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Three's no crowd for Victoria
04 Dec 2007
The Victorian Government must work towards allowing a third container stevedore to operate in the state, according to the Essential Services Commission draft Review of Port Planning.
The commission has recommended that increased throughput would support a third stevedore by 2015 and competition benefits would result.
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times for developing a new container terminal are around six years, and
the commission's capacity analysis suggests planning for developing new
stevedoring facilities should start about 2008/09, as additional
terminal capacity may be needed around 2014/15.
