Freight and trade groups in Australia are asking for container detention charges to be curtailed because of the Sydney container logistics chain’s continuing congestion spasm.
It is accepted that the root cause is the back-up of empty freight containers due to recent industrial action at Port Botany stevedores. The Freight & Trade Alliance (FTA) and Container Transport Alliance Australia (CTAA) charge that containership operators (shipping lines) who have control over many empty container parks (ECPs) and the ships needed to evacuate the empties are not available when action is needed.
