Terminal Access Charges ought to be governed by a mandatory industry code, the Productivity Commission (PC) has recommended in its final report on the Australian Maritime Logistics System.
The PC envisages that the Australian Treasury would be responsible for developing a landside charges code that would then be administered and enforced by the ACCC. A federal code is the PC’s preferred option as it would ensure...
Australia isn’t getting the best deal from its trucking industry. Trucking is heavily subsidised, it is polluting, and it is dangerous – many Australians are killed and injured in heavy truck accidents each year.
We don’t think it’s good policy to give yet more subsidies to this industry at the further expense of all other Australians.
But that’s exactly what trucking industry executives, shippers (who hire...
Shipping Australia gave evidence to the Productivity Commission’s inquiry into Australia’s Maritime Logistics systems last Friday.
Shipping Australia CEO, Capt. Melwyn Noronha, delivered an impassioned speech urging the Productivity Commission to change course on a variety of matters flagged in its draft report.
Specifically, at the hearing, we urged that there be regulation, governance...
The payment of fees in return for goods or services is literally the dictionary definition of “customer”.
Ships come into port and load/unload cargo using infrastructure provided by stevedores for their benefit. Shipping companies pay fees to do so. Shipping companies are customers of stevedores.
Trucks come into port and load/unload cargo using infrastructure provided by stevedores for their benefit. Trucking companies pay fees to do so....
https://shippingaustralia.com.au/shipping-and-trucking-companies-are-both-customers-of-seaports/
A major over-haul of the Victorian ports sector is on the way following the completion of the Independent Review of the Victorian Ports System.
Although the review itself does not appear to have been released, an “Initial Government Response” is publicly available.
The top recommendation was that the Victorian Regional Channels Authority and the Victorian Ports Corporation (Melbourne) be subsumed into a new body, “Ports Victoria” (see the full story here).
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The review also found that...
https://shippingaustralia.com.au/victorian-ports-shake-up-following-independent-review/
As ever, there was a lot on the agenda in the week gone by. Bear in mind – some of the issues discussed last week could be on the agenda again in the months or even years to come. So our “Week in review” might be able to give you a little bit of a heads-up about what might be coming your way.
In the week just gone by: