Oceania

The Australian Foreign Investment Review Board has approved Brookfield Asset Managements part acquisition of Dalrymple Bay Coal Terminal from ports investor Babcock & Brown Infrastructure.

Port Hedland is set to gain more Cavotec MSL technology next year, for iron ore shiploaders.

Australian port investor Asciano has reported success with its capital-raising programme but remains cautious on the prospects of full economic recovery.

Australian port investor Asciano has delayed the roll out of its advanced AutoStrad automatic container straddle carrier positioning technology.

Brisbane has raised wharfage and harbour charges by 6% across the board, the first time in 27 years it has raised its fees. The increase reflects the cost of infrastructural investment and…

Australian ports investor Asciano is looking to the market to raise A$2bn (US$1.6bn) in order to reduce a debt burden estimated at A$4.9bn (US$3.9bn). The company examined a range of sale and…

Offers for Babcock & Brown Infrastructures (BBI) Dalrymple Bay Coal Terminal asset are expected to close in July, following a due diligence process with several parties. BBI is also currently in talks…

Babcock and Brown Infrastructure has contracted Macquarie Capital Advisers to advise on the process of selling part or all of Dalrymple Bay Coal Terminal. Offers from minority to full ownership will be…

The former chief executive of Australian stevedore Patrick, Chris Corrigan, has described the level of debt carried by the stevedores new owner, Asciano, as insane at the time of the takeover.

The third trial of the New South Wales Governments Port Botany reform, which will introduce peak pricing for the first time, will start mid-June. In it, Sydney Ports Corporation will examine the…

Dalrymple Bay Coal Terminal (DBCT) owner Babcock & Brown Infrastructure (BBI) has drawn up a shortlist for a selling a stake in the terminal.

Small South Island bar harbour, Westport, has ceased employing a deputy harbourmaster and dropped its 24-hour harbourmaster cover, citing a lack of port traffic.

Aftersuccessful implementation at the Axis Fergusson Container Terminal,Ports of Aucklands vehicle booking system is now being introduced toAxis Bledisloe.

The Australian Federal Government is to commission two studies, worth A$3.2m ($28.1m), into the port of Darwins potential for expansion. One study will look at deepening the port, while the other will…

Long-serving Lyttelton Port of Christchurch watersider Martin Sincock (55) was recently killed when a line snapped on the coal ship Devprayag while it was being moored at Cashin Quay.