Container Terminal Landside Fees – Change in Timing

The Victorian Department of Transport & Planning (DTP} has announced two new measures for inclusion in the Victorian Voluntary Pricing Protocol (VPP) on container terminal landside charges (access & infrastructure fees):

1. Introduce a standard submission template for container terminal operators to provide greater levels of granular data in a consistent format in relation to changes to the terminal access fee/infrastructure fee.
2. Request that all stevedores voluntarily change landside pricing once per year on 1 January, commencing from 1 January 2025

What’s is the background to this change? / What are the benefits? / How will it impact in other States? / Is there still a need for a National Mandatory Code?