Fremantle Port – Vital link of trade continuing

Vital link of trade continuing

Fremantle Ports remains committed to the health and safety of our community, employees, port users and service providers.

Ports are guided by the Australian Department of Health and Australian Border Force’s introduced measures at ports nationally to prevent the spread of COVID-19.

Ships of all kinds continue to come and go from the Port of Fremantle, which is vital for Western Australia at a critical time; the community needs this critical link for essential supplies.

To ensure business continuity, Fremantle Ports is actively taking measures to help reduce the spread of COVID-19.

Those precautions are being taken at every level of the organisation in response to the latest advice from government.

Fremantle Ports is participating in the Freight and Logistics Council of WA’s COVID-19 Supply Chain Governance Group and working with the port community to ensure supply chain continuity.

Shipping

Container, break-bulk and bulk trades are all continuing.

All ships must provide pre-arrival health and quarantine information that is checked by Australian authorities.

Ships from overseas that have received clearance by the authorities can berth in the port if they have been fewer than 14 days at sea but crew must follow biosecurity directions.

All crew must remain on-board while the vessel is berthed in Australia. Crew are able to disembark to conduct essential vessel functions only and crew must wear personal protective equipment (PPE) while performing these functions.

Crew should restrict their interaction with non-crew members to those interactions that are critical to the safe operation and loading/unloading of the vessel. Crew must also use PPE in public spaces on board the vessel while non-crew members are on-board.

There is currently no shore leave for any crew.

To ensure ongoing trade and supply of goods, international maritime crew changeouts are permitted nationally but crew must adhere to the 14-day quarantine period.

Thanks

Fremantle Ports would like to thank everyone in the supply chain who is ensuring operability in these challenging times.

$91.2 million police package to support COVID-19 response

A$91 million package of measures to support the WA’s emergency response to the COVID-19 pandemic was announced in April with the State Government providing the WA Police Force with an additional $73.4 million to recruit an extra 150 police officers to strengthen the frontline

Recruits were given expedited training in core modules to allow their deployment to support roles and free up fully trained police officers for deployment to the frontline. A further 135 recruits who were already in training were fast-tracked for deployment to support roles.

A total of $14.8 million in funding was also provided to purchase 100 mobile intelligence cameras, also known as Automatic Number Plate Recognition technology.

These cameras were immediately deployed to monitor and enforce movement restrictions around the State, such as the intrastate travel restrictions.

A total of $3 million in funding was also provided to expand police tracking and tracing capabilities with the purchase of GPS tracking devices for electronic monitoring devices.

A total of $14.8 million in funding was also provided to purchase 100 mobile intelligence cameras, also known as Automatic Number Plate Recognition technology

Police Minister Michelle Roberts said, “I'm pleased that we're able to provide additional urgent funding for the purchase of Automatic Number Plate Recognition technology to make it easier for police to identify motor vehicles on the road. "It makes it less likely that people who have a legitimate purpose to be out and about will be stopped and will enhance the capacity of our police to identify and track offenders.