Unfair shipping industry--in Aussie
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u think Aussie is country of fair playing field to all.
No lah after u know the intetnational shipping industry
in Aussie is protected by---Aussie government!!!
Shippers have made noises but the Aussie government
still say no in Aug 2006 for open competition.
Sg PSA is controlled by Sg Govt.But the shipping cost is
open to Global competition.Why?80 % of containers
volume is transhipment,ie not origination from Sg
but tranfer to another ship in Sg and forward to other country.
If our cost is high,they can transfer in other country.
It handles about one-fifth of the world's total container transhipment throughput.
Govt to maintain shipping cost originatiing fr Sg at reasonable
level.If not,how to implement double manufacturing
output by 2015.(the year is correct?)
1.read the news'' Open shipping competition plan rejected'',August 4, 2006 .
www.smh.com.auThe federal government has rejected a Productivity Commission plan to boost competition in the shipping industry....It follows the commission's report of last year that argued shipping and cargo companies should be exposed to more competition including greater oversight by the nation's competition watchdog, by repealing Part 10 altogether...
2.GOVERNMENT RESPONSE TO PRODUCTIVITY COMMISSION REPORT
Part 10 gives ocean cargo companies immunity from key parts of Australia's trade practices law, effectively allowing them to strike agreements that provide regular cargo shipping services to Australian exporters and importers.
“REVIEW OF PART X OF THE TRADE PRACTICES ACT 1974
(INTERNATIONAL LINER CARGO SHIPPING)”
MELBOURNE,4 August 2006
Contact:
Renae Stoikos TreasurerÂ’s Office 03 9650 0244
Kylie Butler Mr TrussÂ’ Office 02 6277 7680
3. Shippers
urged Aussie govt scrap the protection law of shipping industryWe(Western Australian Shippers Council
A REVIEW OF PART X OF THE TRADE PRACTICES
Incorporated (WASC) and the Chamber of Commerce
& Industry of Western Australia (CCIWA) ) have seen
in recent years a liking by shipping
lines to form ‘Discussion Agreements”, which in the view
of CCIWA and WASC are formed in an effort to limit
competition on price and capacity through
combining conference and non-conference carriers
in a specific trade.Through Part X protection shipping
lines in this way can discuss the freight rate levels
each is charging which we believe results in a reduction
of competition in that trade. With the advent of
Discussion Agreements we have also seen a
considerable increase in the number of additional
charges imposed primarily on Australian Importers
as well as frequent and considerable freight rate
increases. Such practices have a severe
detrimental effect on trade and complaints
against specific Discussion Agreements have been
raised on more than one occasion with the
Australian Consumer and Competition Commission (ACCC).
CCIWA and WASC believe that there is no longer
any justification for the liner shipping industry to
be granted any special provisions in relation
to Australian competition policy and should, as
with all other industry sectors, be subject to
all aspects of the Trade Practices Act.
11th August 2004
ACT 1974
A joint submission by the Western Australian Shippers Council
Incorporated (WASC) and the Chamber of Commerce & Industry of
Western Australia (CCIWA)
to the Productivity Commission.
AUGUST 2004
Address: 180 Hay Street, East Perth, WA 6004
Phone: 08 9365 7637
Fax: 08 9365 7616
4.Reject competition,short term gain,but long term
pain.Adverse and irreversiable effect may appear
on next generation.
Open to competition,short term pain,but,hopefully
,long term gain.The gain may appear only
in next generation.
Which one u prefer?
PSA handles about one-fifth of the world's total container transhipment throughput. -
Because when it comes to shipping, they got a choice, we singapore got no choice.
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aussie shippers NO CHOICE but hv to pay unfair costs.
The liner companies already formed a cartel to control the
price.This is another ''Sydhey to LA route''--
dared not open for competition.
There are so many liners in Sg and the prices are open
to stiff competition.
PSA operates 4 container terminals and 2 multi-purpose terminals in Singapore, and links shippers to an excellent network of200 shipping lines with connections to 600 ports in 123 countries.
how many liners in Aussie?
2.PSA handles about one-fifth of the world's total container transhipment throughput.
if not our prices from liners,PSA,bunkering and other
related services are competitive to global standars,why
sg can catch 20 % og world transhipments?
India China Malaysia,Indonesia etc are cheap and also
geographically good for transhipment.
3.
--OPENING ADDRESS BY MR YEO CHEOW TONG
Bunkering(fuel oil for ships) is an important sector of SingaporeÂ’s
maritime industry, generating revenues of up to
S$13.6 billion1 (US$8 billion) annually. Last year(2003),
a record of 20.8 million tonnes of bunker was delivered
here, ensuring that Singapore once again retained its
position as the world's top bunkering port.
MINISTER FOR TRANSPORT
AT THE 13TH SINGAPORE INTERNATIONAL BUNKERING
CONFERENCE (SIBCON) 2004
THURSDAY, 23 SEPTEMBER 2004, 9.00 AM -
Maybe MUA has a hand in it?
After all, they ever threatened to strike over dusty toilet bowls in North Fremantle's Patrick Terminal. -
pl explain.Originally posted by iveco:Maybe MUA has a hand in it?
After all, they ever threatened to strike over dusty toilet bowls in North Fremantle's Patrick Terminal. -
Opening up of the maritime sector could possibly mean job losses for union members.
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It is the questions that leaders have to decide:
long or short term pains or gains.
or i would say they must remember the votes in next election.
LKY once said he could run Sg better if there is no
election.It is pure politically wrong.
But in practice,i think not totally wrong. -
But LKY gave voters no choice when he dicided to break away from London's control, even if it meant joining MYsia. He might as well have withdrawn from the C'wealth.
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Another
questionable industry---telecommShall they consider country interest
or a company interset?Tuesday August 8, 2006
2.of course,
Telstra decision a disaster: Beazley
The government has left Australia on an "information goat track" after Telstra pulled the plug on a $4 billion high speed internet plan, Labor leader Kim Beazley says.
After months of negotiations with the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC), Telstra surprised the government by saying the project, known as fibre to the node, was dead......
"If this is done and we get that 15-fold increase in the speed of broadband, we will have caught up with Slovenia," he said.
"Nobody's asking here for any revolutionary change that's going to put Australia at the cutting edge.
"We are now backwards in telecommunications. We are hovering between first world and third world, and indeed there's many places in the third world with faster broadband than we've got.
"This is completely impermissible."
it is not the end of the world
Shall Aussie consider the overall benefits of the country? -
Wrong wrong wrong.Originally posted by lionnoisy:It is the questions that leaders have to decide:
long or short term pains or gains.
or i would say they must remember the votes in next election.
LKY once said he could run Sg better if there is no
election.It is pure politically wrong.
But in practice,i think not totally wrong.
The minute you give up your political principles for economic principles, you are asking for ruin in the long term.
LKY has acheived certain successes, but his ideology is out of touch. -
funny funny funny
Telstra pulls the plug on digital age
Aussie Comm minister critize Telstra ,which govt holding
over 51 % stake,for being' anti-competitive" and the company wanted to "re-monopolise''The failure of the talks places in jeopardy the Government's $24 billion sale of its remaining 51.8 per cent stake in Telstra, a final decision on which is expected as early as next week....
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The Communications Minister, Helen Coonan, said the collapse of the talks was disappointing but the Government would not be tied to an "artificial deadline, determined by Telstra" on regulatory issues. She said Telstra's attitude was "anti-competitive" and the company wanted to "re-monopolise" with the new network, but she dodged a question about whether the Government had confidence in the Telstra chief executive, Sol Trujillo.....
The Internet Industry Association also warns Australia risks falling behind other developed countries if it does not adopt a coherent national approach to high-speed broadband. The body wants two-thirds of Australians to have access to broadband speeds of at least 10 megabits a second within the next four years, but warns "we have a long way to go to reach the 2010 target".
Matt O'Sullivan and Lisa Murray
August 8, 2006 -
Singapore isn't just the transhipment ctr for Aussie cargo, it's for the entire Asia
90% of PSA's throughput are basically transhipment cargoes