Subscribe to RSS feedChartering concerns for Newcastle arrival system
Shipping Australia says that the controversial vessel arrival system being introduced at the port of Newcastle is unsustainable as far as chartering arrangements are concerned.
Smooth arrival: Work continues on a new arrival system for the port of Newcastle (Photo: Newcastle Port Corporation)
The system, which places ships in the coal queue long before they arrive at anchorage, is designed to discourage the practice of fast-steaming to the port to get the earliest possible loading day.
NSW ports minister Joe Tripodi told a Shipping...
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