Monthly Archives: November 2015

Shipping a classic car – a case study

Vintage and classic cars are more than functional vehicles for their owners.  They are collectors’ or sentimental items that may have taken years to obtain and involve specialised care to transport, as the following case study demonstrates. After two years of negotiation with a European owner and at great personal expense, a classic car enthusiast […]

Further preventative measures introduced for this Stink Bug Season

The Department of Agriculture has introduced further measures to manage the risk of Brown Marmorated Stink Bugs during the 2015-16 season. The Brown Marmorated Stink Bug is not found in Australia but is an exotic pest of biosecurity concern to Australia’s agriculture industry.  Juveniles and adults feed on and severely damage fruit and vegetable crops, […]

New Container Weight Requirements for Shippers

Effective from July 1st 2016, all shippers, as a requirement under international shipping regulations, are responsible for verifying the weight of containers (the verified gross mass or VGM) and providing this information to carriers sufficiently in advance of vessel loading. This requirement falls under the newly amended Safety of Life at Sea (SOLAS) Convention, Chapter […]