In basic terms, a tailgate occurs when the DoA (Department of Agriculture) decides that it needs the look inside your container. The representatives of DoA will then verify whether or not the contents of the container conform with DoA packaging specifications.
These Biosecurity officers will look for items such as Timber Packaging (bark presence, or soil contamination, an others).
Importance
The container tailgate inspections Gold Coast is important because it shall serve to check if the quantity and packing of the goods meet the specifications described on the unloading documents. Further, it will have to check if the goods were damaged during the transit.
This inspection will also involve the opening and inspecting inside the container for signs of pests (the introduction of which will be devastating to the whole country), plant materials (they can possibly harbor unknown pests and microbes) and also includes non-compliant packaging.
Purpose
A container loading inspection typically takes place at the shipper’s factory or warehouse. The inspection is carried out to make sure the goods are correctly handled and safely loaded into the shipping containers for safe transportation and delivery to the final destination.
The purposes of a pre-shipment inspection are to check the quantity and quality of the merchandise. Moreover, the products are checked for any defects. Lastly, it ensures products meet the safety requirements of the destination market.
Tailgate inspections
At times, the department will request a tailgate inspection of an imported shipping container. This happens when certain certifications were not supplied by the custom broker or if the container is considered non-compliant.
The inspection is more of an activity such as measuring, examining, testing or gauging one or more characteristics of a product. Finally, there would comparing of results with specified requirements. This is in order to establish whether conformity is achieved for each characteristic.
Inspections can help management make key decisions, control costs, and protect the company. Inspections also help prevent accidents and provide evidence of due diligence for liability protection.
Some details
In the inspection, they would be will be looking for soil contamination, live animals, live insects, timber packaging, and presence of bark or organic materials.
There are two typical types of tailgate inspections, a standard tailgate inspection and a rural tailgate inspection. Both of these tailgate inspections must be done by a Departmentofficer.
Hired help
As a service, the department also gives permission for owners have the option of getting some companies that are called AA, or Approved Arrangement site for tailgate inspections.
These provide a range of services for businesses and individuals who are in need ot export or import containers.
The companies have services that comprise quarantine, warehousing and distribution, storage, and transport throughout (in south-east Queensland). Their transport facilities are equipped with a quarantine wash bay, fumigation pad, and our own designated a quarantine section.
Rural tailgate inspections
All of the imported shipping containers that arrive at the port of Brisbane and won’t be unpacked until they reach their rural area, interurban, or interstate destination.
These containers have a delivery postcode classification that is determined by the Department of Immigration and Border Protection’s Integrated Cargo System. They are followed according the declaration made when reporting the unpack destination of the consignment.
Containers are inspected externally and internally for soil contamination, seed,timber packaging,contamination, insect infestation, and dead and/or alive animals. Tailgate inspections reduce diseases and contaminants from overseas.
Shipping inspection /checklist
This refers to the inspection performed just before shipping to confirm the quality. The final inspection could be over in the product manufacturing process.
However, there are some possibilities that the quality has dropped through the processes of packaging, storage and transportation.
An inspection checklist (sometimes called an inspection sheet) is a list of all activities that must be performed during inspection to ensure compliance with regulatory requirements, industry standards, or maintenance requirements.
In quality, there are some 4 types of inspection in quality control: pre-production inspection, during production inspection, pre-shipment inspection, and container loading/unloading inspections.
Meantime, the following are someof the inspection types used.
Visual inspection
Visual inspection (VI), or visual testing (VT), is the oldest and most basic method of inspection.
In its simplest form, visual inspection is the process of examining a component or piece of equipment using one’s naked eye to look for flaws.
First level inspection /verification inspection
The first level inspection selectsthe typical elements or components to provide general information about the in-service structures for fitness, for the purpose of evaluation. Less detailed inspections are frequently associated with long-term maintenance and repair programs.
Verification inspections are a formal type of review that involves checking the documents. This is thoroughly done before a meeting. Mostly, these are carried out by moderators.
A meeting is then held to review the code and the design. Inspection meetings can be held both physically and virtually.
Safety inspections
A safety inspection is an on-site walk through to identify potential hazards to occupants and personnel and options for remedial action.
An example of which is somebody who claims that his official visit is to check on a building or organization whether everything is legal and correct. On closer look, he was actually to carry out a health safety inspection on the building.
Quarantine inspections
A tailgate occurs when DoA needs to look inside a container to verify whether or not the contents of the container conform with DoA packaging specifications.
Tailgate inspection is on cargo weight distribution, stowage and securing to verify compliance with the CTU Code.
Container inspection
A container loading inspection typically takes place at the shipper’s factory or warehouse. The inspection is carried out to make sure the goods are correctly handled.
Lastly, they should be safely loaded into the shipping containers for safe transportation and delivery to the final destination.
More rural tailgates
Rural tailgates need to be the owner’s biggest consideration when importing full containers into remote Australia. If the delivery point is classed as rural or part rural, the container will require a rural tailgate inspection prior to delivery.
A rural tailgate inspection involves directing containers to an approved arrangement (AA) site, inspecting all external surfaces of the container before opening the doors and checking for biosecurity risks including signs ofpests, plant material, and non-compliant packaging
The inspection itself will introduce an additional charge but should any signs of plant material or pests be evident you may also need to pay for the washing or treatment of the container prior to delivery.
