FORMAL submissions calling for the scrapping of stevedore infrastructure surcharges have been lodged with federal authorities by the Freight and Trade Alliance and affiliated Australian Peak Shippers Association.
The FTA recently lodged a submission to the Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade Inquiry into the COVID-19 pandemic, noting an estimated $300m in costs imposed by stevedores at container ports were compounding the effects of drought, bushfires and pandemic.
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