Operations at Australia’s Port of Brisbane will witness several interruptions on 24 and 25 August. According to a Kuehne+Nagel advisory, the interruptions are a result of maintenance and inspection works and could potentially disrupt container handling operations.

The scheduled interruptions are detailed below:

For Thursday, 24 August:

• Poseidon Sea Pilots intend to stop work for 24 hours starting at 00:01 (AEST)
• DP World will roll inspection modules from 09:00 to 13:30 (AEST)
• DP World terminal will be offline from 12:00 to 16:00 (AEST), and in gates will be closed for the duration of the outage

For Friday, 25 August:

• Patrick Terminal will be closed for maintenance from 07:00 to 15:00 (AEST)

Located on the country’s east coast, Brisbane Port is one of the key ports in Australia and receives nearly 2155 vessel calls annually. In 2021/2022, the port handled over 1.5 million containers and plans to carry out infrastructure work estimated at $600 million.