ACCC and competition between ports

The ACCC has clearly signalled its preference that State Governments protect opportunities for competition between spatially proximate port facilities in the context of privatisation.  This article explores some of the difficulties experienced with this model.

What is the ACCC's position?

The ACCC has, most recently, reiterated its warning to State Governments in its 2015 annual Container Stevedoring Monitoring Report¹ that Governments should act diligently to protect  opportunities for future competition between port facilities – "for example, by separating (rather than integrating) potentially competitive facilities and avoiding clauses that impede the development of competition".²