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Port Botany record hits nearly 2 million TEU


Container trade through Port Botany increased 8 per cent in the 2009/2010 financial year, with a large part of the volume driven by Asia.
 
NSW Ports and Waterways Minister Paul McLeay was pleased: “It’s a great result, not just for the port, but for working families across the state. More trade means more jobs,” said Mr McLeay.
 
“Strong import demand and a resilient export sector have pushed Port Botany’s container numbers to unprecedented levels,” said Mr McLeay.
 
“We’ve seen close to a decade’s worth of growth records for the Port – a clear indication of the strength of NSW’s economy,” he said.
 
“Of special note is the fact that the Asia region accounts for 62% of all volume into and out of the port of Sydney.
 
“We’re seeing new shipping lines enter the Asian trade to capitalise on this region’s quicker rebound to the global financial crisis compared to elsewhere in the world.”
 
Port Botany saw an 8% growth in total container trade through the port, reaching 1.928 million TEU (containers measured as twenty-foot equivalent units) for 2009/2010.
This equals approximately $50 billion worth of trade.
This is the 9th consecutive annual growth record.
Full container imports reached 951,000 TEUs, up 8.6% from 2008-09
Demand for products imported from East Asia (46%), South East Asia (15%) and Europe (15%) was especially high.
Full container exports reached a new record of 442,600 TEUs
“Countries such as China, New Zealand, Japan and the United states continue to be the main consumers of our local products,” said Mr McLeay. “Cereal exports (including wheat and barley) from the North West and Central West regions of NSW were up 19.1% on last financial year.
 
“Demand for cotton also soared with exports increasing by almost 140% in 2009/2010.”
 
Comment: Congestion problems not yet resolved
 
Charles Pauka
 
While the Minister and Sydney Ports Corporation (SPC) may welcome the ever-increasing trade, potential congestion issues remain unresolved. Sydney Ports has historically planned for 5% year-on-year growth, despite actual growth often hitting double figures and even in the GFC-affected years staying above the corporation’s projected figure.
 
Sydney Ports has made strong and praiseworthy efforts to resolve the traditional stevedore vs. road/rail transport operator conflicts that at times saw truck drivers waiting more than six hours in 40-degree heat for containers to be loaded. However, the Port Botany Logistics Improvement Strategy (PBLIS) seems to have hit another snag, with the rare occurrence of (many) truck operators siding with the stevedores against SPC’s proposed penalty regime.
 
Rail operations are similarly teetering on the bring, with Patrick’s unilateral price increase and change of conditions leading to SPC threatening regulatory action against the stevedore. Rail’s share of container movements in and out of the port has sunk below 18%, and with the Enfield terminal and Southern Sydney Freight Line running behind schedule and a concerted residents’ action putting the Moorebank terminal in doubt, the NSW Government’s 40% rail share is looking increasingly unattainable.
 
In the meantime, there is nothing to suggest that the records at Port Botany will not continue to tumble. With the highly inadequate road and rail transport infrastructure already stretched to the limit, the coming peak season could be one of the worst ever.

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