Oceania – Page 42
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Revitalising coastal shipping
New Zealand''s port industry is set to gain the fruits of a coastal shipping growth.
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Kembla facelift mooted
Port Kembla could get seven new berths as part of a makeover of its outer harbour, under a master state ports plan for New South Wales.
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NewsGreymouth port lifeline
Port Westland has been granted a one-year contract to manage the rundown port of Greymouth by the Grey District Council.
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Logs take care of empties
Continuing high bulk vessel charter rates are seeing New Zealand forestry product exporters increasingly investigating containerising their consignments.
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NewsMega-coal port on drawing board down-under
Australia is considering plans to construct a new 100m tonnes coal export terminal, its first in 25 years.
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NewsAuckland's energy audit
An inventory audited by PricewaterhouseCoopers of the Port of Auckland''s total greenhouse gas emissions has provided a solid foundation for further work by the company to manage its carbon footprint.
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Nelson noise bill
A new Nelson City Council ruling is expected to force Port Nelson to offer to buy outright or install acoustic insulation to a maximum of about 50% of the value of 11 nearby houses and face additional financial commitments at up to 256 other properties.
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Budget nod for Queensland ports
Queensland ports bodies will get A$798.4m (US$769m) in the 2008/09 state transport budget.
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June Oz News Snippets from Dave Mac
The Western Australian Government has approved A$194.1m (US$187m) for capital works in Fremantle. This includes deepening the Inner Harbour and approach channels, and strengthening the North Quay berths. The aim is to cater for container vessels with a draught of 14 metres.
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NewsNZ news snippets for July (pics to come)
Recent shipping service losses have forced PrimePort Timaru to make 23 permanent full-time and part-time positions redundant.
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Financial Performance of NZ Ports Criticised
A hard-hitting report on the New Zealand port sector by investment bankers Rockpoint Corporate Finance suggests that the vast majority of the increase in shareholders'' funds achieved by port companies over the last decade has been due to revaluations of land and property holdings.
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Otago on strike notice
Port Otago has narrowly avoided its first serious industrial action in 21 years, with two unions issuing notice of an overtime ban after failed mediation talkes on pay.
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NewsAgreement means stability for Lyttelton
A three-year collective employment agreement has been signed by Lyttelton Port of Christchurch (LPC) and the Combined Unions.
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News50th Anniversary -- Oz NZ Main Lead
Has a ''fewer and bigger'' mantra paid off for the ports industry down under ask Dave and Iain MacIntyre
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50th anniversary Oz-NZ 2nd story
Fifty years ago the wharves of Australia and New Zealand''s ports were lined with goods almost exclusively headed for and received from the ''Mother Country'', namely the British Isles.
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Oz-Nz 3rd story
The coastal shipping network that bound New Zealand''s ports together fifty years ago was struck a severe blow following the introduction of the Maritime Transport Act in 1994.
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News50th anniversary 4th Oz NZ story
Australasian ports have had to buy-in to the demands of cold chain monitoring, as the international meat trades have grown more sophisticated over the last 50 years.
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50th feature OZ NZ 5th story
An aerial view of most Australian and New Zealand ports 50 years ago would have revealed a profusion of narrow timber wharves lining river banks and copious finger piers protruding into harbours and bays.
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Timaru future in doubt
Rail and Maritime Transport Union Timaru branch president Peter Clemens has expressed his 80 members'' concern over PrimePort Timaru''s future following three major customers recently announcing service reductions.
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Otago transhipment growth
Maersk Line''s 4,100-teu ships have made a notable contribution to the transhipping-based 25% increase in container throughput to 89,000 teu achieved by Port Otago during the six months to December 31, 2007.
