Freight and Logistics Blog
Find out more about the industry by reading our freight and logistics blog. Bringing you everything you need to know, in depth, about the industry.
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Meet Stockwell’s Pricing Manager, Mathew Grundy
Since starting as Marketing and Business Analyst in 2018, Mathew has progressed rapidly within our tight-knit sales team. His successful career began at Griffith University,
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Australian Trade Permits: All you need to know
Australia is stringent on the movement of animals, plants, and their derivatives in and out of the country. In order to enable legitimate travel and
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Freight Prices Skyrocket
Whilst reflecting on my Telstra Business Women’s Finalist Award recently I found the following written in my original submission; “ In 2008, Australian export/import volumes
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Meet Stockwell’s Director of Sales and Marketing, Angela Gambell
Angela is our Director of Sales and Marketing for Australia, New Zealand & the USA. Find out more about her responsibilities and vision for the future.
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Global Mercy: The world’s largest civilian hospital ship has just passed sea trials
Having just passed its critical deepwater tests, Global Mercy is now officially the largest civilian hospital ship in the world.
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Terms of Trade and Your Sales Contract
As supply chain professionals your job is overwhelmingly busy and covers a great many aspects within a business unit. It is not so much the
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Smaller Freight Forwarders
As I read about yet another freight forwarder being acquired by a larger multinational freight forwarder (or shipping line) some question if there is still
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Australia-Thailand Mutual Recognition Arrangement to Support Economic Recovery
“A new trade arrangement with Thailand will boost Australia’s economic recovery and increase the attractiveness of the Australian Trusted Trader program (ATT). On 1 April
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March 2021 Update On COVID-19 and Congestion in the US
Just as we’re seeing a backlog of empty containers in Melbourne, the US is experiencing unforeseen demand that has transformed capable shipping ports into overrun, floating traffic jams.
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Stockwells is 50!
We would like to take a moment to thank you all for being a part of this journey with us. Since 1971 Stockwells has been nurtured and grown into a business that founder Brian Stockwell has grown extremely proud of over the last 50 years.
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Melbourne Empty Container Congestion
What’s causing empty container issues in Melbourne? As with so many other things that are going wrong, we can put the blame on COVID.
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Free Trade Agreements: Everything You Need to Know in 2021
Your guide to free trade agreements in 2021.