Sydney Ports puts stevedores on notice

Sydney Ports Corporation Chief Executive, Grant Gilfillan, today said he would speak to Ports Minister Joe Tripodi about using regulations to implement landside port reforms if there is not an immediate improvement from stevedores following two weeks of poor performance at Port Botany.

“We will be approaching the Minister to move towards regulation if we don’t see an immediate improvement from the stevedores in the service provided to industry and their cooperation in delivering these reforms,” Mr Gilfillan said.

Mr Gilfillan said delays had affected both terminals over the past two weeks with truck drivers queuing for up to four hours for each trip to the port.

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