'Damaging' port strikes at DP World Australia terminals extended
Dockers affiliated with the Maritime Union of Australia (MUA) have extended their strike action at ...
Australian shippers are battling a double-whammy of spiralling supply chain inflation, container detention fees and delays to manufacturing in China.
Not shy of criticising the “foreign-owned” shipping lines serving Australia, today the Freight & Trade Alliance (F&TA) has again called for greater regulation of the shipping industry, because of “unreasonable fees”.
It said: “Australians are paying more than one billion dollars a year in unreasonable international shipping fees, in addition to record high freight rates and a spate of surcharges.”
The lobby group ...
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