Across Borders - Summer 2019

Monday, December 2, 2019

We are proud to launch the Summer 2019 edition of Across Borders and would like to thank our sponsors and expert commentary writers for their valuable contributions - please refer below for a preview, contents page and links to the electronic "flip" / virtual experience and PDF copy. 

Please also do not hesitate to contact me should you wish to showcase your business or service via a member profile, thought leadership contribution or advertising via Across Borders and our associated media. 

John Park
Head of Business Operations, FTA / APSA
Editor of Across Borders 

Freight & Trade Alliance (FTA) and Australian Peak Shippers Association (APSA) members receive at each regional office a hard copy of the Across Borders magazine (Summer, Autumn, Winter and Spring) - please notify any change of address or contact details for each regional office to Caroline Zalai.

Infrastructure Surcharges and Biosecurity Reforms remain the focus into 2020 


The recently released ACCC Container Stevedoring Monitoring Report 2018-19 identified that  Australian  stevedores are losing revenue from lower container handling rates in shipping line contracts.

Remarkably, in a depressed economic environment, stevedores have still managed to increase average revenue per container lift for the first time in seven years. According to the ACCC, this is attributable to the continuing cycle of increases in stevedore Infrastructure Surcharges (now being referred to by some as a Terminal Access Charge).

While this charging regime provides stevedores with a healthy bottom line profit, it has significantly increased the commercial strain on logistics service providers who must carry the impost of the charges in the first instance and ultimately pass costs onto importers and exporters.

Low margin commodity exporters are particularly hardest hit at a time also when drought and other supply chain pressures are impacting export growth generally.

As highlighted in the report from the Chair, Freight & Trade Alliance (FTA), the Australian Peak Shippers Association (APSA) and the Container Transport Alliance Australia (CTAA) continue to lead the industry advocacy for state-based intervention to reverse these unfettered and unregulated price increases.

Biosecurity reforms, levies and current operational service levels also remain a key advocacy focus. To that end, FTA / APSA representatives were privileged to recently meet with Senator the Hon. Bridget McKenzie (Deputy Leader of the Nationals / Minister for Agriculture).

We thank the Minister for her commitment for ongoing engagement and for her detailed foreword to this, our Summer 2019 edition of Across Borders.

Finally, on behalf the team at FTA, I would like to wish you and your families a Merry Christmas and we look forward to partnering with you again in 2020. 

By PAUL ZALAI, Co-founder and Director, Freight & Trade Alliance (FTA)

CONTENTS

  2 Protecting Australia from bio security threats
  4 Australian Peak Shippers Association - Report from the Chair
  6 APSA Secretariat joins the board of the Global Shippers Forum
  8 Rail can meet regional Australia's freight challenges
10 A call for regulation to end exponential increases in port access fees
12 Bigger vessels are coming to Melbourne
14 Celebrating 40 years of Port Botany – Australia's premier port
16 Boosting rail modal share critical to industry and community
17 When should a freight forwarder issue a house bill of lading?
18 Consolidation in Container Shipping – what do customers think?
20 What are the priorities for Tasmania when it comes to shipping?
22 Expansion and Investment for AMI Asia Pacific
24 Sydney's new Airport terminal design revealed
26 Interview - Beau Paine, Regional Vice President Cargo – Australia, Menzies Aviation (Australia)
28 From Toowoomba to the world
30 Major New Zealand ports choose Containerchain's  notifications (VBS) product
32 Save costs or save the planet? Why choose one when you can have both
34 I Hate Recruitment Agencies!
35 What Keeps You Awake at Night?
38 US / China Trade Deal and Brexit
40 To release or not to release, that is the question!*
42 Viva Energy adds new Very Low Sulphur Marine Fuel to   product suite
43 Leading law firms to support the alliances
44 ACFS commitment signals strong demand for inland port &   rail strategy
45 The New Modern Slavery Act in Australia – what does it mean for your supply chain?
46 24-hour challenge for one of the world's largest third-party logistics providers
48 Our Trusted Trader Experience
49 FTA members feature in DCN Australian Maritime and Shipping Awards
50 2019 Women in Logistics Forum
51 Out and About with WISTA
52 'Human Skills' Give Your Business the Edge
52 A positive work culture in action
53 The open and shut case of how the shipping container changed world trade
54 How do the new Incoterms® 2020 rules impact the supply chain and logistics industry?
56 Biosecurity – Challenges and Opportunities.
58 Boosting post-border supply chain biosecurity in NSW
60 A multipurpose biosecurity dog for all seasons
61 It's that time of year again.
62 BorderWise expands library, extends global reach
64 Importers and exporters facing increased risk of prosecution
66 Australian Trusted Trader welcomes it's 500th business

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