No 10 for Brisbane

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The Queensland Government has formalised approval for the Port of Brisbane Corporation (PBC) to develop Berth 10 at Fisherman Islands at a t...

Shock decision for PBT3

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Port Botany’s third container terminal is to be a 51 hectare, fourberth development to the west of and at right angles to Patrick’s faci...

Patrick’s plans for robots

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Patrick Stevedores’ plans to roll out automated straddle carriers across its three main Australian container terminals have become clearer...

Inland rail study – again

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The latest Australian Federal Government study into an inland rail link between Melbourne and Brisbane appears to signal a new determination...

Partners at war over PN

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Despite low key beginnings, the fight between 50:50 partners Toll Holdings and Patrick Corporation over joint venture rail company Pacific N...

Early axe for Glebe Island

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In a decision that has shocked the shipping and automotive industries, the New South Wales government will close Sydney’s Glebe Island car...

Tzaneros back in box biz?

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According to well-sourced local rumours - though they are unconfirmed by the parties involved - former Australian container park operator Te...

Hedland moves ahead

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A new common user berth - NoTwo Berth - completed at a cost of A$10 mill, has officially opened for business at Port Hedland in Western Aust...

…Newcastle gets nod

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The New South Wales government has approved a dredging and remediation project at Newcastle, involving the dredging, excavation, reuse and d...

A bitter battle waged down under…

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The bid by Australia’s largest transport and logistics group, Toll Holdings, for the country’s number two, Patrick Corporation (see Worl...

Sydney up but Freo trade flat

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Sydney has again rewritten it container volume record books with 2004-05 figures reaching 1,375,000 TEU, an 8.3 per cent increase over last ...

More delay for PB3T…

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Already delayed by a protracted, and at times bitter, public inquiry process (see WorldCargo News March 2005, p9), Port Botany’s third con...

…as MSC confirms Patrick joint venture

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The potential split between Patrick and its largest customer, Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC), has been avoided with MSC confirming tha...

Melbourne dredging trial under way

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A nine-week trial dredging programme for the Port of Melbourne’s shipping channels has started after a last minute bid to halt it by oppon...

Green light for Ingleburn

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Just as Planning and Infrastructure Minister Craig Knowles was stepping down (see page 5), the New South Wales Land and Environment Court ov...

AAT takes over Toll car terminal

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Toll Holdings has sold the lease of its mostly-unused Webb Dock West vehicle terminal in Melbourne to Australian Amalgamated Terminals (AAT)...

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