The Government of Western Australia has endorsed a plan to build a new 4.5 million TEU capacity box port at Kwinana and transfer business from Fremantle.
The rational for moving the business of the port to a new location is to cater to Western Australia’s future freight needs. The Westport Taskforce last year found that, even with billions of dollars’ worth of upgrades, the transport network around Fremantle Inner Harbour would reach capacity by the mid 2030s.
According to economic modelling,...
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