Oceania

Development of the Port of Tauranga and Lyttelton Port of Christchurch (LPC) as the sole 7000-teu vessel-capable ports in New Zealand could deliver a NZ$338m (US$244m) per year benefit to the country’s…

New Zealand Institute of Economic Research (NZIER) senior fellow Brent Layton has challenged the prevalence of local authority ownership in the local port scene and effectively accused two of the country’s leading…

New South Wales has a new Minister for Ports and Waterways. Eric Roozendaal has been chosen by Premier Kristina Keneally and will also remain as Treasurer. Mr Roozendaal had six months in…

Finance has been secured for an A$900m (US$807m) expansion at Newcastle, the world’s largest coal export port, with export capacity at the New South Wales port planned to reach 180m tonnes per…

Lyttelton Port of Christchurch (LPC) has acquired 7.3 hectares of industrial land adjacent to its inland port operation, CityDepot.

New Zealand’s port companies are lobbying to repeal part of the 2004 Foreshore and Seabed Act and once again be granted a fee simple title on new land created as a result…

For the second year running Port Botany’s Container Terminal Expansion has been given the tick of approval from an audit looking at environmental and planning impacts.

New Zealand infrastructure investor Infratil has announced it is interested in adding its name to the bidding groups for the 99-year lease over Port of Brisbane being offered by the Queensland government.