In response to Freight & Trade Alliance (FTA) and Australian Peak Shippers Association (APSA) request for a status report, Marika Calfas (CEO NSW Ports) provided the following update as at Friday 9 October: - There is 1 container vessel waiting to enter Port Botany, 2 container vessels approaching the boarding ground and 6 container vessels at berth. Some vessels have changed the order of their port calls to minimise waiting time.
- There are 4 vessels that are still scheduled to omit Port Botany, with no new omissions announced in the past week.
- DP World Australia and Patrick Terminals have more cranes in operation and greater throughput through their terminals.
- DP World and Hutchison are permitting shipping lines to exceed proforma window exchanges, by agreement, to assist with the evacuation of empty containers. The trade-off being a 1-2 day delay to berth at the terminal at the present time.
- In terms of clearing the 'backlog' of vessels and containers at Port Botany we understand that DP World Australia will have cleared the backlog within the next 10-14 days and Patrick Terminals is experiencing up to 21 days delay in scheduled vessel arrivals.
- There are containers that have been delivered, or are en-route to Port of Melbourne, and will need to be transhipped to Port Botany. We understand that process could add up to 3-4 weeks.
Detailed update available HERE |