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COVID-19 Updates for Australian Used Equipment Importers from the Department of Agriculture

January 1, 2022
A man wearing an orange high-visibility long sleeved shirt with a black Freightplus logo stands in front of a large yellow dump truck hanging in the air being unloaded off a ship at a port on an overcast day.

COVID-19 Updates for Australian Used Equipment Importers from the Department of Agriculture Impacts to Service Standards in Queensland, South Australia, Northern Territory, Tasmania, Victoria and New South Wales for bookings and inspections during COVID-19 pandemic Who does this COVID-19 Updates for Australian Used Equipment Importers from the Department of Agriculture notice affect? Department of Agriculture COVID-19 […]

Our European biosecurity specialists are back

November 11, 2021
Two men covered in dirt, one wearing a khaki waterproof coat with a hood, the other wearing gloves, a beanie and an orange high-visibility vest pull faces in front of a CAT machine.

fter a seemingly endless hiatus due to COVID travel restrictions, our European biosecurity specialists, Robbie Sichigea (left) and Florin Radu (right), are well and truly back in business

Upcoming Protected Industrial Action taken by the Maritime Union of Australia

November 11, 2021
Black and white image of protest in Support of MUA. A Crowd of workers hold their fist in the air in front of a wall with the text "M.U.A. HERE TO STAY". A Poster hangs over the wall which says "United Against Patricks Scabadores"

Upcoming Protected Industrial Action taken by the Maritime Union of Australia On the week commencing November 1st there will be stoppages at Patricks East Swanson Terminal as a result of MUA protected Action.   The MUA protected action will occur over the following days. 1 x 4hr stoppage on Monday 1ST November from 0300-0700hrs 1 […]

CTAA: Rising Container Detention an Insidious Consequences of Shipping Capacity Squeeze

August 8, 2021

Rising Container Detention an Insidious Consequence of Shipping Capacity Squeeze   Written and Published by Container Transport Alliance Australia (CTAA), 18 August 2021.    The shipping capacity squeeze on containerised imports into Australia and exports to overseas markets is having many impacts on shipment delays, equipment availability, “rolled” cargo, and unprecedented rising ocean freight rates. […]

Seasonal measures for Brown Marmorated Stink Bug (BMSB) 2021-22

July 7, 2021
Yellow Komatsu D51PX inside a blue heat treatment facility

Seasonal measures for Brown Marmorated Stink Bug (BMSB) 2021-22 For the 2021-22 BMSB risk season, BMSB seasonal measures will apply to targeted goods manufactured and shipped from target risk countries, that have been shipped between 1 September 2021 and 30 April 2022 (inclusive), and to vessels that berth, load, or tranship from target risk countries […]

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