Bulk handlers give port code thumbs down

Gregor Heard
August 12 2018 - 2:00pm
Jimmy Wilson, CBH, and Graham Bradley, have called for an end to the port access code for bulk wheat exports. Photo: AGIC.
Jimmy Wilson, CBH, and Graham Bradley, have called for an end to the port access code for bulk wheat exports. Photo: AGIC.

SENIOR representatives of two of Australia’s most powerful grain bulk handlers have hit out against the port access code, a mandatory code imposed on major port operators to ensure all bulk wheat exporters fair and transparent access to port facilities.

Gregor Heard

Gregor Heard

National Grains Industry Reporter

Gregor Heard is ACM's national grains industry reporter, based in Horsham, Victoria. He has a wealth of knowledge surrounding the cropping sector through his 15 years in the role. Prior to that he was with the Fairfax network as a reporter with Stock & Land. Some of the major issues he has reported on during his time with the company include the deregulation of the export wheat market, the introduction of genetically modified crops and the fight to protect growers better from grain trader insolvencies. Still involved with the family farm he is passionate about rural Australia and its people and hopes to use his role to act as an advocate for those involved in the grain sector.

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