Port Kembla gears up for grand export grain season
AFTER a bumper NSW crop harvest, Port Kembla is buzzing with activity as it prepares for the first export shipment of wheat to leave the port in more than two years. The departure...
Ships cleared from Port Hedland ahead of wild weather
SHIPS have been evacuated from Port Hedland ahead of a tropical low approaching the Pilbara. According to the Pilbara Ports Authority, the low is forecast to bring gale force...
Win for Queensland company in channel upgrade project
HALL Contracting has been awarded the largest contact of the $232m Channel Upgrade Project for the Port of Townsville. The works include capital dredging to widen 14.9 kilometres...
Live export inspector-general reappointed
THE Australian government has welcomed the re-appointment of Ross Carter as inspector-general of live animal exports for a four-year term from 11 December. The primary role of the...
New remote-controlled cranes for Qube in NZ
EARLIER this year, Qube's fully owned ISO Limited business in New Zealand commissioned four new Liebherr LHM 550 mobile harbour cranes. The cranes were commissioned at the Port of...
Monthly throughput falls in the Pilbara
PILBARA Ports Authority has delivered total monthly throughput of 57.4m tonnes for November 2020, a 3% fall compared with the same month in 2019. Port Hedland reported monthly...
TasPorts and AAD prepare to welcome new ice ship
A FIVE-year agreement between TasPorts and the Australian Antarctic Division is set to guarantee closer ties between the two entities and also ensure Hobart is ready to welcome...
Farmgate value likely to hit $65bn, but watch on trade
THE Australian Bureau of Agricultural and Resource Economics has released its December quarter 2020 Agricultural Commodities report. It expects Australian farmgate production of...
Hay Point building project set to progress
NORTH Queensland Bulk Ports Corporation has announced local company Fergus Builders as the principal contractor for its Hay Point Administration Building refurbishment project....
Minister talks up Emerald inland port
ASSISTANT Minister for road safety and freight transport, Scott Buchholz met with Mayors from the Central Queensland Regional Organisation of Councils and visited the CQ Inland...
Investment reaps rewards for Pilbara’s ports
SPEAKING at the 23rd Annual Global Iron Ore and Steel Forecast Conference in Perth, Pilbara Ports Authority’s general manager of development and trade, Lyle Banks, said there had...
Forklift takes a plunge
LOCAL authorities and Toll Group staff have worked together to retrieve a forklift that fell from an operating ramp and into the water at Port of Burnie. “Toll confirms that an...
Supply chain workers must get vaccine priority, says Ports Oz
ALL SUPPLY chain workers must be prioritised for COVID-19 vaccine given their critical roles, Ports Australia chief executive Mike Gallacher says. Mr Gallacher was responding...
Natural environment a focus of WA ports conference
GROWING recognition of the natural environment in marine infrastructure was one of the themes of the Asia-Pacific conference for PIANC, the World Association for Waterborne...
New charter arrangement for SeaRoad
IN March 2021, SeaRoad Shipping will introduce a new charter vessel to provide increased capacity for freight across Bass Strait. The $80m investment over three years will see MV...
