VICT Industry Notice (Infrastructure Surcharge and new VBS charges)

Friday, April 30, 2021

Freight & Trade Alliance (FTA) and the Australian Peak Shippers Association (APSA) have received the below advice in terms of yet another increase in stevedore Terminal Access Charges.
VICT Industry Notice (Infrastructure Charge)

Effective 1 July 2021, VICT will be adjusting our Infrastructure Charge to recover our increased infrastructure cost and landside system investments to be able to continue and provide high level of service for our customers.

The revised charge is a direct-pass through to our customers to recover our on-going costs, the revised Infrastructure charge will be $141.80 (exclusive of GST) per container and will only be applicable to full export and import containers.

Throughout the last 12 months, VICT continues to deliver for our landside customers an average of sub 35-minute gate to gate truck turn time.

VICT are proud participants of the Victorian State Governments Victorian Voluntary Pricing Protocol (VPP) and invites all parties to submit their enquiries related to the adjusted Infrastructure Charge to customer@vict.com.au.

Feedback and further comments will be shared directly with the Department of Transport (DoT).

Yours truly,
 
Patrick Chan
Chief Commercial Officer
Victoria International Container Terminal Limited
VICT will also be reinstating the Stack Run in (Empty) Fee and introducing a Premium Slot Fee. Both will be effective 1st July 2021

Details on both fees are available at the Terminal Tariff and VBS Charges page on the VICT website.

FTA / APSA will follow the VPPM process in terms of this increase; refer:

VOLUNTARY PROTOCOLS ARE FAILING TO PROTECT VULNERABLE SUPPLY CHAINS

FTA / APSA ESCALATE ADVOCACY ON STEVEDORE & EMPTY CONTAINER PARK ACCESS CHARGES

Further detail in terms of FTA / APSA advocacy will be provided on Monday 3 May 2021.  

Paul Zalai -  Director, FTA / Secretariat, APSA