Port Kembla

Port Kembla launches new pilot ladder training facility

The Port Authority of NSW has launched a state-of-the-art pilot ladder training facility at Port Kembla, designed to enable maritime professionals and trainees to safely practice climbing ladders on the side of a moving vessel.

Developed in collaboration with Avcon Projects, the custom-built facility features a full nine-meter ladder suspended over shipping containers and includes a step-off platform to replicate the complex task of boarding a commercial ship at sea.

Philip Holliday, CEO of the...

https://container-news.com/port-kembla-launches-new-pilot-ladder-training-facility/

Australian government prioritises Port Botany, drops Kembla and Newcastle plans

Uncertain trade levels and, consequently, freight volumes have led to an interim report from Australia’s Freight Reform Panel to advise the cutting of government support for a new container facility at Port Kembla.

The Freight Reform Panel, which consists of Dr Kerry Schott AO, Lucio Di Bartolomeo, and Dr Hermione Parsons, published Freight Policy Reform: Interim Directions, this week, and advised Canberra to take a wait-and-see approach to port upgrades.

Activities at both Newcastle and Port...

https://container-news.com/australian-government-prioritises-port-botany-drops-kembla-and-newcastle-plans/

Port of Newcastle container terminal bill passes through both the lower and upper house

Pictured: the Port of Newcastle at Walsh Point on the Hunter River. Picture supplied by the Port of Newcastle.

A controversial Bill that could remove a financial penalty imposed on the Port of Newcastle, which prevents it from developing a container terminal, will now pass into law.

It’s been a fast-moving week in the NSW Parliament, with the “Port of Newcastle (Extinguishment of Liability) Bill 2022“, being substantially re-written by the NSW State Government, then passed in the Lower House...

https://www.shippingaustralia.com.au/port-of-newcastle-container-bill-passes-lower-house/

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