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PB3T handed over to HPH

News1 Aug 2011

New South Wales Ports Minister Duncan Gay has handed over the site of Sydney Ports Corporation (SPC)’s A$1B Port Botany Expansion project ...

West Oz mulling common user port

News1 Jun 2011

The Western Australian government has released a study into plans to develop a “commonuser marine facility” to support the accelerating ...

National ports plan moves ahead in Oz

News1 Jan 2011

The final version of the Australian Government’s National Ports Strategy (NPS) has received widespread support, with all sections of indus...

Oz box terminals in flux

News1 Jan 2011

DP World’s sale of 75% of its Australian container terminal business to a Citibankbacked infrastructure fund has reignited speculation abo...

ANL pushes for more Melbourne capacity

News1 Dec 2010

ANL Container Line has urged the Victorian government to expedite expansion of Melbourne’s container handling capacity or face similar cha...

…especially Melbourne’s biggest customer

News1 Oct 2010

ANL Container Line, which, with parent CMA CGM, claims to be Melbourne’s major user, says it strongly supports development of Webb Dock as...

ANZ ports tracking upwards

News1 Oct 2010

Continuing strong trade growth during August saw Melbourne reach a national monthly total container trade record of 210,985 TEU, while Sydne...

Oz trio optimistic..

News1 Aug 2010

Australia’s top three box ports are basking in positive trade figures and have declared an end to the global financial crisis....

Sydney still seeking landside relief

News1 May 2010

Australia’s number two containerport is still grappling with ways to keep landside container logistics performance at levels that ensure m...

New national port strategy for Australia

News1 May 2010

Australia’s first National Ports Strategy, released earlier this month, calls for longterm coordinated planning of the nation’s major po...

Oz pursues national port info system

News24 Jan 2010

Container lines, through representative body Shipping Australia (SAL), are backing efforts to establish a port community information system ...

…as Melbourne joins third operator push

News1 Jan 2010

The Victorian Government has fallen into line behind its Queensland and New South Wales counterparts and will host a third container stevedo...

Oz terminals face pain

News1 Nov 2009

Australian stevedores are facing a period of reduced ship calls as container carriers take a much harder line on overcapacity in coming mont...

Holes in the East Arm have Darwin worried

News1 Nov 2009

Darwin Port Corporation (DPC) in Australia is downplaying problems with the port’s centerpiece East Arm Wharf, despite local suggestions t...

Ports down under on a more even keel

News1 Jul 2009

Stability has returned to the Australian container port sector after Asciano secured its immediate financial future and rival terminal opera...

Oz container traffic proves resilient

News21 Feb 2009

Major Australasian container ports were showing surprising resilience in throughput late last year, with only Melbourne noticeably slipping ...