Port Botany racked with congestion

The new IT system at DP World’s Port Botany container terminal in Australia has been blamed for serious delays at the facility.

Questions are being asked as to why the system had not been trialled in terms of parallel testing.

Shipping Australia chief executive, Llew Russell noted that this problem was just the final straw and that there had been a series of delays at the facility.

He claims that DP World had promised in June to tackle the situation by commissioning new cranes.

Additional promises suggesting things would improve by the end of August also came to nothing. Shipping lines are now considering implementing a congestion surcharge.