VICT hits out at Port of Melbourne Corporation

The CEO of Melbourne’s Victoria International Container Terminal (VICT), which is currently being built and will be operated by a consortium led by ICTSI, has strongly criticised decisions taken by the Port of Melbourne Corporation (POMC).

Anders Dømmestrup said: “The circumstances in which VICT won the right to construct and operate a third terminal at the Port of Melbourne have changed significantly due to decisions taken by POMC and the government [of the State of Victoria].”

Dømmestrup continued: “The settlement of the very public rent dispute between DP World and POMC has increased DP World’s competitiveness and entrenched it for a lengthy period of time. This has skewed the level playing field on which the three stevedores [ICTSI, DP World and Patrick Stevedores] were expected to compete.”