Reef Shipping
Reef Shipping (legal entity Reef Shipping Pty Ltd.) is a niche operator headquartered in Sydney, Australia. Founded in 1980, the line has spent 46 years building out its container service network and today operates a fleet of 8 vessels under the SCAC code REEF. Total operated capacity stands near 4,500 TEU, placing the carrier among the recognised operators on its core trade lanes.
Reef Shipping is most active on the following corridors: Pacific Islands, Coral Sea. The line operates on a standalone basis and does not share vessel slots with other ocean carriers under a formal global alliance. Direct customer contact is available via +61 2 9555 8888 or the carrier's web portal at reefshipping.com.
Reef Shipping corridor coverage
Reef Shipping concentrates its services on Pacific Islands, Coral Sea. Customers on these lanes typically see weekly or twice-weekly sailings depending on season and trade balance. For a current sailing schedule, contact the carrier directly or consult its weekly schedule publication.
How to track a Reef Shipping container
Tracking a Reef Shipping container starts with confirming the prefix. Look at the container's left-hand corner casting plate or the painted code on the door — the four-letter ISO 6346 owner code is followed by six numeric digits and a single check digit. Blue Water Facts no longer publishes a per-carrier owner-prefix list (see /accuracy/ for why); confirm the operator via the carrier's own tracking portal or your bill of lading. Visit reefshipping.com, navigate to the carrier's tracking or "track and trace" portal, and paste the full container number. The portal will return current vessel position, the next scheduled port call, the estimated time of arrival (ETA) and the most recent equipment events such as gate-in, loaded, discharged and gate-out.
If the carrier portal does not return a result, the most likely causes are: the container has not yet been gate-in at the origin terminal, the bill of lading number is in a different format (check whether the system expects an MBL versus an HBL), or the box is moving on a partner alliance vessel rather than a Reef Shipping hull. In the last case, the schedule data lives with the operating carrier, not the equipment owner. Reef Shipping's customer service can normally cross-reference the booking and route you to the correct alliance partner. Reach the carrier on +61 2 9555 8888 during European business hours.
Related ocean carriers
Operators most often compared with Reef Shipping on overlapping trade lanes:
- ANL — Melbourne, Australia, founded 1956. SCAC ANNU.