CONTAINER PORTS – NEW SOUTH WALES

A-G slams wharfies holding state to ransom

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Original article by Rosie Lewis
The Australian – Page: 3 : 28-Sep-20

The federal government may intervene to end an industrial dispute at the Port Botany terminal of stevedoring firm Patrick. Attorney-General Christian Porter has indicated that he would be open to supporting Patrick if it applies to the Fair Work Commission to halt the Maritime Union of Australia’s industrial action. The MUA’s national secretary Paddy Crumlin says it is negotiating with stevedoring companies in good faith. He rejects suggestions that the legal industrial action has caused the massive delays at Port Botany that have been alleged by Patrick.

CORPORATES
PATRICK CORPORATION LIMITED,MARITIME UNION OF AUSTRALIA,AUSTRALIA. FAIR WORK COMMISSION,AUSTRALIA. ATTORNEY-GENERAL’S DEPT

Patrick braces for illegal seven-day strike at Port Botany

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Original article by David Marin-Guzman
The Australian Financial Review – Page: 2 : 17-Apr-18

Stevedoring firm Patrick will ask the Fair Work Commission to block Maritime Union of Australia members from taking unlawful industrial action at its Port Botany facility in Sydney. The MUA proposes a seven-day strike over negotiations for a new enterprise bargaining agreement with Kalmar, which provides crane maintenance services for Patrick. The union imposed work bans on the weekend of 14-15 April in response to Kalmar’s move to deploy contractors to replace staff who were on sick leave.

CORPORATES
PATRICK CORPORATION LIMITED, MARITIME UNION OF AUSTRALIA, KALMAR LMV, AUSTRALIA. FAIR WORK COMMISSION

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.

CORPORATES
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

Hutchison in bid to end ports duopoly

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Original article by Bridget Carter
The Australian – Page: 18 : 25-Jul-14

Stephen Gumley, CEO in Australia for Hutchison Ports, on 24 July 2014 launched its new container terminal at Port Botany in Sydney. He also said the stevedoring group would seek to win a new ally in the shape of International Container Terminal Services (ICTS), to create increased competition for the current effective duopoly in the sector of Asciano-owned Patrick and DP World Australia. ICTS will open a facility at the Port of Melbourne after 2015. It is based in the Philippines and Hutchison in Hong Kong

CORPORATES
ASCIANO LIMITED – ASX AIO|HUTCHISON PORTS AUSTRALIA PTY LTD|PORT OF MELBOURNE CORPORATION PTY LTD|INTERNATIONAL CONTAINER TERMINAL SERVICES INCORPORATED|PATRICK CORPORATION LIMITED|DP WORLD AUSTRALIA PTY LTD|PORT BOTANY