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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.

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  • Steven Reeve

    March 29, 2022 at 1:02 am

    I’ll have whatever Jim Wilson is on!

    That comment shows he represents an organisation that is so out of touch with the rest of Australia

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