BTi Logistics: December 2014

Monday 15 December 2014

Happy Christmas! - Freight Forwarding | Warehousing | Customs Brokerage | Australia

Thursday 11 December 2014

Industrial Action at DP World Port - Freight Forwarding | Warehousing | Customs Brokerage | Australia

The Maritime Union of Australia (MUA) has advised Dubai Ports World (DP World) it will take protected industrial action at ports in Melbourne, Sydney and Fremantle, after negotiations of their current Enterprise Bargain Agreement have stalled.

This action will result in a shutdown at the Melbourne terminal for 32 hours, from 6.30am on Thursday, and Sydney for 20 hours from 10am Thursday.

Operations at Fremantle will close for four hours on Friday. The company's Brisbane terminal is not affected by the industrial action.

DP World expect that once the protected industrial action is over, talks will resume.

Should you have any concerns, please contact your customer service representative.

Wednesday 10 December 2014

Quarantine Fees During Christmas Period

We have been advised that the Department of Agriculture will apply specific increased fees and charges of the Christmas and New Year period.

It should be noted that overtime rates will be applied for any transactions that are performed during the period 27 December to 31 December of each year. This period is considered as a Departmental holiday.

Any inspections, or AIMS entries required to be processed during this period will attract the normal fee for service, plus overtime of $288 per service provided.

In addition on other issues the Department has also confirmed that in accordance withSection 8.6 of the Guidelines, reprints of directions involving a change to the direction will incur a $40.00 per quarter hour unit fee from the 25th of November 2014. Where a reprint of a direction occurs during the Departmental holiday period, the fee will be $40.00 plus $288.00.

For further information on these charges, please speak with a member of our customer service team.