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Queensland let off lightly by review
01 Jun 2008
Queensland ports have been given a general “pass” mark for their competitive performance by a state government review into port competition and regulation.
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Safety crackdown for Australian stevedores
14 May 2008
Australia is to enforce a national health and safety code for stevedoring after a series of accidents in ports over the past 18 months.
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Call for Australian state investment
20 Jun 2008
Australia business leaders have called for state and federal governments to invest in ports and distribution hubs.
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Return of Newcastle capacity system
13 Jun 2008
The capacity balancing system (CBS) designed to limit vessel arrivals has been re-approved for the port of Newcastle until the end of the year.
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Timaru future in doubt
21 Jun 2008
Rail and Maritime Transport Union Timaru branch president Peter Clemens has expressed his 80 members’ concern over PrimePort Timaru’s future following three major customers recently announcing service reductions.
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CCHL shareholding increase
14 Jun 2008
Christchurch City Holdings has marginally increased its shareholding in Lyttelton Port of Christchurch from 75.01% to 75.08%. The investment arm of the Christchurch City Council has previously been blocked in an attempt to build a port business joint venture with Hong Kong’s Hutchison Port Holdings.
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Auckland port finances attacked
10 Jun 2008
Shipping industry figures are querying Ports of Auckland’s ability to fund a future port development plan or even a forecast NZ$15m (US$11.6m) dividend payment for the current financial year.
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Otago transhipment growth
21 Jun 2008
Maersk Line’s 4,100-teu ships have made a notable contribution to the transhipping-based 25% increase in container throughput to 89,000 teu achieved by Port Otago during the six months to December 31, 2007.
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Dispute delays Northport development
18 Jun 2008
An already decade-long wrangle over legal title of the 32 hectares of seabed covered by Northport is halting plans for a new NZ$40m (US$31m) berth.
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