FREMANTLE: NEXT TO TAKE ON BOX DUOPOLY?

The first breach in Australias stevedoring market duopoly of P& O Ports and Patrick for several years could take place in the countrys far west. Fremantle Ports (FP) has quietly set off to develop a third container terminal operation, bringing the first potential newcomer in any Australia box port since CSX World Terminals sold its Brisbane facility to Patrick in 2001.