MACHINERY

Fremantle port dispute disrupts machinery deliveries

AN ongoing dispute between the Maritime Workers Union of Australia (MUA) and import/export logistics business, Qube, has seen ships unable to unload vital harvesting machinery at Fremantle in Western Australia.

Mark Saunders
 A worker dispute at the Port of Fremantle in WA may prove costly for graingrowers. Image courtesy Wallenius Wilhelmsen.

A worker dispute at the Port of Fremantle in WA may prove costly for graingrowers. Image courtesy Wallenius Wilhelmsen.

The dispute centres around worker conditions at the port and has been ongoing for almost three months. Shipping company Wallenius Wilhelmsen (WWL) said the dispute is now causing significant supply-chain...

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