The two-day strike which started in Freemantle Ports on Sunday, 18 August, is set to end on Tuesday, 20 August, at 5:30 am local time. The industrial action includes vessel traffic service officers and small craft personnel.

The Container Transport Alliance Australia (CTAA) has issued an update stating that “no vessels are alongside at DP World Fremantle Terminal, and coincidently the DP World Terminal is closed for scheduled maintenance work with road receival & delivery operations recommencing at 6:00 am local time Tuesday, 20 August 2024.”

Furthermore, according to expected container vessel arrival schedules, the Maersk Yellowstone is due to arrive in Fremantle from Singapore in the early hours of Monday, 19 August, the OOCL Panama in the evening of 19 August, and the MSC NURYA G, in the early hours of Tuesday, 20 August. The Hapag-Lloyd’s Sydney Express is at the Patrick Fremantle Terminal having arrived on 17 August.

According to CTAA, it is presumed that these arriving container vessels will be impacted by the withdrawal of Vessel Traffic Services (VTS) at the Port and their berthing will be delayed. It is also presumed that the Sydney Express will not be able to depart the Port until VTS resumes.

“This industrial action comes at a time also when Western Australian importers & exporters are experiencing changing container shipping patterns and capacity allocations by international shipping lines servicing Fremantle, higher ocean freight rates and surcharges, and cargo congestion delays in the major transhipment port of Singapore, “CTTA comments. “It is hoped that the parties to the Fremantle Ports’ industrial dispute can continue good-faith negotiations to reach an enterprise agreement solution without the need for further protected industrial action.”

The two-day strike which started in Freemantle Ports on Sunday, 18 August, is set to end on Tuesday, 20 August, at 5:30 am local time. The industrial action includes vessel traffic service officers and small craft personnel.

The Container Transport Alliance Australia (CTAA) has issued an update stating that “no vessels are alongside at DP World Fremantle Terminal, and coincidently the DP World Terminal is closed for scheduled maintenance work with road receival & delivery operations recommencing at 6:00 am local time Tuesday, 20 August 2024.”

Furthermore, according to expected container vessel arrival schedules, the Maersk Yellowstone is due to arrive in Fremantle from Singapore in the early hours of Monday, 19 August, the OOCL Panama in the evening of 19 August, and the MSC NURYA G, in the early hours of Tuesday, 20 August. The Hapag-Lloyd’s Sydney Express is at the Patrick Fremantle Terminal having arrived on 17 August.

According to CTAA, it is presumed that these arriving container vessels will be impacted by the withdrawal of Vessel Traffic Services (VTS) at the Port and their berthing will be delayed. It is also presumed that the Sydney Express will not be able to depart the Port until VTS resumes.

“This industrial action comes at a time also when Western Australian importers & exporters are experiencing changing container shipping patterns and capacity allocations by international shipping lines servicing Fremantle, higher ocean freight rates and surcharges, and cargo congestion delays in the major transhipment port of Singapore, “CTTA comments. “It is hoped that the parties to the Fremantle Ports’ industrial dispute can continue good-faith negotiations to reach an enterprise agreement solution without the need for further protected industrial action.”