APEC workshop identifies future work on grain NTMs
THE Australian government is working with industry on a project to identify Non-Tariff Measures affecting grain trade in the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation region. As part of...
Port of Melbourne unveils its new home
MINISTER for Ports and Freight Melissa Horne this week officially opened the new premises of the Port of Melbourne. The new, elevated offices at 839 Collins Street are in...
Ag department announces new biosecurity charges
THE DEPARTMENT of Agriculture has announced revised biosecurity charges for sea and air freight from 1 January, 2020, in an effort to help manage the risk of pest and disease...
Patrick cranes depart China
NEW ZPMC post-Panamax cranes have left from Shanghai, China, bound for Fremantle and Melbourne. The cranes are to be commissioned during the first quarter of 2020 adding...
Gladstone Ports continues reconciliation action
GLADSTONE Ports Corporation’s acting CEO Craig Walker said the organisation’s third Reconciliation Action Plan contains a strategy to provide “real and lasting opportunities”....
Accused drug importers not customs brokers, ABF confirms
THE Australian Border Force has issued a clarifying statement confirming those arrest for a major drug importation were not customs brokers. During a joint press conference on...
e-commerce to drive smart packaging: DHL
DHL has released Rethinking Packaging, a report that offers a look at the future of packaging in the logistics industry. A survey conducted by DHL on its customers and partners...
Sand nourishment reaches fruition as turtles return
THE Sea Turtle Alliance, Gladstone Ports Corporation, Bundaberg Regional Council and Department of Environment and Science worked collaboratively to implement the successful...
Melbourne symposium discusses shipping trends
A CROSS-SECTION of industry and academia have gathered at RMIT University, for the Inaugural Symposium of Australian Maritime Logistics Research Network. The event, driven by...
Maurice comes out fighting
QUBE managing director Maurice James has used an industry lunch in Melbourne to make a robust defence of terminal access charges imposed by container stevedores. Terminal access...
THE GRILL: Regan Brown
Describe your current job? Impex Personnel is the white-collar recruitment arm of my new venture, the Navital Group. Getting into the ‘people’ side of the supply chain industry...
ECA and industry leaders meet trade minister Simon Birmingham
ACTING CEO of the Export Council of Australia, Heath Baker, had a roundtable meeting with trade minister Simon Birmingham and other industry leaders as part of advocacy efforts....
WiseTech acquires South Korean customs solutions provider
WISETECH Gobal announced its acquisition of Ready Korea, a company that facilitates lodgement of electronic transactions to the Korean Customs Service, including customs brokerage...
Port Botany celebrates 40 years
NSW Ports has marked the 40th anniversary of Port Botany, with an industry breakfast and the release of a book that highlights important moments in the port's history. Two decades...
OPINION: A damaged reputation can take a lifetime to repair
I HAVE been to my fair share of gatherings, weddings, birthdays and met plenty of people and most of those people have never heard of the word “customs broker” or know what a...
