Oceania – Page 31
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Gladstone commits to trainees
Gladstone Port Corporation has taken on a record number of new apprentices and trainees, representing 10% of the port’s workforce. The port has particularly committed to encouraging indigenous youth to apply for traineeships. Year-long traineeships provide on the job experience working in various areas of the port.
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Tauranga consent appeals heard
Appeals to the Port of Tauranga’s resource consent to deepen and widen its harbour shipping channels are currently being heard in the New Zealand Environment Court. Despite endeavours to negotiate, three indigenous groups have maintained their opposition to the development.
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Lyttelton quake rubble re-use stopped
Lyttelton Port of Christchurch (LPC) has been ordered to cease dumping bricks, masonry and concrete from demolished Christchurch buildings into its harbour reclamation.
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NewsQueensland bounces back from disasters
Devastating floods and cyclone damage have failed to dent Queensland’s ever-expanding coal industry.
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NewsEleventh hour truce averts Aussie strike
A potentially-damaging outbreak of industrial disruption on the Australian waterfront has been averted – for the time being – by a truce between stevedore Patrick and the Maritime Union of Australia.
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Newcastle’s ten-strong berth plan
Newcastle Port Corporation is to create ten new berths by dredging 3m cu m of mud, sand and contaminated material from the south arm of the Hunter River.
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Oakajee $4bn development on track
Joint owners Mitsubishi Development and Murchison Metals are on track to begin building the A$4bn (US$4bn) Oakajee Port and Rail project in Western Australia later this year. Construction will continue until the end of 2014 and the first ore shipment from the initial capesize berths will be in early 2015.
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NZ port productivity slammed
New Zealand Business Roundtable executive director Roger Kerr has strongly criticised the productivity of the local port sector.
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Patrick doubles booking fees
Fees charged for the vehicle booking system operated by Patrick Stevedore at Port Botany doubled at the end of March.
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NewsLyttelton back in business
Lyttelton Port of Christchurch (LPC) made a full return to operations in the third week of March, handling its first export shipment of coal and container shipping exchanges since the February 22 earthquake.
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NewsSydney penalises under-achievers
Sydney has flicked the switch on a penalty system for underperforming stevedores and truckers, following a month-long trial.
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NewsLyttelton overcomes second quake setbacks
Lyttelton Port of Christchurch has proved strong in the face of continued adversity, reeling from the second major earthquake in just five months.
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Patrick hit with health and safety fine
Australia''s Patrick Stevedores has been fined A$180,000 (US$182,200) for three counts of retaliatory discrimination against a worker who raised health and safety concerns.
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NZ urged to follow Australia master plan lead
Transport Minister Steven Joyce is being implored to take heed of the inaugural Australian Ports Master Plan by both the New Zealand Shippers'' Council and coastal operator Pacifica Shipping.
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NewsCyclone damage kept to a minmum
Queensland''s ports have survived an onslaught from Cyclone Yasi, one of the most destructive cyclones to hit Australia in decades.
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NewsRelief for Aussie ports as cyclone passes
Australian ports breathed a collective sigh of relief as they managed to escape relatively unscathed from the passing of Cyclone Yasi last month.
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NewsGetting back on track
Dave MacIntyre investigates the long term implications for flood-hit Australia’’s coal export crisis.
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NewsNZ port owners accused of holding back progress
While port rationalisation has long been mooted in New Zealand, the lack of progress in achieving it leads some critics to suggest that the ownership structure of ports – with local and regional authorities holding controlling power – is a hindrance.
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NewsStirred but not shaken
Lyttelton Port of Christchurch (LPC) achieved a remarkable return to operations within mere hours of the 7.1 magnitude earthquake that struck just 40 kilometres to its west at 4.35am on September 4, 2010, writes Iain MacIntyre.
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