A LIVE export dispute, which delayed the sale of about 160,000 sheep and a 'couple of thousand' dairy cows, has been resolved with Kuwaiti shipping company Livestock Transport and Trading winning their case against the Federal Government's Australian Marine Safety Authority.
Two shipments, from Adelaide and Portland, Victoria, were affected during the dispute, when KLTT took AMSA to court to appeal against AMSA's order on the vessel, refusing the company permission to load because of sewage pollution regulations.
The new regulations, which were announced in 2004, had a five year compliance period.
AMSA public relations manager Tracey Jiggins said while AMSA was complying with the Federal Court order to allow the ship permission to load, it was seeking legal advice on the availability of grounds to appeal the decision.
EMS Rural Exports eastern states manager Chris Madden said despite the wait everything was now "back on track".
"It hasn't affected us, it's just put everything back a month," Mr Madden said.
"Sheep are just now going to the feedlots."
About 70 per cent of the Adelaide shipment were sheep from South Australia. "Most farmers have understood the situation and because our price is $4-$5 better than the market price most have been happy to wait," Mr Madden said.
* From full report in Stock Journal, October 23 issue.
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