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Attention: Shipping Manager Disruption of Air Freight: As you are all well aware of the Corona Virus Pandemic and its global implications, the impact on shipping industry, especially on air freight, has been significant. Throughout the world, supply chains

Attention: Shipping Manager As advised earlier in our 27th February Industry update email, the space situation from Europe is becoming more and more congested. This is a direct result of shipping lines announcing blank sailings and the overall impact

We have received the below interesting article from Freight and Trade Alliance (FTA) highlighting major updates regarding Corona Virus and its impact on the global shipping industry. Some interesting insights from China  Our sources from China have provided us

Coronavirus and the implications for industry in Australia  Over the past two months, since the first case of “coronavirus” was detected in the city of Wuhan, we have seen the increase in the number of people diagnosed with the

Our partner in China has advised that so far, more than 20 thousand people are confirmed to have this virus and another 23 thousand people are still waiting for their results. The death toll has risen to 425 and

The latest reports coming out of China don’t look very positive. So far, more than 200 people have succumbed to death and close to 9700 are confirmed to have this infection. WHO have declared this as an International Emergency.

Increase to customs entry fees The government recently announced an expansion to the types of biosecurity activities to be cost recovered under the Australian Government Cost Recovery Guidelines.  This includes biosecurity assurance, analytics and risk mitigation activities.  These are

Attention: Shipping Manager   IMO 2020 – Low Sulfur Fuel Recovery on LCL shipments Further to our previous advice, ocean carriers have already taken steps to comply with the new international emission standards by switching to low Sulphur fuel

IMO 2020 – Low Sulfur Fuel Recovery   The International Maritime Organization (IMO) has introduced new regulations restricting all sea-going vessels to use fuel with a maximum 0.5 % Sulphur content (Very Low Sulfur Fuel Oil -VLSFO, as opposed

CHINESE GOLDEN WEEK – First week of October 2019   In the lead up and directly after the Golden Week public holiday, vessel space is at a premium. During the Golden Week holiday (first week of October) shipping lines