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Freight & Trade Alliance (FTA) and the Australian Peak Shippers Association (APSA) have received notice from Patrick of an intention to change Landside and Ancillary Charges for all main terminals, effective 1 January 2026.
Official notices issued for each terminal and all reviewed charges are as follows:
2025-10-31 – Landside Charges – Notice to Customers (Notice of Intention)
Dangerous Goods Charges January 2026
Storage and Ancillary Patrick Brisbane AutoStrad Terminal January 2026
Storage and Ancillary Patrick Fremantle January 2026
Storage and Ancillary Patrick Melbourne January 2026
Storage and Ancillary Patrick Sydney AutoStrad Terminal January 2026
Terminal Landside Charge Brisbane January 2026
Terminal Landside Charge Fremantle January 2026
Terminal Landside Charge Melbourne January 2026
Terminal Landside Charge Sydney January 2026
VBS Charges Brisbane AutoStrad Terminal January 2026
VBS Charges Melbourne January 2026
VBS Charges Fremantle January 2026
VBS Charges Patrick Sydney AutoStrad Terminal January 2026
Weight Amendment Fee - Landside (Pondus) January 2026
Note - Container Operator Charges on E-Link January 2026
Early Late Receivals Protocol January 2026
Following is the rationale for the changes as indicated by Patrick:
Patrick Terminals – Notice of Intention to change Landside & Ancillary Charges: Effective from 1 January 2026
Patrick Terminals is proud to continue to support voluntary initiatives and align fee review dates to help landside customers, and shippers, make informed business decisions and evaluate supply chain options that represent the best overall value for their business.
We recognise landside charges are initially paid by transport operators and then recovered from shippers. This is one reason Patrick is committed to its role, as the only independent Australian operator, to continue providing a market-leading landside service to our landside customers, as well as to benefit Australian shippers.
We are driving considerable economic value through our ongoing investment in resilience, which minimises the effect of disruption events on our landside customers and shippers. By way of example, during recent industrial disruption affecting a competitor, Patrick flexed operations and avoided disruption for more than 200,000 containers that shifted to Patrick. This capability is only possible due to Patrick's major investment program. Patrick's investment program remains in progress, with more than $400 million invested across the past six years.
To keep safely and efficiently handling Australia's growing container freight task, Patrick Terminals needs confidence that it will be able to recover landside investments and the cost of maintaining our level of landside resourcing. This is becoming more challenging against a backdrop of increasing market risks affecting the stevedoring industry. The Landside charge is a critical enabler for Patrick Terminals to keep delivering on commitments to our customers.
We continue to provide additional supporting information about our fee reviews to each State Transport Department. We are committed to all aspects of the National Voluntary Guidelines and support formalisation of the enhanced National Voluntary Guidelines by the National Transport Commission in the coming period.
It is important that focus remains on securing a strong, resilient and productive container supply chain for Australia's future.
The Landside charge recovers a portion of costs associated with providing landside services:
- capital investments and commitments made to infrastructure
- maintenance and operational costs
- property and property related costs
Effective from 1 January 2026, the below Landside charges will apply to all full container movements (imports / exports). Landside and ancillary charges remain well below half of Patrick's overall revenue.
We still only partially recover our significant investment program and operational costs, with property and energy costs increasing above CPI.
FTA / APSA will prepare a more detailed commentary in coming days. Members are encouraged to provide feedback as indicated in the above. Amanda Bradfield - Head of International Freight & Logistics - FTA | APSA
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