Oceania

New Zealand Importers’ Institute secretary Daniel Silva has labelled the new Kotahi logistics partnership a “collusion” against shipping companies and ports.

Former Pacifica chief executive Rod Grout believes developing a major North Island hub port would reduce the risk of another Rena grounding disaster.

Asciano, the parent company of Patrick Stevedore, has told investors that the company has recovered some of the market share it lost 18 months ago.

As Lyttelton Port of Christchurch (LPC) processes what is due to be the largest single corporate insurance claim in the Southern Hemisphere, other local ports are also feeling the ramifications of the…

A committed protest campaign is being promised by the Maritime Union of New Zealand (MUNZ) and the Rail and Maritime Transport Union (RMTU) in light of Port Otago seeking up to a…

Plans to raise significant capital have been put on hold by Cavotec partially due to the NASDAQ OMX Stockholm-listing firm having a “very strong balance sheet” and recently signing a €80m ($110m)…

Mitsubishi Corporation and Murchison Metals Ltd are being forced to rethink plans for their $6.11bn Oakajee iron ore infrastructure development project in Western Australia until more financing can be secured.

The parent company of Patrick stevedoring company, Asciano, has reported a net profit after tax of A$145.2m (US$153.8m) for the 2010-11 financial year, but blamed “significant industrial relations activity” in the ports…

Tauranga resident, Walter Daniel Crosa, was tragically killed in an accident at the port on August 15.

New Zealand Stock Exchange-listed Cavotec MSL aims to raise significant capital in tandem with its October transfer to the NASDAQ OMX Stockholm Exchange.

Grain exports shipped through South Australian ports have attained record levels, according to agribusiness Viterra. A total of nearly seven million tonnes of grain has been exported from the state by 14…

The port of Portland is critical for economic growth in the so-called “Green Triangle” of south-east South Australia and south-west Victoria, Regional Development Australia says.

Cavotec MSL is to delist from the New Zealand Stock Exchange (NZX) in February and relist with the Nasdaq OMX Stockholm.

The Victorian state government has said that the entry of a third major stevedore in the state is not conditional on the development of the Port of Hastings.

Submissions are being sought to an analysis of local government ownership of the nation’s ports being conducted by the New Zealand Productivity Commission.

Rio Tinto is accelerating its iron ore expansion programme in the Pilbara region of Western Australia with US$676m of funding for early works and procurement.

Investors are being given the chance to share in Queensland’s coal bonanza.