Slovenia’s Port of Koper to reduce port fees for eco-friendly ships

Port of Koper, a public limited company, which provides port and logistics services in the only Slovenian port, has revealed its plans to encourage and reward low-emission ships by introducing reduced port fees.

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https://www.offshore-energy.biz/slovenias-port-of-koper-to-reduce-port-fees-for-eco-friendly-ships/

Unfair: one port call, two sets of charges!

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Most businesses provide incentives for returning customers. But not in New South Wales. Here, in a recent change to a long-standing practice, the relevant port authority much prefers to penalise their customers by double-charging them.

A Navigation Service Charge is a statutory charge levied by port authorities on ships that enter a port. It is intended to recover the costs of maintaining safe navigation in...

https://shippingaustralia.com.au/unfair-one-port-call-two-sets-of-charges/

DP World disturbs the trucking industry

DP World Australia has again infuriated the trucking industry by signalling it will all but double the contentious infrastructure fees it charges freighters carrying containers to and from its terminals at Australia’s three biggest container ports.

And, in an important shift in public narrative, the nation’s biggest container stevedore is no longer seeking to justify the fee hikes at terminals in Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane as simply a means of recovering increases in costs like port rents,...

http://container-news.com/dp-world-disturbs-trucking-industry/