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Ian Jarrett Perth
Port of Melbourne is clearing the way for more efficient use of its container berths, but while dredging of the port's shipping channels continues on schedule, congestion on the wharves is restricting movement of containers.The congestion has forced Australia's shipping industry body to make a fresh call for improvements to container clearing facilities at Australia's largest container port.Shipping Australia Ltd (SAL) chief executive Llew Russell said his members warned the Port of Melbourne Corporation long ago that with the continued growth of containers, existing facilities would be put under severe pressure."Our fears have come to pass," he said. "Our members using the DP World container terminal at Swanson Dock in Melbourne have complained that they have been unable to ship out all the empty containers they need to, due to yard congestion."One member had to cancel 3,000 planned exports of empties over the past two months.'' The SAL chief acknowledged that more vessels were falling outside their berthing windows due to international trading conditions, "but this has to be expected and should be capable of being handled''.Russell called for an investigation into the potential for metropolitan intermodal terminals to relieve the pressure.Shipping Australia recently agreed to a trial organised by Tradegate called PortBis in Sydney to explore the advantages for all parties in community-based data systems. A trial is also being conducted in Melbourne under the Freight Connect umbrella and the results of the Sydney trial will provide a comparison for shipping lines.Russell said these types of systems were now in place in more than 25 ports worldwide. "Eventually we will need to standardise on basically one type of system nationally if all the potential benefits of these types of systems are to be realised," he said.
Port of Melbourne is clearing the way for more efficient use of its container berths, but while dredging of the port's shipping channels continues on schedule, congestion on the wharves is restricting movement of containers.The congestion has forced Australia's shipping industry body to make a fresh call for improvements to container clearing facilities at Australia's largest container port.Shipping Australia Ltd (SAL) chief executive Llew Russell said his members warned the Port of Melbourne Corporation long ago that with the continued growth of containers, existing facilities would be put under severe pressure."Our fears have come to pass," he said. "Our members using the DP World container terminal at Swanson Dock in Melbourne have complained that they have been unable to ship out all the empty containers they need to, due to yard congestion."One member had to cancel 3,000 planned exports of empties over the past two months.'' The SAL chief acknowledged that more vessels were falling outside their berthing windows due to international trading conditions, "but this has to be expected and should be capable of being handled''.Russell called for an investigation into the potential for metropolitan intermodal terminals to relieve the pressure.Shipping Australia recently agreed to a trial organised by Tradegate called PortBis in Sydney to explore the advantages for all parties in community-based data systems. A trial is also being conducted in Melbourne under the Freight Connect umbrella and the results of the Sydney trial will provide a comparison for shipping lines.Russell said these types of systems were now in place in more than 25 ports worldwide. "Eventually we will need to standardise on basically one type of system nationally if all the potential benefits of these types of systems are to be realised," he said.
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