Oceania – Page 35
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NewsAustralia could insist on Reef pilotage
It is within Australia’s power to insist that ports apply compulsory pilotage to vessels transiting the Great Barrier Reef without compromising the legitimate rights of innocent passage, a conservation group has said.
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Freight corridor to come under port umbrella
Draft recommendations for Australia’s National Ports Strategy would see ports extending their sphere of influence into inland freight corridors, in order to streamline port interfaces.
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Australia port planning to be simplified
Australian port infrastructure planning is to be streamlined as part of a government initiative to woo more private sector investment in ports.
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NZ ports' future under scrutiny
Lyttelton Port of Christchurch (LPC) chief executive Peter Davie predicts there will only be a handful of international container ports in New Zealand within the next decade, as a second tier of feeder ports develops.
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NewsTrucking penalty system questioned
The recently announced reforms aimed at reducing congestion at Sydney’s Port Botany has had a mixed reaction from the truckers themselves.
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NewsDarwin under pollution microscope
The Port of Darwin is being investigated by the Northern Territory Government following complaints that copper concentrate has been escaping during loading operations at the port.
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Auckland advances online offering
Ports of Auckland has expanded its customer offering by combining its suite of information and cargo management systems into one online product.
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Portland adds bank to secure debt
The Australian port of Portland has brought another bank into its funding portfolio as part of its moves to refinance its senior secured debt facility. The port had an existing relationship with National Australia Bank but has now added ANZ Banking Group to the equation.
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Otago fender tender
New Zealand’s Port of Otago will soon go to tender for a refurbishment of the oil wharf in Dunedin''s upper harbour, which includes an improved fendering system.
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Otago brings forward investment
A 4% increase in annual container throughput has seen Port Otago bring forward plans to invest NZ$2.9m (US$2.1m) on two new Kalmar straddle cranes and tender for a NZ$1m (US$712,000) refurbishment of its oil wharf facilities in Dunedin’s upper harbour.
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NewsConsent denied Port Marlborough
Port Marlborough has had its resource consent application to occupy about 19 hectares of the coastal marine area of Shakespeare Bay declined.
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NewsCoal dust settles, but the point’s been made
Loading operations at Dalrymple Bay and Hay Point coal terminals have returned to closer to normal conditions after being hit by Cyclone Ului three weeks ago - although operations at Hay Point are still significantly restricted.
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NewsAccess dispute threatens port and rail investment
The lengthy legal battle between Australia’s commodity majors over third party access to infrastructure continues to rumble on.
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NewsCapacity crunch
Australia’s west coast iron ore ports are suffering from the sort of congestion normally associated with the nation''s east coast coal ports, reports Michael King
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NewsMelbourne quick win from deepening project
The Port of Melbourne is already gaining the commercial benefit of its controversial channel-deepening programme.
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Hamilton inland port
An independent inland port and commercial hub operation serving the Auckland, Bay of Plenty and Waikato “golden triangle” has been proposed by Tainui Group Holdings.
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Queensland rebranding
Australia’s Far North Queensland Ports Corporation is rebranding itself as Ports North.
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Enhanced import container standard
Relevant documentation for containers imported to New Zealand will now have to be submitted 12 hours before a vessel’s estimated arrival and six-sided inspections (as opposed to four-sided) may be undertaken if quarantine declaration requirements have not been met.
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Reduced LPC profit
A comparable 35% reduction in interim profit to NZ$3.7m (US$2.6m) and a “mixed” Northern Hemisphere trade outlook despite positive Asian volume, has seen Lyttelton Port of Christchurch (LPC) reduce its full-year profit prediction by up to 10% to NZ$9m (US$6.3m).
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Union reacts to Auckland outsourcing
An announcement that Ports of Auckland is investigating outsourcing parts of its stevedoring operation to third-party contractors has drawn a “not this century” response from a stopwork meeting of about 150 Maritime Union of New Zealand (MUNZ) members.
