Oceania

A new A$200m ($165.8m) ship loader will add an extra 10m tonnes to the export coal capacity of Gladstone’ s RG Tanna Coal Terminal. The commissioning follows a 20% increase in capacity…

Northport has appointed qualified Master Mariner Jon Moore as its new chief executive, in light of the pending retirement of Ken Crean in June.

A new subsidiary company, Port Properties, has been created by Port Marlborough to manage its NZ$50m ($36.8m)- valued property assets.The move is a reflection of the volume and scale of the property…

Eastland Port is expecting to report considerable increases in the volume of forestry and squash exported this financial year. Log throughput is expected to rise about 50% to 600,000 JAS tonnes and…

Expansion plans approved by BHP will see Port Hedland reclaim the title of Australias largest port by 2010. The fourth stage of BHPs A$2.3bn ($1.9bn) Rapid Growth Project will boost the ports…

A range of congestion-addressing measures recently employed by the Ports of Auckland have reduced truck queues to less than half an hour at both Axis Fergusson and Axis Bledisloe container terminals.

the port operation itself and quite of lot of undeveloped land and resources,” he said. “ Another encouraging sign is the logging, which had not been performing that well, but is improving…

Removal of a large backlog of empty containers and continued personnel recruitment have significantly improved congestion at the Ports of Auckland.

A global tyre manufacturing shortage is forcing New Zealand container terminal operators to alter ordering patterns and even seek new supply lines to keep their large wharf machinery in operation.

New Zealand port companies who have recently published financial results for the six months to December 31, 2006 include: Northport - NZ$7.5m (US$5.2m) after-tax profit (up 834%) and NZ$9.4m (US$6.5m) (up 217%);…

Mitsui Iron Ore Development is to invest $284m to increase the export capacity for iron ore at Australias Port Walcott, situated at Cape Lambert, rising from 55m tonnes to 80m tonnes a…

DP World has abandoned plans to merge its Australian subsidiary P& O Maritime Services with offshore oil services firm Mermaid Marine Australia. An agreement, which had been reached by both sides in…

The Australian city of Geelong is toundertake a detailed study of theimpact an intermodal terminal wouldhave in enhancing its freight anddistribution networks

Port Waratah Coal Services has asked the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission to approve a revised capacity balancing system for the port of Newcastle.

A two islands, two hubs solution is required to rectify distortions in New Zealands logistical and transport sectors, according to Canterbury Manufacturers Association (CMA) chief executive John Walley. Particularly incensed about the…

A total of seven applications have been received from terminal operators eager to occupy new terminal space at Brisbanes expanding port, Fisherman Islands.

DP World is to partner Kaplan Equity in bidding for various port projects in Australia.This will be done through its two subsidiaries P& O Automotive & General Stevedoring and P& O Trans…