Newsletter

Welcome to our October News Brief Dear Friends, In October, here down under, it’s usually a very busy month in our industry. Christmas and summer orders are ready to be shipped or on the water facing issues for spaces while freight rates increase. This year, it’s not the case, there are as many spaces as required […]

Welcome to our September News Brief Dear Valued Customers, Industry concerns and calls for broad ranging reforms to Australia’s maritime logistics system have been reviewed by the Government’s Productivity Commission and a draft report was released on 9 September 2022. It was pleasing that the commission made specific reference to the submissions from the Australian

Welcome to our August News Brief Dear Valued Customers, It’s that time of the year again with the BMSB risk season fast approaching, officially commencing on 1 September 2022. With fears of the detrimental impact it would have on our agricultural sector, vigilance is essential in order to keep Australia free of BMSB. Planning is

Welcome to our July News BriefDear Valued Customers, Shipping seasons are often regular and expected throughout the year.  This was certainly the case until the past few years until ongoing disruptions changed the shipping environment. As we enter the peak shipping season, there is continued volatility.  The ongoing conflict between Ukraine and Russia has created

Welcome to our June News Brief Dear Colleagues, Customers and Suppliers, As the financial year comes to an end, it is a good time to reflect on what has been achieved in the last 12 months. This year has flown by quickly bringing along with it many changes, the end of COVID restrictions, commencement of

Welcome to our May News Brief With the federal election fast approaching, issues facing all Australian business and consumers are on the table.    Supply chain issues have been dominating business board-level discussions for some time now. Issues such as manufacturing delays, shipping capacity, increased freight costs, vessel delays at ports, depleted inventory levels, extreme

Welcome to our April News Brief We at FJT continue to follow the news from Ukraine closely and keep those affected by this human tragedy in our thoughts. Beyond the heartbreak, the crisis continues to impact freight and supply chains in multiple ways, from higher fuel costs to global sanctions and disrupted trade routes.  This

Welcome to our March News Brief   As we slowly emerge from the health and economic effects of a once-in-a-lifetime global pandemic, we are still somewhat restricted by an escalation of various surcharges, detention and demurrage costs, record high freight rates, schedule disruptions and an all-time low in schedule reliability, which will take some time

Welcome to our February News Brief   Dear Customers, Colleagues and Friends, Before COVID, February was the month where we started to see a decrease of freight levels from China and consequently South East Asia, Europe and the Mediterranean areas. The above has not been the case for the past 2 years, actually we have

Welcome to our January News Brief Dear Friends,Happy New Year to all! We haven’t finished enjoying Christmas and we are again in the middle of a major consequence that the New wave of Omicron COVID is bringing to our sector. Shipments that are averaging double the transit time in comparison with 18/24 months ago, and