DEPT OF AGRICULTURE DETERIORATING SERVICES
During last week's meeting with Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment executives, it was clear that budgetary constraints are preventing deployment of additional resources to meet a 'surge' in document assessments and inspections. The inevitable result will be that services will continue to deteriorate - READ MORE.
FTA will continue to engage at departmental executive level and will escalate concerns to the Minister for Agriculture, Drought and Emergency Management David Littleproud.
The department offers a scheme where claims can be made against it for actions that caused financial harm to the importer. Members have reported submitting claims and not receiving any correspondence for over 6 months. It is important to note that there are specific criteria that must be met for a claim to be considered defective administration which can be found on the Dept of Finance website. It is strongly recommended you check this criteria and confirm eligibility prior to submitting a claim. |
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NO TOYS FOR CHRISTMAS We wait with interest to see what happens next at Patrick (noting that the current truce with the Maritime Union of Australia concludes today, 1 December 2020). FTA / APSA will continue engagement with the Attorney General and will escalate our advocacy with key stakeholders, member associations and government to drive home the need for ports to be treated as an 'essential service'. In the interim, we joined Shipping Australia with a commentary in the Sunday Telegraph highlighting the risks of further operational disruption |
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STATES COLLABORATE TO FOCUS ON INFRASTRUCTURE SURCHARGES In what is a positive development, FTA/APSA last week received formal advice that the state governments have agreed to engage with industry to provide a national approach to the matter of Infrastructure Surcharges. As determined at the Ministers at the Infrastructure and Transport Ministers meeting held on Friday 20 November (refer to the 14th Infrastructure and Transport Ministers Meeting Communique), the National Transport Commission (NTC) will lead reform and the development of 'voluntary national guidelines' to apply to stevedore infrastructure and access charges (both their introduction and increase) at Australia's container ports.
The aim of this approach is to provide greater certainty and transparency for both stevedores and landside transport operators and support continued investment in terminal facilities. Based on the below revisions to stevedore tariffs effective 1 January 2021, perhaps they are taking note that regulators are watching them ! |
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NEW TARIFF AT VICT In an industry notice summarising charges, VICT reiterated a commitment to continually investing in their state-of-the-art automated terminal to increase productivity and efficiencies for both quayside and landside customers.Of note there is no further increase of on the existing $131.03 Infrastructure Surcharge. |
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EMPTY CONTAINER PARK UPDATE
The picture tells the story - a photo supplied by a member showing a queue outside one of Sydney's empty container parks. |
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| Advice from members and shipping lines is that high import volumes are expected well past Christmas and possibly past Chinese New Year (mid February). So without more positive action by shipping lines to deploy large capacity sweeper vessels to evacuate empties, the ECP situation will not improve as it would seem a 1:1 or 1:1.5 exchange will not provide the necessary operational relief. - READ MORE |
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SHIPPING UPDATE (AUSTRALIA / NZ) - A PERSPECTIVE FROM MAERSK
Join as at 12PM AEDT on Wednesday 9 December 2020 for our webinar (FREE & EXCLUSIVE TO FTA / APSA MEMBERS) when we speak with MY THERESE BLANK (Head of Oceania Export Market, Regional Ocean Management, Maersk). |
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In a a time of extreme congestion and disruption to schedules, we are extremely grateful to Maersk and Hamburg-Sud who have agreed to be interviewed and provide a first-hand account from their perspective on the current status of Australia and New Zealand shipping as well as projections for the months ahead.
REGISTER HERE
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MOVING TOWARDS CARBON-NEUTRAL SHIPPING WITH MAERSK ECO DELIVERY |
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| Thank you to NICK STREET, (Commercial Planning Manager - Maersk Oceania) for his commentary in the Spring 2020 edition of Across Borders. |
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For Maersk, decarbonising is not an option but a necessity and that's why in December 2018 we set an ambition to have carbon neutral marine operations by 2050, far beyond any regulatory frameworks in place today.
This means that we ultimately want to achieve zero net-emissions from our vessel operation by 2050. As a mid-term target, we will reduce CO2 emissions by 60% reduction per container transported by 2030 (2008 baseline).
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- ABS - International Merchandise Trade, Preliminary, Australia, October 2020 ...
read more - ABS - International Trade in Goods and Services, Australia, September 2020 ... read more
- CTS - Global TEU volume and price index September 2020 ... read more
- CTS - Australasia & Ocenia Import/Export volume September 2020 ... read more
- Flinders Ports Trade Statistics October 2020 ... read more
- Fremantle Ports - APSA Trade Statistics October 2020 ... read more
- IATA - Ecomomic Performance of the Airline Industry ... read more
- IATA - Industry Statistics November 2020 ... read more
- NSW Ports Trade Report October 2020 ... read more
- Pilbara Ports Authority Shipping Figures for October 2020 ... read more
- Port Botany and Port Kembla Trade Statistics September 2020 ... read more
- Port of Brisbane Monthly Trade Report October 2020 ... read more
- Port of Brisbane 3rd Qtr Trade Statistics … click here
- Port of Brisbane September 2020 Quarter Aggregated Cargo Trade Volume … click here
- Port Dampier Trade Statistics July to September... read more
- Port Headland Shipping Figures September 2020 ... read more
- Port of Melbourne - Trade Report November 2020 ... read more
- Port of Melbourne - Monthly Overseas Container Report October 2020 ... read more
- Port of Newcastle Monthly Trade Report October 2020 ... read more
- Port of Townsville Import/Export containerised goods in TEU'S ... read more
- Port of Townsville October 2020 Trade Report ...read more
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- Shipping Line Notices 24th to 30th November 2020 ... read more
- Shipping Line Notices 17th to 23rd November 2020 - NEW LINK ... read more
- Coronavirus Shipping Line Notices 24th to 30th November 2020 ... read more
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24.11.20 - Stakeholder update Port of Melbourne Update 11 ... read more
24.11.20 - Port of Melbourne Trade Update 10 ... read more
26.11.20 - National Transport Commission to focus on Stevedore charges - FTA / APSA Advocacy response ... read more
26.11.20 -Industrial action update - FTA / APSA advocacy for Ports to be essential services ... read more
26.11.20 - CTAA eNews ... read more
26.11.20 - NSW Ports - Support for South West Illawarra rail link ... read more
27.11.20 - Port of Brisbane News November 2020 ... read more
27.11.20 - Pilbara Portal November 2020 ... read more
27.11.20 - CTAA - VICT 2021 Landside Terminal Tariff & VBS charges ... read more
28.11.20 - VICT - Tariff Update ... read more
29.11.20 - Heatwave - Operational impacts at Port Botany ... read more
29.11.20 - Update 1 - Port Botany heatwave - 1pm AEDT ... read more
30.11.20 - Empty container / congestion issues – Sydney ... read more |
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25.11.20 - IATA AGM calls for Governments to support safe and sustainable industry restart ... read more
27.11.20 - IATA Regional briefing - ASIAPACIFIC November 2020 ... read more
27.11.20 - IATA - Aviation Industry agrees vital slot use relief ... read more |
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25.11.20 - Notification of the potential service delays due to Khapra Beetle interception ... read more
26.11.20 - Watch out for Khapra Beetle ... read more
27.11.20 - DAWE - 2020-69 - Horticulture Exports Program – Applications for the export of mainland apples and pears to Thailand ... login required
27.11.20 - Meeting with Deputy Secretary of the Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment ... read more
27.11.20 - DAWE - 205-2020 - Offshore Brown Marmorated Stink Bug (BMSB) treatment providers scheme: Treatment provider suspension - Fumigation services & supply inc (Harrison) (AEI: US4034SB) ... login required
30.11.20 - DAWE - MAA 2020-26: Vietnam: Refrigerated agricultural produce: Testing of packaging for coronavirus (SARS-COV-2) ... login required
30.11.20 - DAWE - MAA 2020-19: Vietnam: Refrigerated agricultural produce: Testing of packaging for coronavirus (SARS-COV-2) ... login required
30.11.20 - DAWE - In this section MAA 2020-13: Vietnam: Refrigerated agricultural produce: Testing of packaging for coronavirus (SARS-COV-2) ... login required |
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25.11.20 - ABF - TC Gazette 20-44 ... read more
25.11.20 - Home Affairs Industry Summit – Time for Government and Industry to work together to simplify trade ... read more
27.11.20 - NZ Customs Release 588 ... login required
27.11.20 - ABF - Australian Customs Notice No. 2020/47 Arrangement for goods imported under the Singapore-Australia Free Trade Agreement ... read more |
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25.11.20 - World Trade report 2020 explores increasing use of policies to foster digital innovation ... read more
25.11.20 - DDG Wolff urges G20 Leaders to back WTO action to support economic rebound, pandemic response and WTO reform ... read more
27.11.20 - WTO - DDG Agah at ITC joint advisory group: Open trade and economic inclusion key to Post-COVID recovery ... read more
26.11.20 - ATIC - Australia signs world's largest free trade agreement ... read more
27.11.20 - RCEP ... read more |
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ANTI-DUMPING COMMISSION NOTICES - ADN |
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| 24th to 30th November 2020 |
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BUSINESS SALES / OFFICE LEASE |
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Refer to our classifieds service available HERE |
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NSW CPD BORDER COMPLIANCE PROGRAM UPDATE
Friday 5 February 2021 - PLACES NOW AVAILABLE!!
Customs Broker Licensing Period - 1 April 2020 to 31 March 2021 In response to the renewed and high demand for 'face to face' events, we are delighted to advise that we have secured an additional room for our NSW CPD Border Compliance Program at the Novotel Brighton Le Sands on Friday 5 February 2021.
Live presentations will be streamed to this room, where delegates will be hosted by an FTA representative and join peers with an opportunity to participate in question time.
NOTE: This contingency will only be needed if the current 4 sqm social distancing ruling remains in place at the time of the event. If the distancing reduces to 2 sqm we will bring all delegates together in the Ballroom as per previous events.
Should you wish to register for any of our February 2021 events (Sydney X 2, Melbourne X 2, Perth, Brisbane), please contact Caroline at czalai@ftalliance.com.au |
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| CPD - BORDER COMPLIANCE PROGRAM The revised dates for our events fall within the 2020/2021 customs broker licensing period (1 April 2020 to 31 March 2021) and will continue to provide 24 CPD points. 6 additional CPD points will need to be obtained in Stream A.
Please note the status of each event is due to the current 4m Covid distancing requirements. Should these requirements be eased capacity at these events will be increased.
CPD Border Compliance Program – (1 April 2020 to 31 March 2021)
NSW: Friday 5 (Further places in overflow room now available) & Saturday 6 February 2021 – Novotel Brighton Le-Sands
VIC: Friday 12 & Saturday 13 February 2021 (PLACES STILL AVAILABLE) – Hyatt Place Essendon Fields
QLD: Wednesday 17 February 2021 (PLACES STILL AVAILABLE) – Novotel Brisbane Airport
WA: Saturday 20 February 2021 (PLACES STILL AVAILABLE) – Hyatt Regency Perth
If you wish to register please contact Caroline on czalai@ftalliance.com.au or 02 9975 1878
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SAFE CONTAINER LOADING PRACTICES & HEAVY VEHICLE SAFETY |
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FINANCE REPORT
Weekly Market Commentary and Calendar.. read more |
CANDIDATE OF THE WEEK
 Melbourne - Senior Export Operations ... read more
Christian Merrigan, Branch Manager - Sydney
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FTA and APSA are proud to connect members with the following sponsors as leading suppliers of services to the freight and trade sectors.
2020 sponsorship prospectus is available HERE |
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