ABC RURAL REPORT - INTERNATIONAL SHIPPING

Freight & Trade Alliance (FTA) and the Australian Peak Shippers Association had another big week in local and international media as a part of our important advocacy activity - a snapshot is available below.

MHD - SHIPPING TRADE ASSOCIATIONS CALL FOR GOVERNMENT REFORMS Paul Zalai, the FTA's Director and the APSA's secretariat says world leaders need to do more by fostering partnerships between countries, governments and businesses to further strengthen global supply chains.  Read More

THE LOAD STAR - FIVE EYES WIDENS FOCUS ONTO 'SUPPLY CHAIN COLLUSION' AND 'CARTEL CONDUCT'

In Australia, a laundry list of complaints over congestion surcharges and detention and demurrage costs have been hurled at carriers by shippers and forwarders who have also slammed carriers' sky-high freight rates and all-time lows in schedule reliability.  Read More

JOC - GLOBAL SUPPLY CHAIN PROBE LAUNCHED BY 'FIVE EYES' NATIONS "We continue to provide evidence of prejudicial shipping line practices, surcharges and freight rate increases," he said in a statement. "Further investigation is essential as one thing is for certain; we are operating in a shipping line market without genuine competitive tension."  Read More

DCN - SHOULD VESSEL-SHARING AGREEMENTS BE EXEMPT FROM COMPETITION LAWS? FTA DOES NOT THINK SO IN a submission to the Productivity Commission's inquiry into Australia's maritime logistics system, Freight and Trade Alliance and the Australian Peak Shippers Association questioned if shipping line vessel-sharing arrangements should continue to be exempt from competition laws in Australia.   Read More

ABC NATIONAL RADIO - VITAL RAIL LINKS BETWEEN SA, THE NT AND WA REOPEN WEEKS AFTER FLOODING Paul Zalai (FTA / APSA) interview with ABC News Radio's Scott Wales  Audio Here

ABC RURAL REPORT - INTERNATIONAL SHIPPING Paul Zalai (FTA / APSA) interview with ABC News Radio's Georgia Hargreaves  Audio Here

THE LAND - MORE AG EXPORT FREIGHT HIKES LOOM, WARNS PEAK SHIPPERS BODY

FTA / APSA has made a string of recommendations to the Productivity Commission review, calling on the Federal Government to make international shipping more productive to help reduce costs for exporters and importers.  Read More