The strikes at DP World continued a week before Christmas, causing havoc. 

With no end in sight to the ongoing Protected Industrial Action (PIA) disrupting national operations at DP World container terminals, the Freight & Trade Alliance (FTA) and the Australian Peak Shippers Association (APSA) are stepping up media coverage.

As a starting point, coverage in the Australian Financial : DP World begs for ‘cool off’ as strikes cause more damage than hack

EXTRACT BELOW :

Freight & Trade Alliance director Paul Zalai “conservatively” estimated the action was costing Australian trade more than $20 million a day, and that the backlog of 45,000 containers meant “we’re in a worse situation now than the well-publicised cyber incident”.

“The fact that the parties cannot settle their dispute is crippling our nation – the government cannot allow this to continue for the weeks and months ahead,” he said.

He said ships were skipping ports due to the delays and forcing importers to pay more to transport containers left in other states as a result.

One exporter expecting a vessel in Port Botany on November 28 said the ship had yet to arrive two weeks later due to re-scheduling, while more cancelled sailings were expected in the next five weeks.

FREMANTLE protected Action week commencing December 18th as follows:

2-hour stoppages daily at 0400

No R&D Operations from 0600 Tuesday 19/12 until Thursday 21/12 at 0600

If your shipments are affected, we will collaborate with you. Please exercise patience as we negotiate these difficult circumstances once more.

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