Oceania

PrimePort Timaru has been able to save the jobs of ten staff following it being added to the Capricorn schedule of Mediterranean Shipping Company.

A 27-tonne container of avocados fell seven metres onto the ANL Benalla in one of two recent container crane malfunctions at the Port of Tauranga.

Price regulation of essential services in South Australian ports is to continue for another five years to October 2017.

Despite the unsettling effects of a rift with its political masters, the Queensland port of Gladstone has reported a major lift in profitability.

Asciano Patrick has had to impose temporary reduced operational capacity at its Port Botany terminal in October because of employee absenteeism, delays in the arrival of new equipment and bad weather interruptions.

Newly-formed trade union, PortPro, has signed a collective employment agreement with the Ports of Auckland.

There is a loss of jobs at Timaru Primeport due to a lack of national port strategy, according to the Rail and Maritime Transport Union (RMTU).