As 2021 came to a close, the Prime Minister, Scott Morrison, announced a sweeping review of Australia’s maritime logistics system. The Productivity Commission has been tasked with this and will undertake an independent review into structural issues affecting the productivity of Australia’s maritime logistics system. This inquiry complements the earlier work by the Productivity Commission on supply chain vulnerabilities. SAL Secretariat is busy researching, compiling and writing its submission.
The terms of reference for the Productivity Commission’s review of Australia’s maritime logistics system has talked of developing metrics within a port performance framework. This is welcome and Shipping Australia looks forward to the annual publication of port metrics.
Last year Shipping Australia was also pleased to make an extensive submission to the Productivity Commission’s inquiry into vulnerable supply chains. We also met with the Commissioners for a lengthy discussion of our submission.
Shipping Australia was pleased to note that the key finding was that Australian supply chains aren’t vulnerable. Our supply chains, and our ocean shipping services are, in fact, highly resilient because of the diverse nature of goods and the diverse nature of our ocean shipping industry.
Captain Noronha extensively discusses many issues in his review of 2021, which you can read in full here. His article is part of this year’s Shipping Australia Annual Review of 2021!
