News / Australian depot managers say free box storage time is 'unworkable'

Exasperated container depot operators in Australia have called on shipping lines to offer “more realistic” free storage.

Based near Sydney’s Port Botany, Price & Speed demands carriers respond to the “industry-wide” problem of insufficient free time, given the current market conditions of surging volumes and congestion.

Owner Kevin Malouf said: “The world is rapidly changing, and when multiple ships arrive at port, cargo volumes being processed at our depot are exasperated.”

He explained that Price & Speed had been running double-shifts, seven days ...