CTAA - Victorian Empty Container Supply Chain Strategic Review

CTAA has welcomed the release yesterday (22 September 2021) by the Victorian Minister for Ports & Freight, Hon. Melissa Horne, MP of the Strategic Review of the Victorian Empty Container Supply Chain.
 
The Report was launched during a CTAA Webinar covering empty container management issues in Victoria and associated Government policies and initiatives impacting on containerised freight through the Port of Melbourne.

The primary purpose of the Strategic Review was to provide advice to the Victorian Government on how the empty container supply chain should be considered in work to develop the Voluntary Port Performance Model (VPPM).

The Strategic Review identifies numerous issues impacting on empty container management efficiency and cost effectiveness, including: 

• Timely information exchange;
• The lack of true "paperless trading" through empty container parks, impacting on truck servicing velocity;
• The mis-match of operating hours across the empty supply chain and empty "staging" through transport yards;
• Empty container "dwell times" throughout the supply chain;
• Shipping line empty container evacuation rates through the Port of Melbourne;
• Shipping line and empty container park (re)directions of de-hire locations;
• Transport operational behaviours related to Notification slot bookings and truck arrival patterns; and
• Suitable export container equipment availability.

CTAA is now encouraging the Victorian Government facilitate a Melbourne Empty Container Working Group comprising representatives from transport operators, empty container parks, forwarders & shippers, shipping lines, container terminals, technology providers, and the private port company Port of Melbourne Operations to have constructive engagement on recommendations in the Review.

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