Patrick backs down on side-loader fee
Crisis-hit Patrick has announced that it will not now go ahead with proposals to impose a $100 charge on sideloader trucks in what appears to be a climb down forced on it by the industry.
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“Patrick will defer a decision on a levy and will not impose the proposed fee of $100+GST per truck visit to the terminal from October 25, 2012,” Ben Wicks, a terminal manager at Patrick Port Botany wrote on Wednesday October...
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