DCN - CALL FOR BLANKET EXEMPTION ON CONTAINER DETENTION PENALTIES

Friday, October 23, 2020
SOURCE: https://www.thedcn.com.au/call-for-blanket-exemption-on-container-detention-penalties/?utm_source=DCN+Daily+Newswire&utm_campaign=1ef1037f0c-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_9_8_2020_COPY_507&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_505d67c448-1ef1037f0c-143548537

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"It is time for international shipping lines to stand up and be a part of the solution and not use this predicament as a means of recovering operating costs to sustain record profits," Mr Zalai said.

"These shipping line-imposed fees are clearly being used to cover the consequences of poor planning, operational inefficiency and strategic inertia in the knowledge that 'the customer will pay'."