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MUA takes on Patrick

News30 Jan 2011

Selected Australian ports have been subjected to strikes of up to 72 hours as the Maritime Union of Australia (MUA) “negotiates” with Pa...

News1 Jul 2008

Major Australian ports are under siege like never before. But it’s not from just quayside and landside congestion, it’s from the ABS (an...

News1 Jan 2007

As forecast in last month’s issue of WorldCargo News (p6), former Patrick Corporation supremo Chris Corrigan is returning to waterfront st...

News1 Dec 2006

In a move that has taken analysts, competitors and regulators by surprise, Australia’s Toll Group is to split into two separate entities, ...

News1 Feb 2006

Toll Holdings’ fight to acquire Patrick Corporation looks likely to drag on for many months as the opposing sides continue to battle in th...

News19 Oct 2005

Australian stevedore Patrick has overhauled its port services road fleet with the delivery of 101 Freighter skeletal trailers, manufactured ...

News12 Sep 2005

In something akin to the Australasian equivalent of the AP Møller-Maersk takeover of P&O Nedlloyd, Toll Holdings has announced a A$4.6 bill...

News1 May 2005

Patrick chief Chris Corrigan has taken the big stick to the Port of Melbourne Corporation (PoMC), warning that the port risked relegation to...

News1 May 2005

Australia’s Bureau of Transport and Regional Economics has produced its latest review of the nation’s waterfront performance. It is clea...

News1 Nov 2004

Although the waterfront reform issue has long since slipped from public gaze in Australia, the Bureau of Transport and Regional Economics (B...

News1 Oct 2004

Thanks to an insatiable appetite for imports, especially from China, and a steady recovery from the droughtinduced slump in exports, Austral...

News1 Sep 2004

Pacific National (PN), the now-dominant Australian rail company jointly owned by Toll and Patrick, is spreading its wings further to give it...

News1 Sep 2004

Wallenius Wilhelmsen Lines (WWL) serves the Australasian market with weekly ro-ro services linking Australia and New Zealand with Europe, So...

News1 Aug 2004

There have again been four respondents to the latest call for expressions of interest in developing a multi-purpose terminal at the Port of ...

News15 Dec 2002

Interest in double trolleys appears to be increasing again, but there are other, less expensive ways to improve cycle times....