Vessels continue to be delayed at both origin and destination ports in Australia due to ongoing congestion on the Australian coastline.
Whilst industrial action has been limited in recent weeks, we await updates to the current negotiations between Patrick and MUA. The MUA agreed to cease any protected action until 1 December while negotiations continued. There has been no agreed outcome and industrial action has not yet resumed.
Port congestion is worsening in Auckland with vessels being diverted under Force Majeure to alternative ports to Auckland and together with port omissions are creating havoc with export and import schedules. Carriers are significantly reducing new bookings on vessels while they deal with the huge backlog that has formed. ANL has ceased all bookings due to significant backlogs and has reportedly over booked 700 TEU on a vessel.
Hamburg Sud has advised:
ANL Warrnambool V47 is delayed 11 days and will omit Auckland
Synergy Oakland V48 is delayed 12 days and will omit Auckland
Synergy Keelung V44 is delayed 12 days berthing in Auckland
ANL Tongala V45S is delayed 12 days berthing Auckland berth
Cosco Indonesia V098N from China will change rotation and now call Melbourne prior to Sydney in order to mitigate expected delays due to ongoing berth congestion.
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Initial schedule
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17 Dec
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ETA SYD
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15 Dec
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ETA BNE
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20 Dec
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Revised schedule
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15 Dec
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ETA SYD
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19 Dec
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ETA BNE
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22 Dec
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Cosco Singapore V148S/N from South East Asia is delayed on its movement along the coastline due to port congestion in Melbourne,
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11 Dec
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ETA MEL
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15 Dec
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ETA ADL
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15 Dec
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ETA FRE
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05 Dec
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Revised schedule
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ETA SYD
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11 Dec
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ETA MEL
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17 Dec
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ETA ADL
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20 Dec
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ETA FRE
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OOCL TEXAS V176S from South East will be further delayed due to port congestion in Melbourne
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Initial schedule
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ETA MEL
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09 Dec
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ETA FRE
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30 Nov
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Revised schedule
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ETA MEL
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11 Dec
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ETA FRE
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17 Dec
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Carriers will continue take corrective action to try to avoid further delays by changing port rotations and omitting ports on export voyages and future import voyages. All carriers and trade lanes are being impacted and consequently all vessels to and from Australia will continue to see small and large delays often at very short notice.
We understand that this is creating major disruptions however it is an industry wide scenario that we are unable to control. We will continue to update as quickly as possible via our reporting and advices from our sales and customer service teams and our delay notices.