Oceania

The Australian Maritime Safety Authority has issued its final decision on rules for ports and shippers regarding container weighing protocols.

Infrastructure investments are being planned for the Port of Darwin that will expand its reefer, general cargo and cruise ship capability.

Despite a downturn in Chinese demand, Australia’s Port Hedland and Port of Dampier have posted year-on-year growth in throughput for the first quarter of the year.

The worsening industrial situation at Australia’s ports has prompted the Australian Logistics Council (ALC) to call on maritime union leaders to “get real” and abandon their “excessive and unsustainable wage and condition…

As Australia continues to see increasing moves towards port privatisation, the head of its competition watchdog has warned against making short-term gains at the expense of long-term benefits for the community.

Brookfield Infrastructure Group has moved to acquire ports operator Asciano in Australia. Asciano formally confirmed at the end of June it had received a non-binding bid to acquire 100% of its shares…

Lyttelton Port of Christchurch (LPC) has delivered a comparable 1.3% increase in earnings before interest, taxation, depreciation and amortization to NZ$15.9m for the six months to December 31, 2014 (an after-tax figure…