Monson Agencies Australia is an Australian-owned company specialising in providing shipping, cargo and logistical services to vessel owners, vessel charterers, international commodity traders, shippers and producers of metals and minerals, and the off-shore oil and gas industry.

Our Managing Director, Mr Dale Monson, founded the company in January 1981 and commenced operations as Botany Bay Shipping Agencies Pty Ltd. In July 1989, we became Monson Agencies Pty Ltd. and in 2003, Monson Agencies Australia Pty. Ltd.

Since incorporation, we have expanded from a two-person office in the port of Fremantle , to an international company with offices throughout Australia and in Singapore and India . Our offices in Townsville, Mackay, Gladstone , Brisbane , Newcastle , Sydney , Melbourne , Adelaide , Dampier and Port Hedland attend vessels in all Australian ports. Our Singapore office oversees vessels in Singapore , Thailand , Malaysia and Indonesia . And our office, Monship Agencies, in Visakhapatnam , accepts appointments for vessels in all Indian ports.

Advantages of appointing Monson Agencies Australia as your general agent

With our Head Office in Fremantle , Western Australia , we're up to 3 hours “closer” to Europe than the East Coast of Australia and in the same time zone as the majority of South East Asia .

Our services are further enhanced by constant personal communication between our upper management and all of our clients. Company Directors travel worldwide to ensure our services suit individual requirements. This has proven to be extremely successful and will remain a major part of the way we do business.

Our Managing Director is constantly available to personally deal with any issue a client may have.

Monson Agencies Australia has developed a Laytime Application which accurately calculates the laytime for each vessel and records all relevant data for activities such as weather delays, ship delays and shore delays. This information can then be used to determine which activities are costing demurrage.

We constantly supply our clients with information, including multi-weekly shipping schedules for all ports exporting coal, iron ore, grains, alumina and sugar and end-of-month reports detailing shipment statistics for alumina, metal concentrates, coal and wheat.

Preparation of Documents to Letter of Credit Standard including the ability to negotiate documentation directly with Banks.