Landside Logistics

NSW Maritime actively participates in initiatives to improve the efficiency of port landside logistics. These include the Port Botany Logistics Taskforce and the Independent Pricing and Regulatory Tribunal’s (IPART) review of the landside interface at Port Botany.

NSW Maritime also monitors and advises the Minister for Ports and Waterways in relation to other important landside logistics issues, including:

 

Port Botany Logistics Taskforce

In November 2006, the Minister for Ports and Waterways convened the Port Botany Logistics Taskforce to address the inefficiencies in the transport of containers to and from Port Botany. This was supported by the joint industry/Government Port Botany Logistics Roundtable meeting held in September 2006 to canvass issues arising from the 2005 report of the Freight Infrastructure Advisory Board (FIAB).

The aim of the Taskforce is to provide the highest level of expert and strategic advice to Government and to facilitate the implementation of practical solutions to improve the efficiency of the landside movement of containers to and from Port Botany.

The Taskforce comprises industry and Government leaders with substantial influence and diverse operational experience. It is chaired by the Minister for Ports and Waterways and secretariat is provided by NSW Maritime.

The types of matters considered by the Taskforce include supply chain system performance, barriers to 24 hour logistics operations and operational efficiency at the port, for example, through the use of High Efficiency Container Trucks in the port precinct.

Port Botany IPART review

In December 2006, the NSW Government commissioned the review by the Independent Pricing and Regulatory Tribunal’s (IPART) review of the interface between land transport industries and the stevedores at Port Botany.

IPART released its final report in March 2008. On 17 September 2008 the NSW Government released its response to the review and its implemenation.