02 Dec 2025 / Australia

Christmas shutdown of Shipping Business Unit

Australia’s Department of Infrastructure, Transport, regional Development, Communications, Sports and the Arts Shipping Business Unit will be closed between Thursday 25 December and Thursday 1 January, inclusive, reopening for business on Friday 2 January 2026.

Applications submitted by the following dates will be considered in 2025 (timelines may be longer):
- New temporary licences submitted before 3:00pm AEDT on 4 December 2025;
- Variation to add new matters before 3:00pm AEDT on16 December 2025;
- Variation to authorised matters no later than 22 December 2025.

Applications submitted after the above dates may be considered before the shutdown, however this is not a guarantee that the application will be decided. In some circumstances, the delegate may require the full consideration period to come to a decision:
- New temporary licences submitted before 3:00pm AEDT on 19 December 2025;
- Variation to add new matters before 3:00pm AEDT on19 December 2025;
- Variation to authorised matters submitted before 11:00am AEDT on 23 December 2025.

Applications submitted after these times will not be considered in 2025.

For further details, as well as information about operations in Australia, contact GAC Australia at [email protected]

If quoting any content from Hot Port News, please cite GAC Hot Port News as the source.

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