Container Terminal

Future Proof – Port of Newcastle Container Terminal

Read a transcript of Craig Carmody’s speech to the Hunter Business Chamber Infrastructure Luncheon on Friday 30 November 2018.

Good afternoon.

My speech this afternoon is about global container trade developments and how the planned Newcastle Container Terminal will ensure Australia is not left behind.

In my last job, I spent considerable time in Copenhagen. One of my favourite stories involves the Danish Navy. In 1807 the British destroyed the Danish fleet. Denmark’s King ordered a forest of...

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Examination of impact of container terminal in Port of Newcastle

A NSW Upper House committee will examine the impact of creating a container terminal in the Port of Newcastle.

The committee, announced on Tuesday (Nov. 20), will inquire into the impact of the Port of Newcastle sale arrangements on public works expenditure across NSW.

It will specifically look at the extent to which limitations on container port operations put in place following the government’s decision to lease the Port of Newcastle have contributed to increased transport and freight...

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Phase 1 completion of Negin Island’s project

Director General of Ports and Maritime Directorate of Bushehr Province Siavash Arjmandzadeh announced the completion of Phase 1 of the construction project of Negin Island’s container terminal in August.

“With a length of 300 meters and a width of 30 meters, the container terminal can offer services to 20,000-ton container ships,” he said.

“The project was carried out in cooperation with the private sector with an investment of 900 billion rials ($6.38 million).”

The dredging of Negin Island’s...

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Where do containers of Port of Douala go?

The distribution of the volume of goods handled by the container terminal of the port of Douala showed that 80% are domestic, while only 20% go to Chad and the Central African Republic (CAR). This was revealed by Frederik Klinke (photo), Managing Director of Douala International Terminal (DIT), a company controlled by Bolloré-APM Terminals, during an interview with Défis Actuels.

According to him, this figure which reflects a decrease in volumes to the two hinterland countries is the result of a...

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Duluth’s fast growing leads to expansion project

People had expected traffic at Duluth’s new shipping container terminal to grow, but not as fast as it actually has, said Kevin Beardsley, chief financial officer for the Duluth Seaway Port Authority.

The facility, which shuttles large steel shipping containers back and forth between trucks and trains, opened in late March of 2017, and it’s already in need of more capacity. Beardsley said he anticipated the terminal likely would need to expand in a couple more years. However, shippers have shown...

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New container terminal in Africa is almost complete

Sea sounds and splashing waves greet a docking ship at Walvis Bay, where cranes are ready to offload and place heavy containers from the vessel. Welcome to the Port of Walvis Bay, Namibia’s only deep-water port able to handle large ships.

Namibia’s largest commercial port, it serves as the logistical backbone for several industries in the southern African country.

The small country with an estimated population of 2.59 million people is also set to become a regional logistic hub with the ongoing...

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