Freight & Trade Alliance (FTA) and the Australian Peak Shippers Association (APSA) say the ACCC's 2024–25 Container Stevedoring Monitoring Report confirms that record stevedore profits are being driven by rising landside charges — not higher quayside revenue or productivity gains.
As highlighted in Daily Cargo News, the ACCC found that while revenue collected from shipping lines fell by 0.4% in 2024–25, landside and other revenue per lift increased by 12.2%.
Container Transport Alliance Australia (CTAA) director Neil Chambers said the findings reinforce a long-running trend.
"This continues the trend from previous ACCC reports that all revenue increases have been derived from landside charges, not from charging shipping lines more for terminal services," Mr Chambers said.
The report also shows stevedoring operating profits rose to $808.6 million in 2024–25 — a 130.5% increase over five years — despite costs remaining broadly stable and no sustained improvements in productivity.
FTA/APSA General Manager – Freight Policy & Operations Tom Jensen said the ACCC's findings remove any ambiguity.
"The ACCC has now confirmed what industry has been warning about for years," Mr Jensen said.
"Stevedores are ramping up prices in an environment where costs are stable, productivity has gone nowhere, and terminals are sitting on spare capacity."
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