Australia’s Minister for Employment and Workplace Relations, the Hon Tony Burke MP, has slammed the stevedore DP World and has refused to intervene to end an industrial dispute that has […]
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Shipping Australia today expresses its support for DP World in its enterprise bargaining dispute with the Maritime Union of Australia. We call for the MUA to resume negotiations. The average […]
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Last week, we looked at Europe’s rush to build floating storage and regasification units (FSRUs) to import liquified natural gas (LNG) into Europe (here). Of course, Eu ..
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A decision by Mærsk’s towage subsidiary, Svitzer, to terminate a collective agreement with its entire Australian workforce could further deepen the country’s supply chain woes, according to the…
https://www.offshore-energy.biz/svitzer-termination-bid-could-deepen-australian-supply-chain-woes/
Patrick Terminals has today advised that there will be a three-day hearing at the Fair Work Commission to determine whether the current Patrick Enterprise Bargaining Agreement can be terminated.
In a statement from Patrick today, the terminal operator noted that it is “evident that the current agreement was no longer fit for purpose”.
The stevedore pointed to a number of operational restrictions within the current...
https://www.shippingaustralia.com.au/industrial-umpire-to-rule-in-patrick-vs-mua-dispute/
Australian prime minister Scott Morrison has announced an inquiry into the country’s over-stretched container supply chains.
Last week he told the Australian Industry Group global container shipping costs and congestion were at historically high levels, creating “flow-on effects” for domestic supply chains and consumers.
While he claimed Australian supply chains had proved “generally resilient” through the Covid-crisis, he said the “key focus” now was on ensuring the flow of goods from overseas...
https://theloadstar.com/government-launches-inquiry-into-australias-over-stretched-supply-chains/
Patrick Terminals announced, in the early evening of Tuesday 26 October 2021, that it has lodged an application with the industrial umpire, the Fair Work Commission, to terminate its enterprise agreement with the Maritime Union of Australia.
The agreement is no longer fit for purpose, as it contains a number of operational restrictions...
https://www.shippingaustralia.com.au/patrick-seeks-to-terminate-enterprise-agreement-with-the-mua/
Coming out of months of lockdown, with a nation in distress from the tragedies of COVID, and trying to shake off our economic troubles, what we really don’t need is an aggressive round of nationwide strikes designed to sabotage our Christmas.
But that’s just what your unfriendly and uncaring, Maritime Union of Australia has done.
There are in excess of 200 industrial actions planned. There are a series of rolling bans and stoppages at terminals in Sydney,...
https://www.shippingaustralia.com.au/ruined-christmas-day-blame-the-mua/
A long and detailed list of disruptive industrial action has been given by the maritime union to an Australian container terminal operator. If these actions are taken at Sydney and Brisbane then it could cause huge costs and delays which will hurt the freight industries and everyday Australians.
Important freight assets
Sydney and Brisbane are two extremely important freight assets. Sydney and Brisbane between them handle about four...