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Box congestion at Sydney’s port Botany remains “critical”, with the continuing surplus of empty containers costing transport operators millions in extra logistics.

While industrial action is currently on hold pending negotiations between the country’s three major stevedores and the Maritime Union of Australia (MUA), the bottleneck created last month could take months to clear.

Neil Chambers, director of the Container Transport Alliance Australia (CTAA), said: “Empty container parks are still unable to accept de-hires for certain types of shipping line container equipment, due ...