Oceania

A slowdown of the local economy has seen average recent financial returns slide from New Zealands three largest cargo-trading ports.  

Rumours Maersk Line will reduce its New Zealand port calls from nine to five, including a primary port in each island, has got the entire local shipping industry on tenterhooks.

The Western Australian port of Fremantle is to undertake a three-phase container terminal development.The initial phase will cost an estimated ¢ 1bn and allow up to 2m teu to be handled at…

The state of bulk ports in South Australia has copped criticism from a Perth mining company, which says the " poor standard" of ports has prevented a proposed major iron/copper/gold mining operation…

Although not in the overheated state of a couple of years ago, AsiaAustralia trades appear to be bouncing back from a lull in the first half of 2006.

Container depot operator Specialised Container Services (SCS) has taken over the management of the south Auckland-based container yard MetroBox.