THE BIG PICTURE
THE BIG PICTURE
crop and no more. There are only three trains that service the East Coast and Grain Corp, and they're all busy trying to move chickpeas. Unfortunately, there's just not enough elevation to move it in the time window the destination wants. "On top of that, the Central Queensland and Brisbane zones came off at the same time this year – which is unusual . Rather than Queensland in October, Brisbane in November, and Newcastle in December, it's all been done in November. This means you've got harvest pressure from the grower and harvest timing coming together to create a bottleneck." Two important dates have conspired to heap pressure on Australia: March 31 – the date India's import duty returns, and February 28 – the beginning of Ramadan in India. The end of March duty deadline is a big part of the logistics problem, says Will
Increasing container trade,demanding wharf space and facilities, drove the development of Sydney's Botany Bay (Shutterstock).
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