Striking Longshoremen Cause Chaos at Australian Box Terminals

Source: Bezinga

Rolling strikes by workers at the Hutchison Ports Australia box terminals in Sydney and Brisbane started at 6:00 a.m. (Australian Eastern Standard Time) yesterday January 17 and are causing landside logistics chaos. Truck turnaround times have increased to four hours, FreightWaves was told by Peter Anderson, the CEO of the Victorian Transport Association, a trucking industry body. He added that the disruption is going to be "ongoing."

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