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Australia’s strong trade economy offers great opportunities, but strict regulations can make importing complex. This guide covers key requirements, documents, and agencies involved. Mainfreight’s Customs Brokers handle compliance and paperwork to keep your goods moving smoothly.

Choosing the right aircraft is key to reducing costs, delays, and cargo risks for your exports. Read our Guide to Aircraft Types to ship smarter and faster.

Choosing the right trailer, Side Loader or Standard, can cut costs and keep your supply chain moving. This guide explains unloading options and helps you match equipment to your site’s needs for efficient container transport

Cold Chain treatment chills fresh produce to a precise temperature long enough to kill pests, meeting strict import rules for markets like Australia. Mainfreight provides certified facilities and expert monitoring to keep your exports compliant and moving without delay.

Australia's strict biosecurity measures, including the Safeguarding Arrangements Scheme, protect its unique environment from invasive pests. This program streamlines clearance for goods in six-sided containers from risk countries during the Brown Marmorated Stink Bug (BMSB) risk season, from 1 September to 30 April.

Khapra beetles are destructive pests that threaten agriculture by targeting stored food products like grains and seeds. This blog outlines the risks, high-risk countries and products, and Australia’s strict biosecurity measures to prevent their spread. Learn how Mainfreight can help ensure compliance and protect your shipments from this invasive pest.

Vessel delays disrupt global supply chains, driven by port congestion, weather, equipment shortages, and labor issues. Mainfreight’s real-time insights and adaptive solutions help businesses navigate disruptions, ensuring reliability and resilience.

Each year, the transportation of billions of tonnes of cargo via planes, trucks, ships, and trains accounts for approximately 8% of global greenhouse gas emissions, making the logistics sector a notable contributor to worldwide CO2 emissions.

Cold chain is vital for transporting temperature-sensitive products using specialised thermal and refrigerated packaging. Our sea freight and air freight solutions maintain temperatures from -30°C to +30°C, ensuring global freshness and quality.

Perishable goods like fruits, flowers, and vegetables require careful handling due to their sensitivity to extreme temperatures and humidity. Our cold chain experts use advanced refrigeration and real-time monitoring to preserve these items, ensuring they remain fresh from origin to destination. Explore our reefer foods solutions for top-notch cold chain logistics.

Mainfreight ensures precise, reliable and compliant defence logistics by leveraging global experience and strict adherence to government regulations.