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Port of Melbourne peak season haulage woes mount

The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission’s (ACCC’s) warning of container logistics disfunction is being played out now in Melbourne, with one haulage interest saying the wheels are “well and truly falling off” productivity there.

Container Transport Alliance Australia (CTAA) saw this as the result of a confluence of industrial actions, weather events, high peak volumes, port congestion and ship delays.

CTAA charged that truck turnaround times at DP World West Swanson

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