CTAA welcomes our latest
Alliance Partner:
Compliant Business Processing!
100% Australian owned, CBP provides business process outsourcing, specialising in freight & logistics. |
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| CTAA will be working closely with CBP to demonstrate the business and cost benefits to the container transport industry of the outsourcing services on offer. Read More |
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| Port of Melbourne Pricing & Access Review
Deloitte Access Economics is progressing the independent Review of Port of Melbourne Pricing & Access issues. A draft Report is due to Freight Victoria by October.
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CTAA has led several meetings with the consultants, and has encouraged members to provide views and data to ensure that the Review is underpinned by objective evidence.
When shippers ultimately paying the high stevedore infrastructure charges passed through from their transport providers, they need to ask themselves why are they also continuing to pay high (and increasing) port of destination fees imposed by shipping lines, including terminal handling charges? - shippers should be aggrieved that they are effectively paying twice for the same stevedoring services.
In addition to the unfettered and unregulated stevedore infrastructure charges, CTAA alliance companies want the Review to address how the one-sided stevedore access terms & conditions, and the stevedores' access rules imposed through the Vehicle Booking System (VBS), impact on productivity, efficiency and landside container logistics costs.
Linked to the access issues is the need for the Victorian Government to take an active role in independently assessing the efficiency and cost effectiveness of the stevedore / landside (road & rail) interface.
From the transport operator perspective, Deloitte has encouraged feedback on the following questions: Download Here
CTAA has also produced a short set of dot-points on the key issues, which are available on request (CTAA members only): Request a Copy |
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Longer Empty Depot Hours, But at a Cost
In the last CTAA eNews (4 September 2019), we highlighted the significant increases in empty container fees imposed by Patrick MT-Link (CargoLink) across Australia, as well as peak season resourcing and pricing increases at Qube empty container depots in Sydney and Brisbane (see: Here) |
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ACFS Port Logistics has now also announced changes to labour & equipment resourcing and opening hours at its empty depots in Sydney and Brisbane.
The longer operating hours are a progression in the relentless move towards 24/7 operations across the container logistics chain. But, it comes at a cost. Notification Fees at ACFS depots will increase from 7 October 2019.
Transport operators need to adjust their pricing to forwarders and shippers accordingly, and consider how best to take advantage of longer depot opening hours and increased truck receival capacity to expedite empty container de-hire and export pick ups, and to avoid container detention fees for customers.
The ACFS Port Logistics Notices are reproduced below: |
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 | Vehicle Booking Systems (VBS) - What Future? In some ways linked to landside access scrutiny in the Port of Melbourne and in other ports, CTAA has produced an opinion piece about the future of Vehicle Booking Systems (VBS) in Australia.Vehicle Booking Systems have unequivocally contributed to considerable efficiencies in the road transport / stevedore terminal interface since their introduction more than 25 years' ago. It's hard to imagine how the increases in container import/export volumes over that time would have been handled without the greater information visibility, truck arrival management and synchronization with terminal operating systems that Vehicle Booking Systems provide.
However, despite some functionality improvements over time, the fundamental structure of VBS in Australia hasn't really changed since inception. The systems aren't truly "demand/supply" orientated, and still perpetuate the "mad rush" for container booking slots each day, which frustrates transport operators in meeting their daily workload demands.
Does the existing structure really suit the future needs of stevedore terminals or landside logistics operators alike? - what could change?
A CTAA article published in the FTA "Across Borders" magazine (Spring Edition 2019) is reproduced: Here |
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 | Stevedore Payment Terms
Following concerns raised by members, CTAA wrote to Patrick Terminals and Hutchison Ports Australia regarding their payment terms and access management.
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Supplier and Customer Audits - Best Be Prepared |  |
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Customer audits around Chain of Responsibility (CoR) issues are increasing since the "shared safety responsibility" provisions where amended in the Heavy Vehicle National Law (HVNL).
However, there can be confusion about the level of responsibility that customers (or others) have over the safety behaviour of parties in the chain.
The principal of CTAA Alliance Partner, CoR Comply, Denise Zumpe, has penned a good article on this topic, which has been published in ATN.
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CTAA 2019 AFL Grand Final Lunch - 24 September 2019 -
It's a Sell Out!!
We've reached capacity for the CTAA 2019 AFL Grand Final Lunch thanks to its popularity!
We look forward to welcoming CTAA Alliance companies, their staff, customers and other guests to another great lunch next Tuesday.
Again, we'd like to thank our fabulous sponsors for supporting this traditional event on the Melbourne container logistics sector's Grand Final week calendar: |
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- Port of Brisbane: Freight Rail - Port of Brisbane has released a report from Deloitte Access Economics into the benefits of a dedicated freight rail connection to the Port from the proposed Inland Rail project.
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- Federal Senate Inquiry into Road Transport and Freight Industry - to be chaired by Senator Glenn Sterle.
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- Low Sulphur Fuel Regulation (IMO2020) - good article on the cost impacts for shipping lines worldwide and ultimately shippers from the implementation of the IMO low sulphur fuel mandates from 1 January 2020.
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- Fremantle Ports Truck Information Exchange system (TIX) - truck drivers encouraged to sign up for this peak season.
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CTAA Training in Action in August & September!!
Sydney, Melbourne & Fremantle |  |
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 Container Transport Alliance Australia (CTAA) is strong Alliance of leading businesses engaged in the container transport logistics industry.
CTAA Alliance companies account for the majority of containerised freight handled in capital city ports in Australia.
Visit our website: Here or consider joining? - ask us Here |
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