Oceania

The port of Fremantle, in conjunction with the newly established Fremantle Ports Optimum Planning Group, has committed to a strategic planning programme to establish a solution to a long term capacity squeeze…

The port of Townsville is to get an A$50m (US$37.7m) injection from the Federal Government to improve navy infrastructure. The funding will be used to upgrade unloading facilities for new naval heavy…

Ports Australia executive director David Anderson has called for Australias three levels of government to co-ordinate their investment in regional ports and the supporting supply chains.

The Australian Federal Government has allocated A$339m (US254m) over the next four years towards the development of common user facilities at the deepwater port at Oakajee. Western Australian Premier Colin Barnett has…

DP World has become the first Australian terminal operator to gain the international standard ISO 28000:2007 certification in supply chain security management at all of its Australian container terminals. The certification covers…

Chinese investment is being sought to boost the development of Port Kembla in New South Wales. Ports Minister Joe Tripodi announced the establishment of an economic development committee to attract Chinese investment…

Fremantle Ports has seen container volumes drop 13% from a year ago due to the global economic downturn. Figures for year reflect the impact of the worldwide financial situation on the Western…

Almost one in 10 containers inspected for bio-security contamination in New Zealand currently fail the test. An additional $50 an hour inspection charge is to be levied to finance more rigorous checks,…

Softening cargo volumes have seen Ports of Auckland reduce road deliveries and delivery times at its Bledisloe and Fergusson container terminals.

Ports of Aucklands lawyers are seeking leave to appeal a recent Court of Appeal decision to the Supreme Court.

Ports of Auckland set a new single-months throughput record of 59,585 containers during December - 2% higher than the previous best of 58,484 set in March 2007 and about 13% higher than…

Patrick Stevedores has ordered another set of fully automated straddle carriers, bringing the total at the Fisherman Islands terminal in Brisbane to 27 - all of which are being looked after on…

Following a series of criticisms of the stevedoring industry, Australias Patrick Terminals claims that it now considers landside operations equally important to its oceanside obligations.

Competitive trading conditions have seen Auckland Regional Holdings drop Ports of Aucklands book-value from NZ$587.8m (US$323.4m) to NZ$495.7m (US$272.7m). The Auckland Regional Council subsidiary also expects a NZ$24.3m (US$13.4m) dip in the…