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Gladstone Port Corporation has taken on a record number of new apprentices and trainees, representing 10% of the port’s workforce. The port has particularly committed to encouraging indigenous youth to apply for…

25th April 2011

Gladstone commits to trainees

25th April 2011

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Lyttelton Port of Christchurch (LPC) has been ordered to cease dumping bricks, masonry and concrete from demolished Christchurch buildings into its harbour reclamation.

21st April 2011

Lyttelton quake rubble re-use stopped

21st April 2011

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Devastating floods and cyclone damage have failed to dent Queensland’s ever-expanding coal industry.

20th April 2011

Queensland bounces back from disasters

20th April 2011

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A potentially-damaging outbreak of industrial disruption on the Australian waterfront has been averted – for the time being – by a truce between stevedore Patrick and the Maritime Union of Australia.

13th April 2011

Eleventh hour truce averts Aussie strike

13th April 2011

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Newcastle Port Corporation is to create ten new berths by dredging 3m cu m of mud, sand and contaminated material from the south arm of the Hunter River.

3rd April 2011

Newcastle’s ten-strong berth plan

3rd April 2011

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Joint owners Mitsubishi Development and Murchison Metals are on track to begin building the A$4bn (US$4bn) Oakajee Port and Rail project in Western Australia later this year. Construction will continue until the…

2nd April 2011

Oakajee $4bn development on track

2nd April 2011

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New Zealand Business Roundtable executive director Roger Kerr has strongly criticised the productivity of the local port sector.

29th March 2011

NZ port productivity slammed

29th March 2011

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Fees charged for the vehicle booking system operated by Patrick Stevedore at Port Botany doubled at the end of March.

25th March 2011

Patrick doubles booking fees

25th March 2011

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Lyttelton Port of Christchurch (LPC) made a full return to operations in the third week of March, handling its first export shipment of coal and container shipping exchanges since the February 22…

24th March 2011

Lyttelton back in business

24th March 2011

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Lyttelton Port of Christchurch has proved strong in the face of continued adversity, reeling from the second major earthquake in just five months.

24th February 2011

Lyttelton overcomes second quake setbacks

24th February 2011

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Australias Patrick Stevedores has been fined A$180,000 (US$182,200) for three counts of retaliatory discrimination against a worker who raised health and safety concerns.

24th February 2011

Patrick hit with health and safety fine

24th February 2011

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Transport Minister Steven Joyce is being implored to take heed of the inaugural Australian Ports Master Plan by both the New Zealand Shippers Council and coastal operator Pacifica Shipping.

22nd February 2011

NZ urged to follow Australia master plan lead

22nd February 2011

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Australian ports breathed a collective sigh of relief as they managed to escape relatively unscathed from the passing of Cyclone Yasi last month.

3rd February 2011

Relief for Aussie ports as cyclone passes

3rd February 2011

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Dave MacIntyre investigates the long term implications for flood-hit Australia’’s coal export crisis.

3rd February 2011

Getting back on track

3rd February 2011

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While port rationalisation has long been mooted in New Zealand, the lack of progress in achieving it leads some critics to suggest that the ownership structure of ports – with local and…

2nd February 2011

NZ port owners accused of holding back progress

2nd February 2011

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State governments are pushing the long-term view of Australian ports.

31st January 2011

The long view

31st January 2011

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A dispute between the International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF) and Ports of Auckland which flared late last year appears to have now been resolved.

31st January 2011

ITF dispute negotiated

31st January 2011

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Ports of Auckland will this year complete a NZ$8m (US$6.2m) berth deepening and lengthening project to accommodate the next-generation of containership callers. The port expects the regular 4,100 teu callers to be…

29th January 2011

Next generation Auckland investment

29th January 2011

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Tenders are being reviewed by North Queensland Bulk Ports for the first phase of a proposed multi cargo facility to be sited west of the existing Abbot Point Coal Terminal.

24th January 2011

Queensland tender released

24th January 2011

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The Port of Brisbane remained closed to shipping today as flood waters brought Australia’s Queensland State to a virtual standstill.

12th January 2011

Floods force Brisbane port closure

12th January 2011