Australian terminals rapped for anti-competitive deals

NSW Ports Operations Hold and its subsidiaries Port Botany Operations and Port Kembla Operations have had proceedings launched against them by the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) for making deals with the Australian state of New South Wales (NSW) that the ACCC claims had an “anti-competitive” purpose and impact.

ACCC chair Rod Sims says that his organisation is alleging that making these deals, containing provisions that would effectively compensate Port Botany and Port Kembla if the Port of Newcastle developed a container terminal, was illegal and anti...

NSW Ports Operations Hold and its subsidiaries Port Botany Operations and Port Kembla Operations have had proceedings launched against them by the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) for making deals with the Australian state of New South Wales (NSW) that the ACCC claims had an “anti-competitive” purpose and impact.