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Delays across Australia terminals & price hikes to potentially affect Christmas season

19 Jul 2021

With the ever-changing COVID situation in Australia and the consequent reduction of permitted international travellers, 2021 will continue to bring changes and new demands for the freight sector.

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Here are the top news items in shipping right now:

  • Many Australian terminals are experiencing up to 7 day turnarounds to unload containers when they arrive. This news comes as Patrick Terminals continues discussions with local MUA representatives.
  • The Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment has announced that there will be changes in requirements for fumigation of imported goods.
  • ANL/CMA-CGM have announced a general rate increase from 1st August 2021 to all cargoes from Korea, China, Japan, Hong Kong and Taiwan.
  • In wake of the recent stay-at-home orders in New South Wales, the NSW Government has provided a much-needed exemption for freight workers, granting them the ability to leave the Fairfield, Liverpool and Canterbury-Bankstown local government areas for critical work.
  • As of 12th July, all FCL/FCX containers packed with all types of goods in a khapra beetle target risk country and unpacked in a rural grain growing area of Australia will be subject to mandatory offshore treatment.
  • Brown Marmorated Stink Bug (BMSB) measures will apply to goods that have been shipped between 1 September 2021 and 30 April 2022 from high risk countries. Find out more here.
  • Svitzer, one of two main tugboat operators in Australia, has seen MUA action taken against it as the MUA move to take protected industrial action against working conditions. The campaigns will see a series of strikes conducted across Melbourne, Western Port, Fremantle, Kwinana, as well as NSW and South Australia.
  • MSC Mediterranean Shipping Company is advising that a rate restoration will be implemented on all cargo originating from India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka to Australia and New Zealand as of the 15th June 2021.
  • CMA CGM has announced a General Rate increase (GRI) applying to export shipments from all New Zealand ports to all Australian ports. This will be effective as of 1st August 2021.
  • With the new restrictions around international arrivals, and only 3035 people able to arrive in the country per week, freight will see more delays and a hike in prices, especially coming up to the Christmas period.

If you have any questions or feedback, please don’t hesitate to get in touch with your MYC liaison or call us on +61 8 9253 0121.

What’s happening in shipping right now

Here are the top news items in shipping right now:

  • Many Australian terminals are experiencing up to 7 day turnarounds to unload containers when they arrive. This news comes as Patrick Terminals continues discussions with local MUA representatives.
  • The Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment has announced that there will be changes in requirements for fumigation of imported goods.
  • ANL/CMA-CGM have announced a general rate increase from 1st August 2021 to all cargoes from Korea, China, Japan, Hong Kong and Taiwan.
  • In wake of the recent stay-at-home orders in New South Wales, the NSW Government has provided a much-needed exemption for freight workers, granting them the ability to leave the Fairfield, Liverpool and Canterbury-Bankstown local government areas for critical work.
  • As of 12th July, all FCL/FCX containers packed with all types of goods in a khapra beetle target risk country and unpacked in a rural grain growing area of Australia will be subject to mandatory offshore treatment.
  • Brown Marmorated Stink Bug (BMSB) measures will apply to goods that have been shipped between 1 September 2021 and 30 April 2022 from high risk countries. Find out more here.
  • Svitzer, one of two main tugboat operators in Australia, has seen MUA action taken against it as the MUA move to take protected industrial action against working conditions. The campaigns will see a series of strikes conducted across Melbourne, Western Port, Fremantle, Kwinana, as well as NSW and South Australia.
  • MSC Mediterranean Shipping Company is advising that a rate restoration will be implemented on all cargo originating from India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka to Australia and New Zealand as of the 15th June 2021.
  • CMA CGM has announced a General Rate increase (GRI) applying to export shipments from all New Zealand ports to all Australian ports. This will be effective as of 1st August 2021.
  • With the new restrictions around international arrivals, and only 3035 people able to arrive in the country per week, freight will see more delays and a hike in prices, especially coming up to the Christmas period.

If you have any questions or feedback, please don’t hesitate to get in touch with your MYC liaison or call us on +61 8 9253 0121.