Premier promotes trade
QUEENSLAND Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk is off on an 11-day mission to promote trade with Europe and the Middle East. The Premier, who is also the state’s trade minister, is to...
Illicit tobacco smuggler shut down in Sydney
Australian Border Force investigators have shut down an illicit tobacco smuggling operation, allegedly run out of a shop in Sydney’s south west. On 28 March 2019, a container...
LETTER TO DCN: CBFCA role in pursuing stevedore charges and restrictive trading terms
THE CBFCA welcomes recent action by the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission on the subject of stevedores’ contract terms. CBFCA directors and management have had...
BUDGET 2019: Biosecurity Levy delayed
IMPLEMENTATION of the controversial BioSecurity Imports Levy has been put back two months until September 1. The delay was confirmed in the federal budget papers released last...
BUDGET 2019: Freight investment welcomed by industry
INVESTMENT in the national supply chain is a welcome feature of the 2019 federal budget, industry body the Australian Logistics Council says. Treasurer Josh Frydenberg handed down...
Forwarder and cloud specialist highlight closer ties
A DEAL between international forwarders U-Freight Group and global cloud specialists Easyship is expected to make price and delivery time information more readily available. The...
Industrial action set to hit Brisbane and Sydney terminals
HUTCHISON Ports’ terminals at Sydney and Brisbane are set to be hit with industrial action this Friday, as a dispute drags on with the Maritime Union. In a notice to customers,...
Expert panel set to cause a stink
STINKBUGS and emerging biosecurity reforms are to be discussed by an expert panel from across government and business in Sydney next week. Organised by the Freight and Trade...
Shipping registration changes take effect
THE Australian Maritime Safety Authority has reminded industry that changes have been made to shipping registration laws, effective 1 April. According to AMSA, there are no...
Stevedores to axe “likely unfair contract terms”
STEVEDORES DP World Australia, Hutchison Ports Australia and Victoria International Container Terminal have agreed to change contracts with land transport businesses after the...
ANALYSIS: Standard form transport and storage contract exclusions clauses at risk
ON 1 April 2019, the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission accepted a court enforceable undertaking from Hutchison Ports Australia Pty Ltd in respect of its standard form...
Progress reported in DPWA, union dispute
STEVEDORE DP World Australia and the CFMMEU have made progress in resolving their differences and heading off disruptive industrial action. A spokesman for DPWA said action set...
ALC applauds establishment of Office of Road Safety
CONFIRMATION a new Office of Road Safety is to be created has been welcomed by the Australian Logistics Council. The federal government has announced the new office will support...
NTC announces new chief executive
A FORMER Victorian government senior executive, Dr Gillian Miles, has been announced as the new chief executive and commissioner of the National Transport Commission. NTC chair...
Three arrested over tobacco smuggling ring
A TONNE-and-half of loose leaf tobacco was discovered in a container from China, the Australian Border Force has revealed. ABF officers at the Sydney Container Examination...
