Oceania – Page 43
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Call for Australian state investment
Australia business leaders have called for state and federal governments to invest in ports and distribution hubs.
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Dispute delays Northport development
An already decade-long wrangle over legal title of the 32 hectares of seabed covered by Northport is halting plans for a new NZ$40m (US$31m) berth.
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CCHL shareholding increase
Christchurch City Holdings has marginally increased its shareholding in Lyttelton Port of Christchurch from 75.01% to 75.08%. The investment arm of the Christchurch City Council has previously been blocked in an attempt to build a port business joint venture with Hong Kong''s Hutchison Port Holdings.
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Return of Newcastle capacity system
The capacity balancing system (CBS) designed to limit vessel arrivals has been re-approved for the port of Newcastle until the end of the year.
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NewsAuckland port finances attacked
Shipping industry figures are querying Ports of Auckland''s ability to fund a future port development plan or even a forecast NZ$15m (US$11.6m) dividend payment for the current financial year.
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NewsQueensland Ports Report
Queensland ports have been given a general "pass" mark for their competitive performance by a state government review into port competition and regulation.
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Extra Newcastle output
The port of Newcastle''s biggest exporter will double its output by 2015. Coal & Allied, owned by Rio Tinto, will spend A$5bn (US$4.8bn) to boost production to 58m tonnes/year.
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Fremantle modal shift
Fremantle Ports wants to have 20% of its containers on rail by next year. The port has recorded a 1200% increase in the use of rail since 2002 - about 84,000 teu/year.
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NewsTime for change
Tauranga boss Mark Cairns talks candidly to Dave MacIntyre about why he believes there is a pressing need for an overhaul in New Zealand port ownership.
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NewsPlan for Fremantle alternative powers ahead
Western Australian port developer James Point has committed to stage two of its plan to build a container terminal at Kwinana, as an alternative port to Fremantle.
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Liebherr NZ return
Liebherr has finalised a contract with the Port of Tauranga, New Zealand for the supply of a super post panamax container crane, which will have a lift height of 36.2m and an outreach of 48m - higher and longer than the original three post panamax units (delivered in 1992 and ...
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Melbourne dredging on track
Melbourne''s much-opposed channel-deepening project is now over 10% complete.
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Newcastle growth
Newcastle''s Port Waratah Coal Services is to invest over A$1bn (US$937m) in an expansion to be completed after 2010, increasing production at the terminal by 40%. It will include new coal-handling equipment, a new berth and dredging.
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Auckland lays out plan
Optimising container terminal capacity through new plant and systems development, and adding incremental reclamation through dredgings, are key elements of the Port Development Plan published by Ports of Auckland. Currently handling 773,200 teu, the port is predicting 4.22m teu by 2040.
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NewsSafety crackdown for Australian stevedores
Australia is to enforce a national health and safety code for stevedoring after a series of accidents in ports over the past 18 months.
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Cavotec celebrates European opening
John Polatz, investor relations director with New Zealand-headquartered Cavotec MSL, believes the newly-signed contract with Denmark''s Nordic Ferry Services will prove vital to sales of its vacuum mooring units in Europe.
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Victoria's opening
Victoria''s newest terminal operation, Port of Gippsland, is expected to be open for business this month. Gippsland Maritime Logistics will run the terminal as a common-user offshore support facility.
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Auckland's regal sale
Ports of Auckland has said it could potentially sell Queens Wharf with sufficient notice and an appropriate sale price and reinvest in alternative facilities for shipping lines currently use the wharf.
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Melbourne consolidates assets
Melbourne''s Westgate Ports is to consolidate its Interport Services arm in the company''s main Victoria Dock facility. The consolidation is a straight transfer from the 93,000 sq m Yarraville location, which is now being leased.
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Asciano hit by losses
Asciano Australia''s biggest ports and rail company, the Asciano group, lost A$71m (US$66.3m) after tax for the half year to December 31.
