The incident happened just after 6.10am AEST on Sunday 24 May when the ship experienced a temporary loss of propulsion during heavy seas about 73 kilometres south east of Sydney.
At the time, the ship was on a journey from Ningbo, China to Melbourne, Australia.
The ship's power was restored within a few minutes but during this time the ship reported that it was rolling heavily, causing container stacks to collapse and 40 containers to fall overboard in waters about 2km deep.
The Master of the APL England has reported that an additional 74 containers have been damaged and remain collapsed on the deck of the ship, while a further six containers are reported to be protruding from starboard side and three containers from the port side of the ship.
The ship has turned around and is now heading toward Brisbane, Queensland. AMSA will be inspecting the ship, once the destination Port has been confirmed, upon its arrival ... read more
The decision to scrap the levy was warmly welcomed by Paul Zalai, director and co-founder of the Freight & Trade Alliance (FTA), which led the opposition to the tax.
"The best thing about this whole drawn out exercise is that it united the industry," said Mr Zalai. "We will now escalate our advocacy with the federal government to address other exorbitant supply chain costs, specifically regulation on stevedore-imposed terminal access charges."
Indeed, the FTA has been even more vocal in its criticism of the escalating 'port infrastructure fees' terminal operators charge transporters to collect cargo from their terminals.
"Prices are already excessive," Mr Zalai said. "Incremental increases on this basis would continue the devastating impacts on Australian trade. Our regulators need to protect shippers by forcing stevedores to cease this practice."
Furthermore, he said, there needs to be a "paradigm shift in priorities" in favour of shippers, adding: "It is the efficient movement of goods that will lead our economic recovery and generate national wealth, not the welfare of carriers or infrastructure owners." ... read more
A NUMBER of prominent transport and logistics groups have criticised the New South Wales government's response to submissions received on the environmental impact statement and draft major development plan for Sydney Gateway.
The comments came from the Australian Logistics Council, Australian Trucking Association, Container Transport Alliance Australia, Freight & Trade Alliance, Road Freight NSW and Shipping Australia Limited ... read more
Sal Milici, Head of Border and Biosecurity at FTA, said the industry has seen a stabilisation of the air cargo market.
"This has been achieved largely by the supply chain sector effectively communicating and sharing detail of air cargo capacity leading to an increase of freighter services and also a number of cargo only flights," he said.
"Costs are understandably higher than normal without the financial offset of a passenger movements. However, what was shaping up as a disaster for the industry in mid-March, has evolved into an amazing good news story,
"We have been able to keep the air cargo sector alive through the collaborative efforts of industry and government ... read more
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Please note that our revised dates for our events fall within the new 2020 /2021 CPD period (1 April 2020 to 31 March 2021) and will continue to provide 24 CPD points. CPD Border Compliance Program – (1 April 2020 to 31 March 2021) NSW: Friday 5 & Saturday 6 February 2021 – Novotel Brighton Le-Sands VIC: Friday 12 & Saturday 13 February 2021 – Hyatt Place Essendon Fields QLD: Wednesday 17 February 2021 – Novotel Brisbane Airport WA: Saturday 20 February 2021 – Hyatt Regency Perth These dates have been chosen with coronavirus, winter, peak season, Christmas and school holidays in mind. We have also considered the very fluid nature of this situation. No one at this stage can safely put an end date on the restrictions to travel and meetings that are currently in place. We have looked for the period that provides as much flexibility to allow for the situation to improve and allow us all to resume normal business interactions.Over the coming weeks and months FTA will be providing free webinars to keep members up to date with any important information to ensure you stay at the forefront of emerging issues. We thank you for your continued support and if you have any further questions please do not hesitate to contact me on czalai@ftalliance.com.au or 02 9975 1878.Caroline Zalai - Director, FTA / APSA Secretariat