CONGESTION SURCHARGES ADDING SALT INTO THE WOUNDS |
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In an environment of significantly increased freight rates and a dearth of container capacity from major Asian ports, the ongoing burden of exorbitant surcharges is adding salt into the wounds of Australian exporters and importers.
Port Botany is still catching up following an extended period of ongoing industrial action, adverse weather conditions and operational events. This has resulted in a delay of reported scheduled vessel arrivals at DP World Australia of up to 10-14 days and Patrick Terminals being 21 days.
In response, many shipping lines have 'blanked' sailings, by-passed Sydney and in some cases stopped taking bookings altogether.
On a more positive note and as outlined in the latest NSW Ports CEO Update, those vessels servicing Port Botany are now experiencing 'good productivity and capacity improvements' following the recent suspension of the industrial action.
Based on the above, it is unclear why some shipping lines are continuing with a 'Port Botany Congestion Surcharge' ranging from USD 285 to 350 per TEU.
This latest surcharge commenced in early September as a 'temporary measure' to overcome shipping line costs associated with poor productivity. It was then explained that shipping lines were facing extensive waiting times anchored off the port (estimated to cause $25,000 per day in direct costs) ands other unbudgeted items including the management of additional transhipments, higher fuel costs, equipment costs and lost opportunity costs given the inability to reposition equipment back to demand areas.
Noting that there are no queues of vessels anchored off Port Botany, FTA / APSA has requested:- further detail as to what this surcharge is specifically covering rather than a vague description and a moving target of abstract operational items,
- how many vessels are actually anchored across Australia or are slow steaming to Sydney, and
- whether shipping lines are seeking compensation from stevedores and if so ,why are they also penalising exporters, importers and freight forwarders.
FTA / APSA encouraged Shipping Australia to produce their summary titled Extreme container disruption continues in Sydney despite industrial cease fire . Whilst being informative, we have gone back to them for answers to the above requested detail and will maintain pressure on all stakeholders to provide transparency of costs and justification of surcharge retention.
FTA / APSA MEDIA RELEASE
DCN - SHIPPING SURCHARGES "OUT OF CONTROL" AT PORT BOTANY, SAYS FTA
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RECORDING - INTERVIEW WITH STEVEDORE EXECUTIVES
Thank you to Hutchison Ports, DP World Australia and Patrick Terminals executives for participating in yesterday's webinar - members can access the recording by registering HERE |
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SAFE CONTAINER LOADING PRACTICES & HEAVY VEHICLE SAFETY |
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WEBINAR 3
CHAIN OF RESPONSIBILITY AND INTERNATIONAL TRANSPORT OBLIGATIONS
12PM AEDT - WEDNESDAY 21 OCTOBER 2020 |
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The third webinar in this series is "Chain of Responsibility and International Transport Obligations" with presentations from:- Frazer Hunt (Maritime, Litigation Insurance Partner at Mills Oakley Lawyers) and Maurice Lynch (Special Counsel at Mills Oakley Lawyers) who will discuss risk management/minimisation container packing considerations for shippers and international freight forwarders.
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SPRING 2020 EDITION OF ACROSS BORDERS
NOTE: Frazer will also be making detailed reference to content within the article titled "The Beirut Explosion and dangerous goods – are you protected?" as published in the Spring 2020 edition of Across Borders |
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"The recent devastating explosion in Beirut is a timely reminder to those carrying, handling and storing dangerous goods to exercise due diligence and to comply with regulations when handling dangerous goods. "
"The shippers and forwarders involved in the misdeclaration will be held liable for the consequences, so here is a brief guide as to possible steps that can be taken to minimise your exposure to such claims" |
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FREIGHT FORWARDER / AIRLINE IFAM BRIEFING
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PORT OF MELBOURNE BUSINESS UPDATE AND TARIFF REBALANCING
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HEAR FROM THE ABF COMMISSIONER
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