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Versacold changes to Americold

Confusion over pinewood from Western Australia

The following has been brought to our attention by NatRoad. A new regulation for the movement of pinewood from Western Australia could be implemented on 1st January 2012. The regulation is designed to prevent the movement of the European House Borer from Western Australia. This means that the movement of untreated pinewood from Western Australia would be prohibited.

This would be of concern to Loscam as their pallets are made from pinewood. Loscam have been in consultation with the Government department involved and it looks like there will be no problem with the movement of Loscam pallets. It is still not clear if the legislation will come into play on 1st January but if you are involved in the movement of pinewood from Western Australia then it may be best to keep an eye open. The following documents provide more information:

New Regulations for Untreated Pinewood
Proposed Condition 4

Pallet Loss Article from ATN

The Australasian Transport News has granted us permission to show the attached article which was published in their August 2011 edition.

ATN Article – Counting Losses

Pallet Loss Article from Bean Media

Bean Media produce a number of publications including Australia’s Best Manufacturing. Featured in the March 2011 magazine is an article on pallets which features comments made by Pallet Loss Prevention’s John Stuart. One of the main themes of the story is the compexity of pallet hire and the need for change.

Man Vol 2 2011 F9 Pallet Loss

The magazine has been rated highly and you can get it for free. Click on the following link to go to their web page.

http://www.australiasbestmagazine.com.au

Pallet Dispute Resolution

If you have a pallet problem and you don’t want to incur expensive legal costs then the Office of the Victorian Small Business Commisioner may be able to help you. They invite the parties together and offer a mediation service. You will find that they are aware of many of the problems people experience with pallets. They are also working with industry to help improve current pallet hire practices.

dispute application – small business commissioner act 2003

Carriers and Pallets

If you are a carrier then you will appreciate that the odds are that you will lose pallets. The pallet transfer system is complex and you need too many people to do the right thing if you are to avoid pallet losses. The following article provides some more thoughts on why the pallet system has to change.

Carriers and Pallets