Sea Freight Council
Freight and logistics council of Western Australia
The State Government has established the Freight and Logistics Council of Western Australia.
The new group consolidates previous modal councils and reflects the trend in industry towards broad-based freight logistics outcomes. The objective of the Council is to enhance strategic policy outcomes to the benefit of both Government and industry through ongoing liaison at a senior level between public and private sectors.
A permanent web presence will soon be established for the Council and this will contain details of the group and its work.
Related enquiries should be made to the Executive Officer of the Council |
History
In September 1996, the State Government established the Sea Freight Council of Western Australia in pursuit of adequate, reliable and competitive seaborne trade for Western Australian industry.
Role of the Sea Freight Council
The role of the Sea Freight Council is to recognise issues impacting on the State's sea freight movements as raised by industry and Government, exchange views as to means of progressing those issues and then derive a position on them which can form the basis of advice given in an objective and unbiased manner to industry and the Government.
The Sea Freight Council is currently working to:
- Ensure that the interests of ports and port users are adequately recognised in proposed heritage legislation;
- Improve market opportunities for WA food exporters through cool chain enhancement;
- Raise awareness of available e-commerce systems;
- Contribute to the development of national policy that will give greater support to the Australian shipping industry;
- Establish procedures that address current industry concerns regarding pilotage standards, practice and training;
- Define national policy impacting on emergency response to marine incidents; and
- Allow Fremantle Port container trade to grow, unconstrained by concerns regarding heavy vehicle impacts.
The Sea Freight Council is also working with the State's land based freight councils to:
- Assist regional exporters to improve their logistics practices;
- Prepare industry for a new legal regime based on 'chain of responsibility' principles;
- Introduce effective buffer zones around ports and port access routes;
- Ensure freight terminals at Kewdale and Kwinana make optimum contribution to metropolitan freight movements; and
- Ensure the establishment of efficient and effective grain logistics in Western Australia.
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Both the State Government and Commonwealth Government provide funding to the Council.
The Council is an active member of the Australian Freight Council Network.
The Sea Freight Council works closely with the other maritime industry body active in this State, the Western Australian Port Operations Task Force.
While the Council tends to focus on strategic policy issues, especially those with a national flavour, the Task Force looks at operational issues, particularly those impacting on Fremantle Ports.
Membership
Members represent all industry sectors along the supply chain including importers, exporters, shipping companies, road transport, port service providers, port authorities and Government.
The meetings are chaired by the Director General of the Department.
View list of members.
Meeting schedule - 2009
All meeting are held at the Fremantle Sailing Club 151 Marine Tce Fremantle.
Meetings commence at 08:00am and finish at 10:00am.
The following meetings have been scheduled for 2009:
- 26 February 2009;
- 26 March 2009;
- 30 April 2009;
- 28 May 2009;
- 25 June 2009;
- 30 July 2009;
- 27 August 2009;
- 24 September 2009;
- 29 October 2009;
- 26 November 2009; and
- December TBA
2007/08 Projects
A status report on 2007/08 projects is available.
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