The country's largest tugboat operator, Svitzer, is in an ongoing dispute with the union over an enterprise agreement.
As a result, they will lockout 582 employees across 17 ports in Victoria, New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia and Western Australia, from Friday.
The company says it was left with no choice after union members employed by the company undertook 2000 hours of work stoppages since October.
The Maritime Union of Australia, however, has accused the company of holding the country to ransom and throwing already struggling supply chains into disarray.
Svitzer wants to terminate the new enterprise agreement after a three-year fight with the union.
There are fears the lockout could cause further disruption to shipping ahead of Christmas, as well as interfere with the shipment of Australian crops.
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