NYK questions need for peak charges at US ports
Doubt has been cast over the need to continue with the US west coast ports cargo handling system used as a model for Port Botany's landside improvement strategy.
Empty berth: The US west coast port of Long Beach has seen box throughput drop during the global economic downturn.
NYK Group's Americas chief operating officer, Peter Keller, has questioned whether the PierPass system, used at the ports of Long Beach and Los Angeles, was justified given that the slump in trade over the past couple of years has left...
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