel berthing at terminals with DPW terminal facing 4-5

Attention: Shipping Manager Industrial Action Update (Fremantle and Sydney): We were notified earlier today by our truckers in Perth regarding the industrial action at DP World Terminal Fremantle. MUA’s action today at DP World terminal was in the form

Attention: Shipping Manager Industrial Action Update: Less than a month after Maritime Union of Australia withdrew its Industrial Action at Patrick Terminals Sydney, MUA has given a notice to Hutchison Terminal Port Botany for its intent to carry out

Attention: Shipping Manager Current situation at Sydney port Below is an update received from Freight & Trade Alliance (FTA) in relation to the current situation at Sydney ports as of Monday:- There is 1 container vessel waiting to enter

Further to our email from 29th September advising about OOCL’s South bound booking suspension from/connecting via South East Asia, we are pleased to advise that OOCL have restarted their bookings with immediate effect. This is applicable for all Australian

After a long battle, there is some positive news coming out regarding the dispute between Patrick Terminals and Maritime Union of Australia. We have just received an update from FTA advising that Maritime Union of Australia will immediately end

Attention: Shipping Manager First Shipping Line to Introduce Port Congestion Surcharge for Melbourne/Brisbane ports: After Sydney, the issues relating to Port Congestion and Industrial strikes have now reached the ports of Melbourne and Brisbane. MSC is the first carrier