Carriers’ Sydney losses grow…
NewsContainer lines have begun to impose congestion surcharges on cargo using Sydney’s Port Botany in a move they say will only go part of the...
Strife continues on Oz waterfront
NewsThe cat-and-mouse game that purports to be Enterprise Bargaining Agreement (EBA) negotiations between Asciano’s Patrick and the Maritime U...
Asciano has big plans for Patrick
NewsDespite the imminent arrival of Hutchison Port Holdings (HPH) as a competitor in Brisbane and Port Botany, Australia’s Asciano Group is fo...
PB3T handed over to HPH
NewsNew South Wales Ports Minister Duncan Gay has handed over the site of Sydney Ports Corporation (SPC)’s A$1B Port Botany Expansion project ...
New cranes for Patrick following Maersk win
NewsPatrick, the ports division of Australia’s Asciano, has ordered five superpost-Panamax ship-to-shore gantries from ZPMC on the back of a f...
Melbourne offers berths
NewsThe Port of Melbourne Corporation (PoMC) is marketing leases on two prime up-river berths for the first time, but has ruled out their use fo...
Oz box terminals in flux
NewsDP World’s sale of 75% of its Australian container terminal business to a Citibankbacked infrastructure fund has reignited speculation abo...
Asciano lagging behind
NewsAsciano has sounded a note of caution after its July-September quarter operating update revealed that both its port and rail businesses were...
Two-way trucking for Fremantle
NewsThe Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) has given its draft approval to a proposal by Fremantle container terminal operato...
Single VBS in Melbourne
NewsBoth container terminal operators at the Port of Melbourne are to move to a single vehicle booking service (VBS), opening the way for a port...
Dock death prompts code call
NewsThe death of a dockworker at Port Botany in late March has prompted waterside workers to increase pressure on the Australian government for ...
Rents push Oz depot fees up
NewsRising port land rentals have forced Australian empty container parks (ECPs) to introduce an infrastructure levy, applicable to every box....
Botany barney continues…
NewsPort Botany container terminals and road transport operators continue to trade accusations over chronic landside congestion that again reare...
…new delay for PB3T
NewsThe long-awaited decision on the operator for Sydney’s third Port Botany container terminal (PB3T) looks likely to be further delayed afte...
Council urges Botany caution
NewsThe Customs Brokers and Forwarders Council of Australia (CBFCA) has warned its members to beware of anybody offering “foolproof and compet...