Oceania – Page 40
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Inland NZ ports agreement encouraged
An operational agreement is essential if rivals Ports of Auckland and the Port of Tauranga are to fully exploit the potential gains of their inland port offerings, said Tapper Transport director Simon Tapper.
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Tasmania consolidates box trade
Tasmania''s container trade is to be largely consolidated into the ports of Bell Bay and Devonport. The State Government wants to expand Bell Bay to handle container traffic presently moving through the Burnie, which would be freed up to concentrate more on bulk trades. The proposal has been forwarded to ...
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NewsPrivate Tauranga terminal plan announced
Transportation and logistics company NZL Group is planning to establish an independent container terminal operation at Port of Tauranga''s Sulphur Point.
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Harbourmaster coverage trimmed
Small South Island bar harbour, Westport, has ceased employing a deputy harbourmaster and dropped its 24-hour harbourmaster cover, citing a lack of port traffic.
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Aussy operation extends automated fleet
Patrick Stevedores has ordered another set of fully automated straddle carriers, bringing the total at the Fisherman Islands terminal in Brisbane to 27 - all of which are being looked after on a Kalmar maintenance contract that has been in place since the operation was in its testing phase.
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Patrick raises landside game
Following a series of criticisms of the stevedoring industry, Australia''s Patrick Terminals claims that it now considers landside operations equally important to its oceanside obligations.
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Auckland revaluation
"Competitive" trading conditions have seen Auckland Regional Holdings drop Ports of Auckland''s book-value from NZ$587.8m (US$323.4m) to NZ$495.7m (US$272.7m). The Auckland Regional Council subsidiary also expects a NZ$24.3m (US$13.4m) dip in the port''s dividend yield over the next three years and NZ$100m (US$55m) drop over 10 years.
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Queensland port potential
A new port will be built if approval is forthcoming for a 30 million-tonnes-a-year coal mine in Queensland''s Galilee Basin. Hancock Prospecting has studied Abbot Point and Dudgeon Point, to the south of Hay Point, as possible locations.
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NewsCentrePort 'forgotten' in regional planning
Newly-appointed CentrePort Wellington chairperson Warren Larson believes the Capital City''s port is being overlooked in regional transport planning initiatives.
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Tauranga attracts grain
South Australia''s ABB Grain recently commenced a new export wheat trade from Port Lincoln to the Port of Tauranga with a 16,000-tonne shipment onboard the Hong Kong-registered Sheng Mu.
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Good return for Lyttelton
Lyttelton Port of Christchurch has returned a comparable 7.3% rise in net after-tax profit to NZ$10.3m (US$5.7m) and 9.2% increase in revenue to NZ$83.4m (US$45.9m) for the 2007-2008 financial year.
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Newcastle contract awarded
An A$105m (US$68m) contract to build the port of Newcastle''s third coal terminal has been awarded to the Thiess company. The contract involves building a terminal of 33m tonnes per year capacity, by the end of next year.
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Cosco moots Australasian port investment
Cosco Group global chairperson and chief executive Captain Wei Jiafu has signalled his organisation may be weighing up investment in the Australasian port sector.
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NewsSouth Island ports talk merger
Port Otago and Lyttelton Port of Christchurch have signed a memorandum of understanding to explore a merger of their respective port operations.
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Five in line for Botany concession
Five stevedoring groups have been invited to tender to operate Port Botany''s third container terminal.
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News'Uncompetitive' stevedores come under fire
The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) has slammed the uncompetitive nature of the country''s stevedoring industry.
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NewsMiners interested in share of coal port
Macarthur Coal has expressed an interest in buying a stake in one of Australia''s largest coal ports, say industry sources.
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NewsPorts of Auckland-Maritime Union strike
Pending strike action at New Zealand''s largest container port, Ports of Auckland, may be averted following late-breaking news mediation has been scheduled with the Maritime Union of New Zealand (MUNZ) on November 26.
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Gladstone gets gassy
The Queensland port of Gladstone is consolidating as Australia''s major port for liquefied natural gas (LNG) shipments. Arrow Energy, LNG Ltd and Shell are planning a 1m tonnes/year LNG export plant at Gladstone''s Fisherman''s Landing. GLNG is also proposing to develop a mid-scale 2.6m tonnes per annum plant
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Port body to service north-east
A dedicated bulk ports corporation is to be set up in Queensland with another body set to administer the far north''s smaller "community" ports.
