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For businesses based in Western Australia that require an efficient freight management service, MTF Logistics highly experienced team of freight forwarders and customs brokers can provide a reliable and cost effective logistics solutions to extend your supply chain to many locations across the globe.
MTF’s Fremantle based freight forwarding solutions operate both sea and air cargo services out of both Fremantle Port and Perth Airport, providing your cargo access to a multitude of locations across the globe including Asia, Europe, Middle East, United States and Canada.
With a high attention to detail at every stage of freight transit including pickup, documentation, customs clearance and delivery or pickup, our freight forwarder team ensures an efficient and cost effective service and reduces delays that can be costly to your business.
For many years, MTF Logistics has provided many businesses across Australia with a customised service, catering to all your cargo needs with tailored and well planned solutions specifically tailoured to your cargo type, budget and location.
MTF Logistics Fremantle based sea freight services operating out of Fremantle Port gives your business reliable freight access to many locations around the world.
Fremantle Port is Western Australia’s biggest general cargo port and Australia’s fourth largest container port. The Fremantle Inner Harbour provides modern deep-water facilities for handling container trade, break-bulk vessels, livestock exports and motor vehicle imports. The Kwinana Outer Harbour is one of Australia’s major bulk cargo ports, handling grain, petroleum, liquefied petroleum gas, alumina, mineral sands, fertilisers, sulphur and other bulk commodities.
When your business requires to move heavy or bulk items, liquids or perishable items, sea freight is a reliable and economical option.
For time sensitive freight solutions where cost is less of a consideration, air freight services via Perth Airport may be your best solution.
With many of the major cargo airlines operating regular services to Perth Airport including Singapore Airlines Cargo, MAS Cargo, Emirates SkyCargo, Korean Air Cargo, Toll Priority and Qantas Freight.
In addition to sea and air freight solutions, MTF Logistics can also suggest local methods such as rail or road to complete your cargos’ journey from abroad to your business or end location.
Our highly knowledgeable team can assist in recommending a cargo method which is the best fit for your cargo type, budget and delivery time frame.
Contact MTF Logistics today on 1300 710 683 and speak to our professional freight forwarding consultants to discuss your needs and arrange for an obligation free quote.
Fremantle moved a record 920,521 TEU in the 2025-26 financial year, up 3.7% and past the previous record of 887,514 TEU.
The container terminals are at North Quay in the Inner Harbour, run by DP World and Patrick. DP World’s Fremantle terminal has three berths, 929 metres of quay, a 37.5 hectare terminal area and 14 metres of depth, worked by straddle carriers and post-panamax cranes.
This is where Western Australia diverges sharply from the east coast, and it matters to anyone comparing landed costs across ports.
Patrick’s landside charge at Fremantle is $96.13 per full import container from 1 January 2026 — against $224.90 at Port Botany and $243.50 at Brisbane. DP World Fremantle’s terminal access charge is $77.92 per full import container. On the face of it Fremantle looks dramatically cheaper.
The catch is elsewhere in the tariff. DP World Fremantle’s vehicle booking administration fee is $92.70 per confirmed slot, considerably above the $50.45 Patrick charges on the east coast, and a no-show costs $401.77. There is a Chain of Responsibility weigh-in-motion fee of $17.75 on every full import container delivered by road, and a weight mis-declaration charge of $303.18 per laden import unit.
Storage is where it gets genuinely punishing. Past the free period, DP World Fremantle charges $296.77 per 20-foot and $593.55 per 40-foot per day for the first two days, then $600.33 and $1,200.65 per day from day three. Reefer services run $504.25 and $814.70 per day.
Read plainly: Fremantle is cheap to move a container through and extremely expensive to leave one sitting. Getting the clearance and the transport lined up before arrival is not good practice in Western Australia, it is the difference between a normal invoice and a bad one.
The North Quay Rail Terminal opened in 2006, was expanded in 2014, and is operated by Intermodal Link Services. Five to seven trains a day move 400 to 700 containers, each train carrying up to 100.
In 2025-26, 26.4% of Fremantle’s container trade — over 240,000 TEU — moved by rail, up from 14.5% in 2015-16, removing an estimated 164,000 one-way truck movements. It is the highest rail share of any Australian container port.
There is a reason. Western Australia pays a Fremantle Container Rail Subsidy of $50 per TEU, introduced in 2007, paid to the rail terminal operator and passed on to customers as reduced transport cost. It applies to all loaded rail containers moving between the Inner Harbour and the intermodal terminals at Forrestfield, Kwinana, Rockingham and Kenwick. If your Perth destination is near one of those four, rail is very likely the cheaper option and the subsidy is the reason.
The Port of Fremantle is a biosecurity first point of entry for freight containers, general goods, inorganic bulk goods, waste and all vessel baggage. Perth Airport is a first point of entry for all goods. Qantas Freight’s Perth international terminal is at 24 Affleck Road with lodgement from 8am to 8pm weekdays; the domestic terminal is at Ross Drive and Boud Avenue.
On Maersk’s Greater Australia Connect rotation Fremantle is day 48 — after Melbourne at 23, Sydney at 30 and Adelaide at 37. Despite being the closest Australian capital to Asia, Fremantle is the last call on that string, not the first.
That surprises people, and it is the single most useful thing to understand about importing into Perth. Geography does not determine transit time; the vessel rotation does. Some services call Fremantle first and are dramatically faster. Choosing the right service matters more in Western Australia than anywhere else in the country.
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