Oceania – Page 29
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Man killed at Tauranga
Tauranga resident, Walter Daniel Crosa, was tragically killed in an accident at the port on August 15.
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Wanganui port bids shortlisted
Wanganui District Council has conducted interviews with the shortlisted four of eight applicants interested in operating its Wanganui port. The applicants are to now report back on a business planning exercise aimed at identifying the potential and cost of restoring a commercial port operation.
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Cavotec pairs listing with capital boost
New Zealand Stock Exchange-listed Cavotec MSL aims to raise significant capital in tandem with its October transfer to the NASDAQ OMX Stockholm Exchange.
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NewsNSW dangles Botany terminal lease carrot
The New South Wales Government is considering refinancing state-owned assets at Port Botany by offering private investors a 99-year lease on Sydney’s box port. The government has announced a “scoping study” to investigate the lease proposal.
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Record Southern grain exports
Grain exports shipped through South Australian ports have attained record levels, according to agribusiness Viterra. A total of nearly seven million tonnes of grain has been exported from the state by 14 exporters since October last year.
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Portland ‘critical’ for southern success
The port of Portland is critical for economic growth in the so-called “Green Triangle” of south-east South Australia and south-west Victoria, Regional Development Australia says.
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NewsHPH secures inland Sydney logistics hub
Hutchison Port Holdings (HPH) has been appointed operator of the Enfield Intermodal Logistics Centre, located 18 kilometres from Port Botany.
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Cavotec plans Sweden relist
Cavotec MSL is to delist from the New Zealand Stock Exchange (NZX) in February and relist with the Nasdaq OMX Stockholm.
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Third Melbourne stevedore not ruled out
The Victorian state government has said that the entry of a third major stevedore in the state is not conditional on the development of the Port of Hastings.
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NZ port ownership scrutinised
Submissions are being sought to an analysis of local government ownership of the nation’s ports being conducted by the New Zealand Productivity Commission.
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Tauranga merger talk dampened
Port of Tauranga chief executive Mark Cairns has advised his company has had no recent approach from Ports of Auckland or its shareholder, the Auckland Council, on the possibility of merging.
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Pilbara's early expansion
Rio Tinto is accelerating its iron ore expansion programme in the Pilbara region of Western Australia with US$676m of funding for early works and procurement.
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Queensland coal haul offered to investors
Investors are being given the chance to share in Queensland’s coal bonanza.
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NewsNew South Wales privatisation rumours quashed
Australia''s New South Wales state government has announced it has no plans to privatise NSW ports in the short or medium term.
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NewsLyttelton pressured by tough insurance sector
Compounding disruption caused by a succession of earthquakes, Lyttelton Port of Christchurch has confirmed that is having “significant difficulty” in securing natural disaster insurance cover in the current environment.
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NewsRise and rise of Queensland’s coal
The first shipload of coal leaving the expanded Abbot Point Coal Terminal 1 (APT1) was closely followed by Vale throwing its hat into the ring after one of the new terminals to be built at the port.
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NewsPowerful aftershocks hinder Lyttelton recovery
New Zealand’s Lyttelton Port is once again dealing with the aftermath of earthquake damage to its facilities – for the third time in nine months.
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NewsMAF green-lights Lotus unti
A revolutionary external sea container wash machine developed by Auckland-based Lotus Wash Systems has received official certification from MAFBNZ.
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Council quashes Tarakohe proposal
A marine farming industry proposal to fund commercial development of Port Tarakohe, located at the northwestern tip of the South Island, has been labelled “one-sided” by the Tasman District Council.
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Ex-Patrick boss investment
The former head of Patrick Stevedores, Chris Corrigan, has moved closer to re-entering the Australian ports business. His company Qube Logistics is to pay A$106m (US$115m) to buy DP World’s stake in POTA Holdings, which provides road and rail services to ports and also operates full and empty container parks.
