Port supply chain is at ‘breaking point’: Maersk

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DP World operates terminals in Sydney, Brisbane, Melbourne and Fremantle, with about 40 per cent market share of the stevedore market. The union’s national assistant secretary, Adrian Evans, said DP World had not presented a written pay offer in three days of talks or brought in its local executive vice president, Nicolaj Noes, to seek a deal personally. “Clearly Nicolaj Noes wants this to drag on and he wants it to get worse so he has an excuse to lock us out and trigger a crisis,” Mr Evans said in a statement. The union is seeking a two-year deal with...