Due to rising trade volumes, supply chain complexities and the concurrent movement of pests and diseases around the world, the Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry (DAFF) has expanded its biosecurity activities to better manage the growing risk posed by hitchhiker pests such as the Khapra beetle and brown marmorated stink bug. To recover […]
The team at Clarke Global Logistics wish you a safe and happy festive season! We will be working through and available all days except for the public holidays on: Monday 26th December Boxing Day Public Holiday Tuesday 27th December Christmas Day Public Holiday Monday 2nd January New Year’s Day Public Holiday Cheers to a fabulous […]
As a result of ongoing industrial action during a protracted negotiation of the enterprise agreement between maritime unions and Svitzer – a Danish owned operator of tug boats in Australia – Svitzer has announced an indefinite lock-out of all their crews from 12.00 pm this Friday. By doing this, it has been reported that Svitzer […]
Importers, in particular those in the food industry that require inspections or surveillance, have been experiencing significant delays with biosecurity inspections by the Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry (DAFF). Victoria and New South Wales are the states mostly impacted by the high volumes of DAFF inspection requests and services. These delays are further adding […]
As our business has chosen to embrace electronic workflow and move away from paper-based files, saving trees along the way and valuable office space in ours and our clients’ workplaces, we are finding that many clients no longer require hard copies of their shipping documents for the same reasons. Moving forward Clarke Global Logistics will […]
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Let’s be honest, it can be expensive buying big ticket items in Australia, such as ride-on-mowers, boats, motorcycles, farm machinery, building equipment, large collectibles etc., when these can be simply purchased from the United States via Amazon and Ebay for a fraction of the cost and paid via Paypal. Getting your items to Australia is […]
Are you looking to expand your business through Amazon? Selling through Amazon allows you to use Amazon’s global infrastructure to sell more items to more world-wide destinations. It provides a huge audience of new customers and potentially a big boost in sales. So independent of where your business is physically located, sellers are able to […]
Due to several factors which have come together in the shipping industry recently, importers have experienced significant on-going delays which have been beyond the control of their freight forwarders and their suppliers.
Shipments could be disrupted due to reports of a new COVID-19 outbreak at the Meishan wharf at the Ningbo Zhoushan Port in Ningbo, East China’s Zheijiang Province. After an employee of the wharf tested positive, operations at the wharf were suspended on Wednesday, with tankers and container ships redirected to neighboring wharfs, resulting in longer […]
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