Delays in Australia due to floods and rail disruption and heads up for upcoming public holidays to be aware of, especially during Chinese New Year.

Macro Update:

Flooding is affecting services and disrupted services between Darwin and Broome in Australia. Freight line disruption is causing delays in Perth Australia. Cyclone Hale in New Zealand is expected to cause further impacts on parcel deliveries over the course of this week. Read more below in our Australia and New Zealand below.

Chinese New Year is expected to cause disruption throughout the period which will lead to knock on delays.

The following public holidays may lead to delays in the processing and delivery of your shipments to the following countries: 

• 09/01/2023: Japan - Coming of Age Day
• 16/01/2023: USA - Martin Luther King Jr Day
• 23/01/2023 - 27/01/2023: China, Hong Kong, Macau, Malaysia, Taiwan, Singapore - Chinese New Year/ Spring Festival

Service Updates:

Australia & New Zealand

Flooding is affecting services between Darwin and Broome in Australia.

Affected postcodes include: 6728, 6731, 6733, 6740, 6743, 6765, 6770.

Impact on WA’s incoming freight lines are causing delays in Perth.

Fulfillment services: Operational and as per SLAs.

Inbound Receiving services: Operational and as per SLAs.

Direct injection International services at this time: No delays

Aramex: 

Services are affected in Adelaide, Brisbane, Capricorn Coast, Geelong, Melbourne, Perth, Sydney and Wollongong. Read more about Aramex disruptions here.

New Zealand Post: 

We are experiencing delays of 1 working day to parcels in and out of the Upper North Island areas that were recently impacted by the sub-tropical storm. 

Cyclone Hale is expected to further impact parcel deliveries over the course of this week, in the following areas: Northland, Coromandel, Bay of Plenty, East Cape and Gisborne.

Asia

Chinese New Year and Spring festival will lead to business closures as the region observes the public holiday. Expect disruption leading up to, during and after the period.

Fulfillment services: Operational and as per SLAs.

Inbound Receiving services: Operational and as per SLAs.

Direct injection International services at this time: No delays

US & Canada

USPS has updated that Winter Storm Elliott has now ended. However, delivery delays may still be observed due to any possible backlog and local conditions.

Fulfillment services: Remain unaffected by delays and same day dispatch is being met as per SLAs.

Inbound Receiving services: Operational and as per SLAs.

Shipping services: Operational and as per SLAs.

UK

FedEx:

Due to the runway closure at Stansted Airport (UK), we are adjusting our regular service schedules on Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays for both FedEx and TNT international inbound shipments to minimize the impact on our customers. Stansted Airport will be closing their runway overnight for resurfacing works from 8 January to 25 March 2023. We have contingency plans in place to minimize disruption to our operations over this period, which include: 

• Areas of the South East of England will not receive early morning or noon deliveries. End of day delivery commitment remains. 
• Areas of Dublin, Ireland will not receive early morning or noon deliveries. End of day delivery commitment remains

DPD

Delays to DPD services across the UK can be found here.

Fulfillment services: Operational and as per SLAs.

Inbound Receiving services: Operational and as per SLAs.

International from the UK: We are seeing slight delays for DDU, not DDP deliveries, where there is an IOSS number. Average delivery times of 5-8 day are now taking 8-11 days. We encourage all customers to have their IOSS number as this helps with improving the clearance process to deliver into the EU.

EU

Fulfillment services: Operational and as per SLAs.

Inbound Receiving services: Operational and as per SLAs.

Freight Forwarding Update:

Sea freight - Asia to north America

We’ve seen a slight drop in pricing for LCL and FCL, however rates are still elevated. 

Space: We continue to experience space issues with most carriers

Booking: We recommend booking well and truly in advance (5-6 weeks), we cannot guarantee that the space will always be available.

Sea Freight - Asia- Europe

Rates are still at record highs, although they have gone down slightly. 

Space: Continues to be a concern

Booking: We recommend booking well and truly in advance (5-6 weeks).

Sea Freight - Asia - Australia

Pricing is still relatively elevated.

Space: Continues to be a concern

Booking: We recommend booking in advance (4-5 weeks).

Air freight

COVID-19 and Russia’s invasion of Ukraine continues to impact services and limit capacities globally.

Direct injection

B360 has its own Direct Injection network that runs from Sydney to the US, Hong Kong to Europe, Hong Kong to Australia and Hong Kong to the US. These channels are still very reliable, with transit times on average being 4-8 days, we see no changes as per the SLAs at this time.

To learn more about any of our updates or to make carrier changes, please reach out to us today.