Logistical Strategy and PlanningSydney Ports Cargo Facilitation Committee
The Sydney Ports Cargo Facilitation Committee meets on a monthly basis to discuss and manage day-to-day port operations. The Committee is an important component in maintaining efficient port operations.
The membership of the Sydney Ports Cargo Facilitation Committee includes a number of industry and government representatives, including stevedores, shipping lines, rail access providers, road transport operators, custom brokers, freight forwarders, Australian Customs and Border Protection Service, Australian Quarantine and Inspection Service, Transport Workers Union, Maritime Union of Australia, NSW Police and Sydney Ports Corporation.
The Committee discusses a number of issues, including operational matters at stevedore container terminals, landside transport performance, repositioning of surplus empty containers from Sydney, and port developments at Port Botany and Sydney Harbour.
Sydney Ports Cargo Facilitation Committee Minutes
The latest confirmed Minutes of the Sydney Ports Cargo Facilitation Committee can be viewed by clicking on the links below:
Transport Workshop
A key role of the Sydney Ports Cargo Facilitation Committee is to actively facilitate and generate discussion to improve the landside movement of containerised cargo both metropolitan and regional. This role is facilitated with a half-day Transport Workshop each year jointly hosted by Sydney Ports Corporation and the Sydney Ports Cargo Facilitation Committee.
The Transport Workshop is an opportunity to brief industry on a number of port related issues and key project updates and identify actions to assist with managing the efficient landside movement of containerised cargo.
The latest Annual Transport Workshop was held on Tuesday 16 August 2011 and attended by over 100 senior industry representatives.
Sydney Ports Cargo Facilitation Committee updated the 2011 program and this included:
- Keynote address from Les Wielinga, Director General, Integrated Transport Authority. In April 2011, the NSW Government announced the establishment of an Integrated Transport Authority (ITA). This new authority will include a Freight and Regional Development Division, which will focus on ensuring that freight services and facilities meet the needs of the State’s economy
- Insights from Importers and Exporters: Working with a greater commercial focus
- New Industry Panel Session
- Update on Port Botany Landside Improvement Strategy
Presentations from the workshop are now available:
An Introduction to the Sea Freight Container Supply Chain
The sea freight container supply chain involves many parties and relies on accurate and timely information being transmitted amongst the parties. Inefficiencies affect all parties in the chain and can result in delays and increased costs for importers and exporters. Many of the efficiencies in the sea freight supply chain are the result of inadequate, late, inaccurate, ambiguous or no information being provided by parties to other parties in the chain. The increasing use of paperless transactions to facilitate trade within the sea freight container supply chain places a greater importance on the need for accurate and timely information.
This document provides an introduction to the sea freight container supply chain for those working in the industry or are interested in finding out more on how the sea freight container supply chain operates. The document describes some of the potential causes of, or reasons for, inefficiencies or delays in the sea freight container supply chain, and identify some measures which can be taken by supply chain parties to maximise efficiencies.
View the "Introduction to the Sea Freight Container Supply Chain" PDF here.
For further information or feedback, please contact the Sydney Ports Cargo Facilitation Committee via e-mail spcfc@sydneyports.com.au.