Government Forced Shutdowns
The Government has announced shutdowns starting midday today.
Stockwells is an Essential Service, and we will be available 24 hours, 7 days a week to make sure all business’ are serviced according to their own business demands.
During this unprecedented crisis Stockwells will run 2 shifts to meet demands, whatever they may look like.
Because we do not rely on third party trucking companies and run our own fleet our services remain in house. So you can be assured we have maximum flexibility to service your needs for fast turn arounds and completion.
Queensland Ports Update
Stockwell International received notice on the 18 March that Maritime Safety Queensland banned all commercial ships from entering ports in Queensland if the ship, or any person onboard, has been in any country outside of Australia within the last 14-days.
As of 21 March it was pointed out to MSQ the likely devastating landslide container logistics impacts on the industry as a whole if ships were further delayed or worse, bypassed the Port of Brisbane as a result of the MSQ directive.
Industry’s collective concerns have led to MSQ modifying its directive twice in the space of a week. Firstly, MSQ commenced providing exemptions for vessels arriving from:
New Zealand;
Papua New Guinea;
South West Pacific Nations (defined by specific island states); and Singapore
MSQ has further amended its directive to introduce a “two-port” policy effective immediately which reads:
This policy will mean that the Port of Brisbane will fall in line with the Federal Government advice on receiving foreign vessels into Australia – WITH THE EXCEPTION OF VESSELS AND CREW FROM CHINA AND SOUTH KOREA (Vessels and crew from these nations will still need to observe the 14 day isolation period until further notice). Federal Government direction is attheattachment- ABFCommercialVesselAdvice20March2020.
All other Queensland ports will remain under the guidance of Wednesday’s General Managers Direction . Any exemptions to the Direction in these ports will continue to be processed by MSQ in-line with previous processes. This means vessels can be received into the Port of Brisbane without any time-based restrictions provided safeguard measures are maintained in line with the ABF Commercial Vessel Advice 20 March 2020
Stockwell International will endeavour to keep you updated on unfolding situations, if you have any questions please contact sales staff at [email protected] or call on 1300 786 468
