Melbourne EES out

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The environmental effects study (EES) into the proposed deepening of Melbourne’s shipping channels in Port Phillip Bay and the River Yarra...

PN pulls Botany plug…

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In a move for which there has been no real public explanation, Toll/Patrick rail joint venture Pacific National (PN) announced last month th...

CSX nails Adelaide rumours

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Australian industry watchers have been mystified by a decision by CSX World Terminals (CSXWT) to issue a denial that it was planning to quit...

X-ray for Adelaide

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Australia’s fifth container X-ray facility will be built in Adelaide following the signing of an agreement between the Australian Customs ...

Tas port merger?

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The Tasmanian Government has ordered a complete review of the state’s four main ports - Hobart, Launceston/Bell Bay, Burnie and Devonport ...

ACCC green light for PN/FA deal

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The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) has cleared Pacific National (PN)’s takeover of Freight Australia (FA) but an in...

MSC in Oz box terminal tilt

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Mediterranean Shipping Co (MSC) has sent waves across the Australian waterfront after taking the first steps to set up a network of its own ...

Vic Dock deal irks P&OP/Patrick

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The Westgate Ports consortium and the Port of Melbourne Corporation (PoMC) have reached formal agreement on the development of the Victoria ...

P&OP’s Melbourne blend

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Consolidation of Melbourne’s container and rail facilities has taken a further step with approval by the Victorian Government for the inte...

ABG bags Morris port crane rights

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Through its wholly-owned subsidiary company in the UK, India-based ABG Group has acquired from the Morris receiver all the designs, drawings...

New plan for Botany

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An alternative plan by P&O Ports (P&OP) for the expansion of Port Botany container terminals has thrown the current review process into turm...

Patrick gear starts to flow

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Patrick has begun to take delivery of what is expected to be a steady flow of new equipment for its major Australian terminals with the arri...

QR fills FA need

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Queensland Rail (QR) has moved to seize customers unhappy with the Pacific National (PN) takeover of Freight Australia (see WorldCargo News ...

Botany bulging at the seams

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Sydney is paving the way for another annual container trade record with its ports achieving a year-to-date throughput of I mill TEU by mid A...

Swanson rethink urged…

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Peak shipowner body Shipping Australia Ltd (SAL) has called for a major rethink of the Port of Melbourne Corporation (POMC)’s plans to ext...

PN moves in for FA

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After earlier walking away from a deal to buy RailAmerica-owned Freight Australia (FA), Patrick/Toll joint venture Pacific National (PN) ret...

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