Floods on 21 January caused severe damage to a 300 km stretch Trans-Australia railway – the only rail link between east and west Australia that carries 80% of freight.
The federal government signed an exemption to Section 11 exemption from the Coastal Trading (Revitalising Australian Shipping) Act 2012 – the country’s cabotage laws to allow ocean shipping of freight normally carried by rail from 1 February to 31 March.
The Conti Stockholm arrived in Port of Fremantle with 55 containers carrying more than a thousand pallets of groceries for retailer Woolworths according to WAToday.
Fremantle Ports CEO Michael Parker was quoted as saying: ““We’ve identified eight ships, now and in the weeks ahead, carrying containers that need prioritisation and Coles and Woolworths have provided information regarding container numbers, volumes and vessels on which they are being carried.”
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