Oceania

PrimePort Timaru recently made 24 workers redundant and re-employed them on part-time contracts in response to major shipper Fonterras port-use revamp reducing its annual container throughput from 61,000 to 37,000 teu.

An unchanged underlying profit before tax of NZ$11.4m (US$8.5m) and comparable 4% increase in revenue to NZ$55.1m (US$41.2m) for the 2008-2009 financial year was recorded by CentrePort Wellington.

An asset-sale, reduction to skeleton three-person staff and returning of governance to the Grey District Council are among measures being pursued for the debt-ridden Port of Greymouth.

Representatives of workers, business and local Government have established a Timaru Port Network to advocate for the port and users interests, following Fonterra switching the majority of its local Clandeboye dairy exports…

A report on the consequences of a merger between the South Islands two largest ports is to be delivered by Auckland consultancy Antipodes in October.

The Australian state of Victoria has launched a new state port plan which merges the Melbourne and Hastings port authorities and outlines future developments for Hastings and Geelong.