Coastal operators fight on

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The Australian Government’s Parliamentary Inquiry into Coastal Shipping Policy and Regulation is due to report back this month (October) a...

Melbourne CDP 40% complete

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Melbourne’s A$1B channel deepening project (CDP) officially reached the 40% completion mark at the beginning of October when dredging at t...

Oz ports coping with rising box volumes

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Growth in traffic through Australia’s five main ports may not be generating the kind of headline-grabbing figures seen in some parts of th...

WA election surprise revives James Point

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The unexpected defeat of Western Australia’s Labour Government in last month’s state elections has flagged the demise of container handl...

Port Botany put on notice

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The New South Wales Government has effectively told the Port Botany container logistics chain to improve its performance or face a variety o...

HPH lobbies for PB3T

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New South Wales Ports and Infrastructure Minister Joe Tripodi has revealed at a budget estimates hearing that he has been directly lobbied b...

Melbourne overflowing with boxes

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Australia’s largest container port handled a daily average of more than 6,600 containers in August to set a new national monthly volume re...

Queensland bulks up port corps

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The Queensland government is to transfer administration of most of the state’s major bulk ports out of Brisbaneheadquartered Ports Corp of...

Hobart zinc rethink

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The Tasmanian port of Hobart may be the winner if a review by Belgian zinc refiner Nyrstar leads to consolidation of its Australian operatio...

Freo looks set to lose out

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Fremantle will lose container, vehicle and general cargo trades from its Inner Harbour if the newly elected Liberal/National government impl...

Lead weighs heavily on Esperance

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Western Australian environmental authorities have conditionally renewed Esperance’s bulk exports licence but warned that upgrades to port ...

2009 start for third Newcastle attempt

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A third attempt to redevelop the former BHP Steelworks site at Newcastle, New South Wales, will get underway late next year after the NSW go...

Auckland serious on Tauranga bid

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Notwithstanding undisguised scepticism in port and commercial circles, Ports of Auckland Ltd (POAL) is pursuing its plan to buy out rival Ta...

ARTC access undertaking

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The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) has accepted the Australian Rail Track Corporation (ARTC)’s interstate access un...

Oz expansion works get underway

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Dredging and construction resources in Australia are stretched as unprecedented levels of expansion activity ramp up at container and bulk p...

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