Workers at the Port of Hong Kong have voted to call off their industrial action after accepting an improved wage offer and promises of further negotiations on working conditions – as well as an assurance that there will be no retaliation against workers who participated in the strike. The Union of Hong Kong Dockers issued [...]

A container terminal at Newcastle would be good for people living in northern NSW because the cost of transporting goods to and from the port will be lower, obviously, than with Port Botany.

Offered to the market in October 2012, the new container terminal is the centrepiece of the Victorian Government’s $1.6 billion Port Capacity Project and attracted expressions of interest from a wide field of Australian and international bidders. Located at Melbourne’s Webb Dock East, the new facility comprises around 30 hectares of waterfront terminal, a utility [...]

The NSW Government has leased Port Botany and Port Kembla on a 99-year contract. Following a six-month competitive bidding process, the 99-year lease of state-owned port assets at Port Botany and Port Kembla has been awarded to the NSW Ports Consortium for $5.07 billion, with net proceeds of around $4 billion to be invested in [...]

A joint law enforcement operation has resulted in the arrest of two people and seizure of 365 litres of liquid containing methamphetamine stored in bottles of carpet stain cleaner. The investigation, involving the Australian Federal Police (AFP), Australian Crime Commission (ACC), Australian Customs and Border Protection Service and Victoria Police, began on 6 April 2013. [...]