Oceania – Page 34
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Vacuum mooring for Dampier
An Australian mining port is to install a vacuum-based automated mooring technology. Hammersley Iron Pty, a subsidiary of Rio Tinto, is putting in eight MoorMaster units at the Dampier Fuel Wharf, Parker Point, Western Australia.
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Ports Australia backs best practice
Ports Australia has advocated that state governments adopt a “best practice” to protect valuable port land from possible encroachment by other urban developments.
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Napier holding company mooted
A holding company may be established to operate a range of developing Hawke’s Bay Regional Council assets as well as its currently wholly-owned Port of Napier.
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Melbourne third stevedore not a certainty
The Port of Melbourne Corporation is going to the market with a discussion paper on options for port expansion, following indications from the Victorian Government that it wants to explore other possibilities than purely developing a third container terminal.
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Worked killed at Tauranga
A 61-year-old man died of severe head and chest injuries after being struck by a forklift at the Port of Tauranga on the night of June 21.
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Victorian about-face
Victoria’s Liberal-National opposition party is pressing the state government to include the private sector in a fast-tracked plan for a container terminal at the port of Hastings. The party said it would look to possible public-private partnerships, perhaps including the road and rail infrastructure for the port. Previously, the Victorian ...
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NewsAustralian ports gain project investment
Two major initiatives are boosting port expansion and development in Australia – one is part of new Australian agreements with China. The other is a major initiative by the New South Wales government.
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NewsPort Botany expansion benefits region
Construction companies and workers across New South Wales have reaped the rewards from the State Government’s A$1bn (US$876m) Port Botany Expansion project.
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NewsAustralia could insist on Reef pilotage
It is within Australia’s power to insist that ports apply compulsory pilotage to vessels transiting the Great Barrier Reef without compromising the legitimate rights of innocent passage, a conservation group has said.
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Freight corridor to come under port umbrella
Draft recommendations for Australia’s National Ports Strategy would see ports extending their sphere of influence into inland freight corridors, in order to streamline port interfaces.
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Australia port planning to be simplified
Australian port infrastructure planning is to be streamlined as part of a government initiative to woo more private sector investment in ports.
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NZ ports' future under scrutiny
Lyttelton Port of Christchurch (LPC) chief executive Peter Davie predicts there will only be a handful of international container ports in New Zealand within the next decade, as a second tier of feeder ports develops.
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NewsTrucking penalty system questioned
The recently announced reforms aimed at reducing congestion at Sydney’s Port Botany has had a mixed reaction from the truckers themselves.
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NewsDarwin under pollution microscope
The Port of Darwin is being investigated by the Northern Territory Government following complaints that copper concentrate has been escaping during loading operations at the port.
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Auckland advances online offering
Ports of Auckland has expanded its customer offering by combining its suite of information and cargo management systems into one online product.
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Portland adds bank to secure debt
The Australian port of Portland has brought another bank into its funding portfolio as part of its moves to refinance its senior secured debt facility. The port had an existing relationship with National Australia Bank but has now added ANZ Banking Group to the equation.
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Otago fender tender
New Zealand’s Port of Otago will soon go to tender for a refurbishment of the oil wharf in Dunedin''s upper harbour, which includes an improved fendering system.
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Otago brings forward investment
A 4% increase in annual container throughput has seen Port Otago bring forward plans to invest NZ$2.9m (US$2.1m) on two new Kalmar straddle cranes and tender for a NZ$1m (US$712,000) refurbishment of its oil wharf facilities in Dunedin’s upper harbour.
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NewsConsent denied Port Marlborough
Port Marlborough has had its resource consent application to occupy about 19 hectares of the coastal marine area of Shakespeare Bay declined.
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NewsCoal dust settles, but the point’s been made
Loading operations at Dalrymple Bay and Hay Point coal terminals have returned to closer to normal conditions after being hit by Cyclone Ului three weeks ago - although operations at Hay Point are still significantly restricted.
