DPWA acquisition of Silk – ACCC raises preliminary concerns

The Australian Competition & Consumer Commission (ACCC) today (13 March 2025) issuing a media release outlining a Statement of Issues on DP World Australia’s (DPWA) proposed acquisition of Silk Logistics Holdings (Silk).

The ACCC is inviting submissions from interested parties by 27 March 2025.

In summary, the issues of concern to the ACCC for further investigation are:

1. Discrimination against rival container transport providers by increasing charges or worsening the quality of terminal services
2. Below-cost conditional discounts that have an exclusionary effect on rival container transport providers
3. Access to commercially sensitive information about its rivals’ operations and customers