Forwarders/truckers seek changes to fees payable at Port Botany
NewsThe International Forwarders and Customs Brokers Association of Australia and Road Freight NSW – collectively referred to as ‘I+R’ –...
Botany deal
NewsThe Port Botany rail line in Sydney will be duplicated between the port and Mascot, the Australia’s federal government has announced....
DP World Australia calls on unions to end industrial action
NewsWith a fifth work stoppage by pilot vessel operators looming, DP World Australia calls for an end to industrial actions affecting Port Botan...
Port Botany’s remarkable transition
NewsEarlier in the year, Patrick closed its straddle carrier terminal at Port Botany for four days and then re-opened the facility as an automat...
Asciano to take AutoStrads global?
NewsAustralian port operator looking to leverage automation to attract a partner and take its AutoStrad concept beyond Australia...
Fremantle joins sales list
NewsThe Western Australian government has decided to privatise the entire port of Fremantle, after failing to entice buyers for the port’s Kwi...
Patrick automates Botany terminal
NewsAustralia’s Patrick has completed the conversion of its Port Botany terminal to an automated straddle carrier operation....
Oz ports face new era of change
NewsDespite extensive comments about Australia’s ports sector, a review of national competition policy barely scratches the surface of an indu...
Melbourne loses out to Sydney
NewsIncreased charges at the port of Melbourne are starting to take their toll, with a major shipper and its logistics provider shifting busines...
Hutchison opens up at Botany
NewsHutchison Ports Australia has officially opened its Port Botany terminal, Sydney International Container Terminal (SICTL), which will add an...
Kembla boosts expansion plans
NewsNSW Ports, the consortium that took over a 99-year lease of Port Botany and Port Kembla last May, has considerably upsized its planned Stage...
Port Botany auto plans
NewsBrendan McDonnell, general manager, technology and engineering, at Patrick Terminals and Logistics, provided more information on Patrick’s...
More funding for Botany rail…
NewsThe Australian Government has injected more funds into the upgrading of Port Botany’s rail link amidst suggestions that it will never be c...
Strad damage to hold up Botany revamp?
NewsAsciano’s ports and terminals subsidiary, Patrick, says the transition of its Port Botany container facility to semi-automation will be po...
Oz port sales gather speed
NewsRecord prices achieved in 2013 for the sales of long-term leases of Port Botany/Port Kembla and a major share in the port of Brisbane (see b...