Understanding the Role of a Customs Broker A customs broker serves as a liaison between importers/exporters and government authorities, facilitating the smooth flow of goods across international borders. The Australian Customs and Border Protection Service (now known as the Australian Border Force) oversees customs regulations and compliance in Australia. Navigating this regulatory landscape can be […]
Due to system maintenance, the ABF has advised that the ICS system will be unavailable for a 6 hour period between 11.00 pm on Saturday 14th October and 5.00 am on Sunday 15th October, 2023. The ABF has advised that industry clients should make arrangements to have cargo cleared outside of these hours. If you […]
We are pleased to inform you that Clarke Global Logistics has moved to a fresh new office location conveniently located close to key transport routes in and out of the city, our warehouse and the Port of Melbourne. Building A, U3/85 Turner Street, Port Melbourne, Victoria, 3207 Thank you to all our clients and business […]
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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Wishing a very Happy 100th Birthday to Geoffrey J. Clarke, one of the ‘founding fathers’ of Clarke Global Logistics!
Clarke Global recently featured in The Age to celebrate our 100th Anniversary: In 1917, a young Frederick J. Clarke started a small customs agency, to become known as Clarke Wilkinson Customs and Shipping Agents. Clarke had supervised the clearance of steel for the Trans-Australian Railway to Perth, a massive achievement for Australian logistics in that year. In the 100 years since, the company […]
Do you know what happened 100 years ago? Here is a shortlist of events that affected and inspired the lives of people around the world and in Australia, in 1917: The Russian Revolution started after demonstrators clamouring for bread took to the streets in the Russian capital of Petrograd (now called St Petersburg), resulting in […]
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