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Recent media reports suggest that Israel’s ZIM Integrated Shipping Service and its affiliate Gold Star Line will leave Australia next month, possibly leaving a large gap in trade for Oz ports.

15th January 2014

Shipping carrier quits Australia

15th January 2014

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Lyttelton Port of Christchurch has announced a “reinstatement and development vision” to shareholders at its recent annual meeting.

20th November 2013

Post-quake build announced for Lyttelton

20th November 2013

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New South Wales Government Treasurer Mike Baird has called for expressions of interest from qualified parties wishing to secure a 98-year lease of the Port of Newcastle.

20th November 2013

Long term lease for Newcastle

20th November 2013

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Privatising the Port of Melbourne would help facilitate the development of a container terminal at the Port of Hastings and deliver flow-on benefits, according to Australian Logistics Council chief executive Michael Kilgariff.

20th November 2013

Call to privatise Melbourne

20th November 2013

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Auckland Council has been implored to ensure future infrastructure development is undertaken to maintain Ports of Auckland’s vital role in both the regional and national economy.

21st October 2013

Council implored to back Auckland

21st October 2013

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Ports are being hampered by conflicts between state and Federal environmental laws, Sydney Ports chairman Nicholas Whitlam has told port executives.

21st October 2013

Call to curb conflicting port rules

21st October 2013

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Ports of Auckland and the Maritime Union of New Zealand (MUNZ) have broken a relative period of public civility in their long-standing industrial dispute to trade sharp criticisms.

11th September 2013

Auckland airs its union grievances

11th September 2013

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Ports of Auckland has achieved a comparable 22.8% rise in profit before tax to NZ$44.4m and 5.1% increase in revenue to NZ$186.6m for the 2012-2013 financial year.

11th September 2013

Firm financials favour Kiwi ports

11th September 2013

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The crew of the Egyptian government-owned coal carrier, ‘Wadi Alkram’, which is currently docked in Australia’s Port Kembla, are on strike over poor working conditions.

10th September 2013

Docked trouble at Port Kembla

10th September 2013

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Dampier Port Authority (DPA) is looking to improve north-west Australia logistics with a floating deck trans-shipment system (FDTS).

22nd August 2013

New logistics approach for Oz

22nd August 2013

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CentrePort Wellington has recently been rocked by both a 6.5-magnitude earthquake and being charged under the Health and Safety in Employment Act 1992.

21st August 2013

Quake and charge for CentrePort

21st August 2013

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A 49% float of Ports of Auckland should be pursued in 2017 by the owner, Auckland City Council, according to Carr & Haslam managing director Chris Carr.

21st August 2013

Partial Auckland port sale mooted

21st August 2013

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A new era is set for New Zealand freight following the Port of Tauranga’s NZ$21.6m (US$17.26m) investment in the South Island’s PrimePort Timaru.

13th August 2013

New era for New Zealand

13th August 2013

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Australian transport industry leader Paul Little has come out strongly against the economics of creating a container terminal in Hastings, as opposed to developing a “Bay West” terminal between Point Wilson and…

8th August 2013

Economics dont add up for Hastings hub

8th August 2013

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Ports of Auckland has expressed its frustration at the ongoing industrial dispute with the Maritime Union of New Zealand following recent facilitation meetings between the parties.

23rd July 2013

Auckland negotiations frustration with unions

23rd July 2013

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The Australian Government is hopeful of persuading the World Heritage Commission not to ban port development on the Great Barrier Reef.

11th July 2013

Reef port development still uncertain

11th July 2013

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The New South Wales coal port of Newcastle is the latest Australian port to be put out to tender.

10th July 2013

Newcastle latest to face privatisation

10th July 2013

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Two global unions have put a major Oz coal exporter on notice for its failure to consult the workforce over an alteration to working agreements.

27th June 2013

Oz coal labour dispute

27th June 2013

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New Zealand’s Lyttelton Port of Christchurch (LPC) is set to buy a fourth ship to shore gantry crane to handle the growing container volumes at the port.

14th June 2013

Lyttelton invests in container terminal

14th June 2013

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New Zealand’s Lyttelton Port of Christchurch (LPC) announced it is reviewing the payment of dividends after a breakthrough in a two year earthquake insurance repair claim, said to be “the largest ever…

6th June 2013

Lyttelton insurance claim breakthrough

6th June 2013