Limited Space and Delays
Due to continued schedule omissions and certain services as a whole being taken out of the Australian Trade Lane, space on vessels will be at a shortage.
Please ensure to let us know about orders well in advance so space can be allocated in time. There is almost a 2 week waiting time to get space on vessels.
Contact your sales representitive on 1300 786 468 or [email protected]
Fuel Rate
Please note that effective 18th May 2020, Stockwell’s fuel surcharge for Fremantle is now 13%. This applies to Fremantle only.
General Rate Increases
We wish to advise the following GRI that effective 1st June 2020 (cargo received date) a General Rate Increase (GRI) will be applied on all cargo moving from the United States and Canada, Korea, China, Taiwan, and Hong Kong to all ports and points in Australia and New Zealand as follow:
FCL:
USD $300/TEU, USD $600/FEU LCL:
USD $8.00 per W/M or minimum
Vessel Delays
SINGAPORE
Stockwells has received notice and would like to advise all customers that Singapore still has port congestions ex SIN to AU, it was reported that about 450 containers will be transhipped. For southbound shipments coming to Australian currently within about 8-14 days.
ASIA
Please be advised that vessels have been delayed in Asia and have had inability to speed up southbound due to 14 day quarantine requirements. Further schedule updates will be provided as soon as information is available.
Stockwell International appreciates your patience and if you have any questions please get in contact with your sales representative on 1300 786 468 or [email protected]
Australian Customs Notice
Stockwell International would like to advise customers of new concessional item and bylaw to Schedule 4 of the Customs Tariff Act (1995).
Item 57 to Schedule 4 of the Customs Tariff Act 1995 (Customs Tariff Act) provides a Free rate of customs duty for the period of 1 February 2020 to 31 July 2020 for hygiene or medical products imported to treat, diagnose or prevent the spread of the coronavirus that causes the disease COVID-19.
Goods, as prescribed by by-law, if:
a) the goods are medical products or hygiene products; and
b) the goods are capable of use in combating the novel coronavirus that causes the disease known as COVID-19; and
c) the time for working out the rate of duty on the goods is in the period beginning on 1 February 2020 and ending at the end of 31 July 2020.
Importers seeking to use Item 57 and its respective by-law should record this by listing treatment code 757 on the import declaration for goods of a value greater than $1000 or on the self-assessed clearance declaration if goods are of a value of $1000 or less.
Indonesia-Australia Free Trade Agreement
Stockwell International would like to remind customers of the Indonesia-Australia Free Trade Agreement set to kick off on 5th July 2020.
Australia has received formal notification that Indonesia has completed its domestic ratification processes. The trade deal with Indonesia will enhance export opportunities and deliver significant benefits for Australian farmers, businesses and investors.
Read more here or call your sales representative on 1300 786 468.
Weight Discrepancy Fee
Stockwells has received notice and would like to advise all customers that due to a recent incident that occured in Jan-2020 on Aotea Maersk where a container stack collapsed due to a weight discrepancy. Effective 01-June-2020, declared weight will be compared and verified.
The 3 Checks performed are:
1. Discrepancy between VGM and weight in shipping instruction is +/- 5000 kgs. 2. Declared VGM exceeds allowable payload as per CSC Plate (excluding SOC) 3. Declared VGM is less than Tare Weight of the container.
Any failures to these checks will result in a Weight discrepancy fee of USD 100 per bill of lading.
Low Sulphur Recovery – Asia/Americas/Africa – Pacific
Stockwells has received notice and would like to advise all customers that based on the review of the LSFO prices for bunker will trigger the following reduction in Low Sulphur Recovery (LSR) levels from the 01st of June 2020 on our transhipment trades from Asia / Americas / Africa to the Pacific Islands.
USD 75 per dry teu
USD 112.5 per reefer teu
Wharf Infrastructure Fee Increase
Stockwells has received notice and would like to advise all customers that from the 1st May the wharf infrastructure fee for the following:
Sydney: AUD $135 Melbourne: AUD $145 Brisbane: AUD $125 Perth:AUD $65 Adelaide: AUD $65
Peak Season Surcharge
We wish to advise the following PSS as instructed by COSCO SHIPPING (Lines), we wish to advise the following amendment to the current PSS of USD $1000 per reefer container applicable to reefer cargoes discharging in Hong Kong, Shekou, Xiamen, Taiwan and Shanghai.
From vessels with a sailing date of 11th May, 2020 the PSS to Hong Kong will be reduced to USD $200 per container. The PSS for vessels discharging in Shekou, Shanghai, Xiamen and Taiwan will be reduced to zero.
Southbound Quarterly Bunker Recovery Charge
Stockwells has received notice of SOUTHBOUND QUARTERLY BUNKER RECOVERY CHARGE. Please see following fee increases:
Effective 1st April 2020 and valid to 30th June 2020, the BRQ for cargo to Australia and New Zealand from Europe will be applied at the below levels.
From Europe To Australia and New Zealand:
$634 Per Dry TEU $951 Per Reefer TEU
