I48 Water Transport

SeaLink and Rich Lister Little eye Melbourne ferry services

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Original article by Simon Evans
The Australian Financial Review – Page: 31 : 28-Oct-15

Australian-listed SeaLink Travel Group is examining the feasibility of operating passenger ferries from Wyndham, Portarlington and Williamstown to the Docklands precinct in Melbourne. The group is working on the proposal with property developer and former Toll Holdings CEO Paul Little. SeaLink operates ferry services in South Australia and New South Wales.

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SEALINK TRAVEL GROUP LIMITED – ASX SLK, TOLL HOLDINGS LIMITED, LITTLE PROJECTS PTY LTD, CAPTAIN COOK CRUISES TRAVEL PTY LTD, TRANSIT SYSTEMS PTY LTD, AUSTRALIA. DEPT OF THE PRIME MINISTER AND CABINET

The cruise where land is the destination and not the ship

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Original article by Jamie Freed
The Australian Financial Review – Page: 3 : 27-Oct-15

The marketing strategy of Azamara Club Cruises is based on promoting itself as a provider of destination immersion. Azamara CEO Larry Pimentel says passengers are offered longer stays and more night touring. The boutique arm of Royal Caribbean Cruises specialises in cruises for passengers who prefers smaller ships.

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ROYAL CARIBBEAN CRUISES LIMITED, AZAMARA CLUB CRUISES

Glencore baulks over port prices

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Original article by Jenny Wiggins, Matthew Stevens
The Australian Financial Review – Page: 23 &28 : 14-May-15

Mining giant Glencore wants Australia’s National Competition Council to take action over a rise in shipping fees at the Port of Newcastle. It claims that navigation service charges for some ships have increased by around 60 per cent since the port was privatised in 2014. Glencore is pushing for the port to be "declared" under competition laws. There have also been demands for the Port of Melbourne to be regulated.

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GLENCORE PLC, AUSTRALIA. NATIONAL COMPETITION COUNCIL, PORT OF NEWCASTLE, PORT OF MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA. DEPT OF THE TREASURY, AUSTRALIAN COMPETITION AND CONSUMER COMMISSION, HASTINGS FUNDS MANAGEMENT LIMITED, CHINA MERCHANTS GROUP, PORT KEMBLA, QUBE HOLDINGS LIMITED – ASX QUB, DP WORLD AUSTRALIA PTY LTD, WALLENIUS WILHELMSEN LOGISTICS AUSTRALIA PTY LTD

ACCC pushes for powers to intervene in ports rents row

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Original article by Jenny Wiggins
The Australian Financial Review – Page: 15 : 16-Mar-15

Australian Competition & Consumer Commission (ACCC) chairman Rod Sims has proposed extending its powers to cover regulation of the nation’s ports. Sims has suggested that the ACCC could step in to resolve pricing disputes between port owners and stevedoring groups. Sims recently discussed the issue with DP World Australia CEO Paul Scurrah, who supports giving the ACCC a greater role in regulating ports but does not believe that full regulation is necessary

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AUSTRALIAN COMPETITION AND CONSUMER COMMISSION, DP WORLD AUSTRALIA PTY LTD, PORT OF MELBOURNE, INTERNATIONAL CONTAINER TERMINAL SERVICES INCORPORATED, AUSTRALIAN LOGISTICS COUNCIL, VICTORIA. ESSENTIAL SERVICES COMMISSION

Commuter says yes: Australia’s CBD workers spot ads on motorways, public transport and office screens

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Original article by Roy Morgan Research
Market Research Update – Page: Online : 10-Mar-15

A Roy Morgan Single Source survey, which was carried out in the year to September 2014, has found that around 70 per cent of Australians aged 14+ who work in the Sydney, Melbourne or Brisbane CBD have noticed public transport advertising in the last seven days. This includes ads inside or on the side of buses, trains, ferries and trams, at train stations, on platforms and in shelters. Meanwhile, around 65 per cent of CBD workers in Adelaide and 60 per cent in Perth reported seeing public transport ads in the past week

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ROY MORGAN RESEARCH LIMITED

DP World plots efficiency through automation

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Original article by Jenny Wiggins
The Australian Financial Review – Page: 18 : 25-Feb-15

DP World’s global CEO Mohammed Sharaf has ruled out selling its 25 per cent stake in its Australian subsidiary. The group sold 75 per cent of DP World Australia to Citi Infrastructure Investors in 2010. Meanwhile, DP World Australia CEO Paul Scurrah says the group is working on a business case for automating its Sydney container port, following the automation of its terminal in Brisbane

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DP WORLD AUSTRALIA PTY LTD, DP WORLD, ASCIANO LIMITED – ASX AIO, PATRICK CORPORATION LIMITED, MARITIME UNION OF AUSTRALIA, AUSTRALIA. FAIR WORK COMMISSION, CITI INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTORS LLC

Vale China deal puts Rio, BHP on notice

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Original article by Angus Grigg
The Australian Financial Review – Page: 23 : 17-Feb-15

China will provide the 400,000-tonne Valemax-class iron ore transport ships with access to its ports, overturning a ban that has been in place for three years. China Metallurgical Industry Planning Association chairman Li Xingchuang says the move is likely to boost the market share of Brazil’s Vale. Macquarie Group’s Graeme Train adds that Vale could also overtake BHP Billiton and Rio Tinto as the world’s lowest-cost producer of iron ore

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BHP BILLITON LIMITED – ASX BHP, RIO TINTO LIMITED – ASX RIO, VALE SA, MACQUARIE GROUP LIMITED – ASX MQG, CHINA. MINISTRY OF TRANSPORTATION AND COMMUNICATIONS, CHINA METALLURGICAL INDUSTRY PLANNING ASSOCIATION, CHINA OCEAN SHIPPING COMPANY, CMES

Shipping laws ‘take toll’ on refineries

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Original article by Annabel Hepworth
The Australian – Page: 21 : 12-Nov-14

An Australian Maritime Safety Authority event on 12 November 2014 will be addressed by Deputy Prime Minister Warren Truss. He will argue that industries such as petroleum refining are being negatively affected by the cabotage regulations rolled out under the previous federal government’s Coastal Trading Act. Truss will claim that the added cost per vessel and per annum is $A6.5m. Refining in Australia is in decline, with just five major operations left and some four fifths of all fuel and crude already being imported

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CALTEX AUSTRALIA LIMITED – ASX CTX, BHP BILLITON LIMITED – ASX BHP, EXXONMOBIL AUSTRALIA PTY LTD, SHELL COMPANY OF AUSTRALIA LIMITED, BP AUSTRALIA LIMITED, AUSTRALIAN INSTITUTE OF PETROLEUM LIMITED, AUSTRALIA. DEPT OF THE PRIME MINISTER AND CABINET, AUSTRALIA. MARITIME SAFETY AUTHORITY, AUSTRALIAN LABOR PARTY

MUA strike threatens Gorgon gas project

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Original article by Andrew Burrell
The Australian – Page: 22 : 14-Oct-14

Talks on a new enterprise bargaining agreement between Mermaid Marine and the Maritime Union of Australia (MUA) have become deadlocked, triggering a strike. The MUA says members will take protected industrial action for five days from 15 October 2014. A 10-day strike had been cancelled by the MUA in July, when it appeared that progress could be made. Among the operations that could be affected are the Gorgon LNG project and iron ore shipments by BHP Billiton, Rio Tinto and Fortescue Metals Group

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MERMAID MARINE AUSTRALIA LIMITED – ASX MRM, BHP BILLITON LIMITED – ASX BHP, RIO TINTO LIMITED – ASX RIO, FORTESCUE METALS GROUP LIMITED – ASX FMG, MARITIME UNION OF AUSTRALIA, GORGON JOINT VENTURE, CHEVRON AUSTRALIA PTY LTD, CHEVRON CORPORATION, MOBIL AUSTRALIA RESOURCES COMPANY PTY LTD, EXXONMOBIL CORPORATION, SHELL DEVELOPMENT (AUSTRALIA) PTY LTD, ROYAL DUTCH SHELL PLC, ASX LIMITED – ASX ASX

Dredge waste to go onshore

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Original article by Mark Ludlow
The Australian Financial Review – Page: 11 : 9-Sep-14

The Queensland Government has signed an agreement with Indian companies Adani and GVK for the use of an onshore site for dredge waste. The land was formerly owned by BHP Billiton. The construction of the Abbot Point coal terminal is expected to involve the disposal of three million cubic metres of dredge waste at the site. Initially, the companies planned to dump the waste in the waters of the Great Barrier Reef area

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ADANI ENTERPRISES LIMITED, GVK INDUSTRIES LIMITED, BHP BILLITON LIMITED – ASX BHP, NORTH QUEENSLAND BULK PORTS CORPORATION LIMITED, QUEENSLAND RESOURCES COUNCIL LIMITED, AUSTRALIA. DEPT OF THE ENVIRONMENT, GREAT BARRIER REEF MARINE PARK AUTHORITY