The issue of landside port charges is becoming increasingly problematic for NatRoad’s members. Terminal Access Charges (TACs) are an important issue.
The ACCC is concerned that the benefits of greater competition between stevedores to provide services to shipping lines will be eroded by increasing TACs, although any regulation of these charges is a matter for state and territory governments. Because importers and exporters contract with shipping lines to send cargo and the shipping lines then choose the stevedore, TACs are to some extent a ‘take it or leave it’ proposition. Since landside port users cannot directly choose their stevedore there is little effective constraint on these rising charges.
In this webinar Matt Schroder, General Manager, Infrastructure & Transport – Access & Pricing Branch, from the ACCC will discuss the issue of increasing land-side port charges.