Oceania – Page 22
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NewsNew logistics approach for Oz
Dampier Port Authority (DPA) is looking to improve north-west Australia logistics with a floating deck trans-shipment system (FDTS).
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Quake and charge for CentrePort
CentrePort Wellington has recently been rocked by both a 6.5-magnitude earthquake and being charged under the Health and Safety in Employment Act 1992.
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NewsPartial Auckland port sale mooted
A 49% float of Ports of Auckland should be pursued in 2017 by the owner, Auckland City Council, according to Carr & Haslam managing director Chris Carr.
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NewsNew era for New Zealand
A new era is set for New Zealand freight following the Port of Tauranga’s NZ$21.6m (US$17.26m) investment in the South Island’s PrimePort Timaru.
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NewsEconomics don't add up for Hastings hub
Australian transport industry leader Paul Little has come out strongly against the economics of creating a container terminal in Hastings, as opposed to developing a “Bay West” terminal between Point Wilson and Little River.
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Tauranga co-governance initiative welcomed
Port of Tauranga chief executive Mark Cairns says his port is comfortable with the co-governance framework for the harbour and catchment being drawn up between the Tauranga Moana Iwi Collective, local authorities and the Crown.
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Auckland negotiations frustration with unions
Ports of Auckland has expressed its frustration at the ongoing industrial dispute with the Maritime Union of New Zealand following recent facilitation meetings between the parties.
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Reef port development still uncertain
The Australian Government is hopeful of persuading the World Heritage Commission not to ban port development on the Great Barrier Reef.
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Newcastle latest to face privatisation
The New South Wales coal port of Newcastle is the latest Australian port to be put out to tender.
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NewsOz coal labour dispute
Two global unions have put a major Oz coal exporter on notice for its failure to consult the workforce over an alteration to working agreements.
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NewsLyttelton invests in container terminal
New Zealand’s Lyttelton Port of Christchurch (LPC) is set to buy a fourth ship to shore gantry crane to handle the growing container volumes at the port.
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NewsLyttelton insurance claim breakthrough
New Zealand’s Lyttelton Port of Christchurch (LPC) announced it is reviewing the payment of dividends after a breakthrough in a two year earthquake insurance repair claim, said to be “the largest ever in Australasian history”.
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NewsInterest sought for new Oz terminal
The Australian Goverment is calling for interested parties to come forward with a view to developing and operating the Moorebank Intermodal Terminal in Sydney – being called Australia’s major rail freight solution of the future.
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NewsICTSI shortlisted for Melbourne
On top of the bid war for Melbourne’s new car terminal reported by Port Strategy last month, there is also the bid war for the build and operation of the city’s third international container terminal at Webb Dock.
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NewsUnion targets DP World drugs policy
The Australian maritime union has been cleared to mount a legal challenge to the drugs and alcohol policy of stevedore DP World after winning an employment case. The pathway has been cleared by the Maritime Union of Australia’s (MUA) case before the Fair Work Commission.
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NewsMUNZ withdraws Auckland injuction
Maritime Union of New Zealand (MUNZ) this week withdrew its objection to the lifting of an interim injunction which has restricted the Ports of Auckland’s ability to hire and train staff over the past 14 months.
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NewsAuckland hopeful as facilitation looms
Ports of Auckland (POAL) says it’s hopeful that a resolution will finally be reached over the longstanding employment dispute with the Maritime Union of New Zealand (MUNZ) during facilitation next month.
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NewsAutomation through negotiation, say unions
About 160 representatives of 11 maritime unions from ten countries were this week told that future automation in the global port scene would come through negotiation and not imposition.
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NewsBid war for new Melbourne car terminal
The Port of Melbourne has announced that Hutchison Port Holdings (HPH), Wallenius Wilhelmson Logistics (WWL) and Australian Amalgamated Terminals (AAT) have all been shortlisted as bidders to operate the new car terminal at Webb Dock.
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NewsDP World sues Australian unions
Industrial action taken at Sydney’s Port Botany in December last year has led to legal action being initiated by stevedore DP World against the Maritime Union of Australia (MUA) and two of its senior officials.
