Illicit Tobacco Taskforce arrests alleged major tobacco trafficker
THE Illicit Tobacco Taskforce arrested a man as he returned to Australia late last year as part of an investigation into an illicit tobacco syndicate. The man arrived into...
Draft plan to boost heavy vehicle productivity
NHVR executive director freight and supply chain productivity, Peter Caprioli, has released a Draft Heavy Vehicle Productivity Plan 2020–2025 for feedback. “This is a draft...
Solar companies burnt $1.3m for duty evasion
A QUEENSLAND solar wholesale business has been ordered to pay more than $1m in recovered Duty and Goods and Services Tax following an investigation by the Australian Border Force...
Shipping sector announces $5bn zero-carbon fund
CORE funding from shipping companies across the world of about US$5bn, to be spent over a 10-year period, will go towards efforts to decarbonise the industry. Specifically, the...
AMSA awards YM Efficiency recovery contract
THE Australian Maritime Safety Authority has signed a contract to remove lost containers from box ship YM Efficiency that famously lost 81 containers overboard off Newcastle last...
$5bn research fund to eliminate CO2 emissions from shipping
THE international shipping community has this week announced plans to create the first “collaborative shipping” research and development, aimed at eliminating CO2 emissions from...
MDMA hidden in barbecues seized by authorities
A 30-year-old man from Coomera (Queensland) and a 33-year-old Canadian national have been arrested and charged over their involvement in a criminal enterprise to import 645kg of...
OPINION: A packing quagmire
PACKING declarations have been in operation since around 1998/1999. International sea freight trade into Australia has changed dramatically since that time; sea freight shipments...
Ross appointed boss of live export sector
ROSS Carter has been confirmed as Inspector-General of Live Animal Exports for 12 months. The announcement was made by agriculture minister Senator Bridget McKenzie who said the...
NSW Ports and ACCC ordered into mediation
THE Australian Federal Court has ordered New South Wales Ports and the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission into mediation. This relates to ACCC’s case regarding port...
More than 39 million illicit cigarettes seized in shipping container
THE Australian Border Force has reported seized more than 39m illicit cigarettes in one week in Melbourne. Assistant customs minister Jason Wood said the cigarettes were worth...
OPINION: Distorted container logistics market in Australia
THE REFERRAL by New South Wales Minister for Transport, Andrew Constance, of the massive, unfettered and unregulated stevedore infrastructure fee increases to the NSW Productivity...
Rogue yachtsman foiled by ABF patrol boat
AUSTRALIAN Border Force patrol boat Cape St George has apprehended a criminal from New South Wales who was apparently seeking to flee Australia aboard a yacht. Northern Territory...
OPINION: Australia suffers a rare defeat at the WTO
WHILE much debate surrounds the operation of our anti - dumping legislation in practice it may be a surprise to some that we did not create the regime unilaterally. Our regime...
Constance blows the whistle on port surcharges
NEW South Wales transport minister Andrew Constance has referred to the state Productivity Commission the matter of port surcharges imposed by stevedores on transport operators...
