Australasia – Page 10
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NewsAdelaide faces dredging plan backlash
Political opposition has mounted to Port Adelaide''s plans to dredge to accommodate larger containerships.
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NewsQube buys Liebherr crane for Bell Bay
Qube Ports has brought a Liebherr mobile harbour crane to improve operating capacity at the Port of Bell Bay in Tasmania, Australia.
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NewsWaging war on charges down under
Spiralling costs have given port users in Australia pause for thought.
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NewsChannel restoration works at Bundaberg
Gladstone Ports Corporation (GPC) is undertaking shipping channel restoration works at the Port of Bundaberg following significant rainfall last year.
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Hauliers frustrated with Auckland queues
Frustration with mounting truck queues at Ports of Auckland (PoAL) has led to National Road Carriers chief executive David Aitken proposing that hauliers need to raise charges to cover lengthy delay costs.
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Australian ports lose investment appeal
An Infrastructure Partnerships Australia (IPA) survey said Australian ports have become less appealing to investors over the last three years.
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Geraldton seeks expansion feedback
The Western Australian Port of Geraldton has gone out for public consultation on its potential expansion for the next 30 years.
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NewsNewcastle chairman: coal puts port at financial risk
The newly-appointed chairman of the Port of Newcastle Board has said that the port''s reliance on coal - which accounts for 90% of its business - as its core cargo puts the facility at financial risk.
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NewsCall for police action on Webb Dock picket
The Australian Logistics Council (ALC) has called for police to enforce the Supreme Court of Victoria’s orders and ensure that legitimate business activities can resume at the Port of Melbourne in Australia. Port operations are being hampered by a union members’ blockade.
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NewsNSW Draft Freight and Ports Plan released
The New South Wales (NSW) Government has released its Draft Freight and Ports Plan which highlights six priority areas.
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NewsKawerau terminal selects ISO as operator
ISO has edged C3 in an “extremely close” contest to be named the preferred operator of an inland container terminal planned in forestry-rich Kawerau, located about 100 kilometres southeast of the Port of Tauranga.
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NewsContainer exit for Taranaki
Port Taranaki has formally withdrawn from the container trade and is to focus energies on the log sector and its existing core businesses of bulk liquids, bulk dry products and supporting the offshore oil and gas sector.
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NewsSydney leapfrogs Melbourne in container ranking
Sydney has overtaken Melbourne as Australia’s biggest container port.
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NewsPush back on DPW Australia levy increases
Arguments over infrastructure fees imposed by stevedores in Australia have intensified following a decision by DP World Australia (DPWA) to increase infrastructure levies at its Brisbane, Sydney and Melbourne container terminals.
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Aurizon in talks to buy Wiggins terminal
Aurizon Holdings (Aurizon) has confirmed that it is in discussions to purchase the Wiggins Island Coal Export Terminal (WICET) in Australia.
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NewsDPW calls for end to Botany strike action
DP World Australia is calling for an end to the industrial action affecting terminal operations at Port Botany.
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NewsICTSI banks on emerging markets
International Container Terminal Services Inc (ICTSI) is building up its emerging market portfolio by acquiring three new operations in Papua New Guinea and the Philippines.
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NewsPOAL focused on 30-year capacity build
Container terminal automation, a deepwater terminal berth and three new cranes will provide Ports of Auckland (POAL) with additional capacity.
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NewsPorts of Auckland move uncertain
The future of a plan to move container operations from Ports of Auckland to Northport is uncertain.
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NewsRegeneration for CentrePort
A NZ$63m provision to “invest in resilience” has been announced by CentrePort Wellington as it continues its recovery from the significant damage suffered in last November’s Kaikoura earthquake.
