Melbourne update: authorised stop work meeting 27 October 2017
Dear Clients:
Please see below received from DP WORLD.
Please be advised that there will be an approved stop work in Melbourne, which will affect terminal operations:
- 27 October 2017, 1pm–3pm
Please contact CCT Schedule if you require any further information.
Email: CCT.Schedule@dpworld.com.au or Phone: +612 9394 0131
The DP World Australia team
Kind Regards
SILA Customer Service
Notice of Industrial Action from Port Authority of New South Wales
Dear Clients,
Please see below received from the Port Authority of New South Wales in regards to an Industrial Action commencing on 24th October 2017:
Port Authority of New South Wales has been negotiating with the Australian Maritime Officers Union (AMOU) and Maritime Union of Australia (MUA) over a replacement Enterprise Agreement for its Sydney workforce since February 2017.
Unfortunately these negotiations continue to remain difficult to finalise as the unions are maintaining a position which seeks employment guarantees that Port Authority is unable to provide.
Port Authority of New South Wales wishes to advise that it has now received notification of protected industrial action to be undertaken by MUA members working on board pilot cutters operated by the Port Authority from Port Jackson and Port Botany as follows:
- 24 hour stoppage commencing at 0600 Tuesday 24th October 2017.
The action proposed will suspend the use of the pilot vessels to embark and disembark Pilots in Port Jackson and Port Botany.
The MUA have agreed to exempt the following functions from any industrial action:
- Watch keeping at sea;
- Fire Rounds;
- Port security watches;
- Safety drills;
- Product tanker and crude oil tanker vessels;
- Passenger cruise vessels;
- All dealings with emergency equipment in any manner; and
- Any and all safety and emergency related issues.
Please be advised that this industrial action does not exempt perishables and therefore the movement of container vessels scheduled during this period will be affected.
Emergency response, Vessel Traffic Services and other Port Officer functions (other than pilot cutter movements) will be required to continue as normal during this period of industrial action.
Port Authority of New South Wales remains committed to reaching agreement with its employees whilst minimising, wherever possible, the impacts on you and your business, and we will provide regular updates to inform you of further developments at the earliest possible opportunity.
Kind Regards
SILA Customer Service
Trojan Port Botany (Sydney) Infrastructure Levy- Effective 13th November 2017
Please be advised that from the 13th November 2017, Trojan Port Botany will be introducing Infrastructure Levies similarly to ANJ Containers and Price & Speed who are introducting their fees from 6th November 2017.
The additional levies for each of these locations will be as follows:
ANJ Container Services (Effective 6th November 2017)
- FCL Container Infrastructure Levy: AUD 22.50 per container
- FAK Cargo Infrastructure Levy: AUD 9.50 per cbm
Price & Speed (Effective 6th November 2017)
- FCL Container Infrastructure Levy: AUD 24.00 per container
- Airfreight Infrastructure Levy: AUD 15.00 per consignment/AWB
Trojan Port Botany (Effective 13th November 2017)
- FCL Container Infrastructure Levy: AUD 25.00 per container
- FAK Cargo Infrastructure Levy: AUD 7.00 per cbm
- Airfreight Infrastructure Levy: AUD 15.00 per consignment/AWB
For further information, please click on the depot names listed above. All prices exclude GST.
Kind Regards
SILA Customer Service
Sydney Depots Introducing Infrastructure Levies - Effective 6th November 2017
Please be advised that from the 6th November 2017, Sydney depots will be introducing Infrastructure Levies.
The additional levies will be applicable to the following Sydney depots.
- FCL Container Infrastructure Levy - AUD 22.50 per container
- FAK Cargo Infrastructure Levy - AUD 9.50 per cbm
- FCL Container Infrastructure Levy - AUD 24.00 per container
Airfreight Infrastructure Levy - AUD 15.00 per consignment/AWB
For further information, please click on the depot headings listed above. All prices exclude GST.
Kind Regards
SILA Customer Service
International Terminal Fee – Qube Logistics
Please be advised that from the 9th October 2017, QUBE Logistics (QL) will be introducing an International Terminal Fee at is container freight station terminals Australia – Wide (Brisbane, Sydney, Melbourne, Adelaide & Perth).
The fee will be applied and billed on a per gate pass basis. The International Terminal Fee will be as follows;
Brisbane AUD 30.00 per gate pass
Sydney AUD 30.00 per gate pass
Melbourne AUD 30.00 per gate pass
Adelaide AUD 30.00 per gate pass
Fremantle AUD 30.00 per gate pass
Please find attached customer notice for more information.
Kind Regards
SILA Customer Service
CityLink Tolls, DP World and Patrick Terminals Infrastructure Surcharge Reminder
Dear Customers,
We wish to remind you that both DP world (effective from 17/04/2017) and Patrick Terminals (effective from 10/07/2017) have applied new infrastructure surcharges.
The surcharge rates for each port via DP World are as follows:
- Sydney: AU $21.16 per container
- Melbourne: AU $32.50 per container
Sydney Notice Melbourne Notice
The surcharge rates for each port via Patrick’s Terminals are as follows:
- Sydney: AU $25.45 per container
- Fremantle: AU $4.76 per container
- Fishermans Island: AU $32.55 per container
- East Swanson Dock: AU $32.00 per container
For further information on Patrick Terminals new surcharges and ancillary charges, please refer to the below link.
Patricks Customer Information Patrick’s Notice
In addition to the updated infrastructure surcharges, City Link tolls in Melbourne have increased as previously advised for heavy vehicles applicable from April 1st 2017 which will additionally affect all transportation charges.
As stated by the Victoria Transport Association, under the capped arrangement, heavy vehicles using CityLink tolls will incur an increase of up to 125% for day and night travel. This will significantly affect toll charges applied to the Monash, Tullamarine, Bolte Bridge / Westgate to the Western Corridor in particular.
Please do not hesitate to contact us further should you wish to discuss.
Kind Regards,
SILA Customer Service
HOT TO FIX - YANGTZE HAPPINESS
Dear Customers,
HOT TO FIX REMAINING SPACE ON BELOW VOYAGE
Always looking for steel cargo, equipment and other general cargo. All other loading and discharging ports sub inducement.
Please contact SILA as agents only.
Kind Regards,
Sinotrans Intergrated Logistics Australia
Patrick Terminals - Infrastructure Surcharge and Ancillary Charges: Effective 10th July 2017
Dear Customers,
We wish to advise you that Patrick Terminals have provided recent notice that they will be applying new infrastructure surcharges effective from 10/07/2017.
The surcharge rates for each port are as follows:
- Sydney: AU $25.45 per container
- Fremantle: AU $4.76 per container
- Fishermans Island: AU $32.55 per container
- East Swanson Dock: AU $32.00 per container
For further information on Patrick Terminals new surcharges and ancillary charges, please refer to the below link.
SILA will continue to monitor and advise if any further updates.
Please do not hesitate to contact us further should you wish to discuss.
Kind Regards
SILA Customer Service
Galvanised Steel Coils from India, Malaysia & Vietnam - Statement of Essential Facts and Preliminary Affirmative Determination
Dear Clients,
We wish to draw your attention to the Statement of Essential Facts and Preliminary Affirmative Determination in relation to Galvanised Steel Coils exported from India, Malaysia and Vietnam.
The SEF can be found here
Securities will be imposed from today 1st of June.
Please do not hesitate to contact us should your require further information.
Kinds Regards
SILA Customer Service
Changes to Quarantine Packing Declaration - Prohibited Packaging Statement
To our valued customers,
We would like to remind clients about upcoming changes to Quarantine Packing Declaration as per SILA notice 17/08/16
As per the Industry advice notice 38-2017 the Department of Agriculture requires Packing Declarations to align with the Biosecurity Act 2015. As such the wording ‘Prohibited Packaging material statement’ has now been replaced with ‘unacceptable packaging statement’.
The implementation date is the 16th of June 2017. Consignments can be cleared using ‘consignment specific’ packing declarations with the previous wording if they are dated prior to 16th June 2017.
Annual packing Declarations using the ‘Prohibited Packaging material statement’ will not be accepted for consignments shipped on or after the 16th of June regardless of their expiry date.
As such it is extremely important that Importers using Annual Packing Declarations send the updated templates to their suppliers as soon as possible so the updated declarations can be held on file in readiness for this change, otherwise clearance delays can occur.
King Regards
SILA Customer Service