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Market Update – January 2026
As we enter 2026, global supply chains remain finely balanced. Pre-Chinese New Year demand, evolving carrier network strategies, rising landside costs, and a series of interconnected global risk factors continue to shape freight outcomes for Australian and New Zealand importers and exporters. This update combines Seabridge’s on-the-ground operational intelligence with trusted market analysis to provide context, clarity and practical guidance for decision-makers navigating an increasingly complex logistics environment. Global market overview Pre-Chinese New Year (CNY) demand is accelerating, with carriers managing capacity through blank sailings, service realignments and early General Rate Increases (GRIs). The Drewry World Container Index has firmed… Read More
Market Update – November 2025
Global trade has remained resilient through November 2025, with firm ocean rates, tight capacity and ongoing schedule variability across key Asia–Pacific supply chains. This update provides a clear overview of current sea and air freight conditions, port congestion in Australia and New Zealand, biosecurity and regulatory developments, and the outlook heading into early 2026.
Australian Government Revises Rules for Organic Exports
The Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment (DAWE) has published the Consultation Draft Export Control (Organic Goods) Rules, 2020. The proposed rules aim to improve efficiencies in regulations governing the export of organic produce.
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