Port Botany record hits nearly 2 million TEU

Container trade through Port Botany increased 8 per cent in the 2009/2010 financial year, with a large part of the volume driven by Asia. Annualised throughput has exceeded 1.9 million TEU. more...

[Tue 17/08/2010 12:00:00]

Rail operator speaks up on Patrick's move

Following Patrick's move to increase rail charges and vary conditions at Port Botany, a second major rail operator has responded, criticising Patrick. more...

[Tue 17/08/2010 12:00:00]

Sydney Ports, Patrick at ten paces at Port Botany

Following the release of new terms, conditions and pricing for its rail services at Port Botany, Patrick has been threatened with regulatory intervention by Sydney Ports Corporation. more...

[Tue 10/08/2010 12:00:00]

ACCC approves Fremantle port productivity bias

The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission has granted interim authorisation to DP World Australia and Patrick to develop a system to provide preferential treatment to truck carriers engaged in dual runs' at the Port of Fremantle. more...

[Thu 29/07/2010 12:00:00]

Port Botany: the stevedores respond

Following negative commentary from the State Government and the Sydney Ports Corporation and the proposed introduction of a penalty system, Patrick and DP World have responded to the criticism. more...

[Tue 18/05/2010 12:00:00]

The shifting sands of Port Botany

After more than a year of consultation, planning, discussion, research and design work, Sydney Ports Corporation has finally released its strategy for landside logistics improvements, but Patrick - and many transporters - don't want a bar of it. more...

[Thu 06/05/2010 12:00:00]

Port Botany penalty system just a new tax: Patrick

Regulating landside operations at Port Botany will not increase efficiency or productivity at the port, says Patrick, one of the two stevedoring companies there. more...

[Thu 06/05/2010 12:00:00]

Counting the cost of Camellia's closure

When Patrick ceases its rail container services at Camellia in Sydney's west in June, rail's share of container traffic will drop to 18 per cent and the community can expect 45,000 more truck movements every year. more...

[Tue 04/05/2010 12:00:00]

Patrick at Port Botany reopens after stevedore dies

Container receivals and deliveries at Patrick's Port Botany terminal resumed late on Tuesday, with additional delivery slots being made available as possible. The terminal was closed to all container traffic following the death of a stevedore on Sunday. more...

[Tue 30/03/2010 12:00:00]

Another container record, but who will handle it?

Sydney Ports' container throughput hit a record high in October 2009 with 176,900 TEU, while the port struggles with a new minister and some serious stevedoring issues. more...

[Tue 01/12/2009 12:00:00]

ACCC calls for more competition as Patrick 'drip-feeds' truckers

The ACCC is pressuring the states to award new terminal operation contracts to new entrants as it expressed concerns about high profit margins, while transport companies have accused Patrick of pushing them unnecessarily into weekend operations. more...

[Thu 12/11/2009 12:00:00]

Asciano to close Patrick's Bathurst operations

At the same time as announcing a lift in its coal haulage business, Asciano has quietly shut the gates at its Patrick intermodal operations at Bathurst in Central Western NSW. more...

[Tue 27/10/2009 12:00:00]

Port Botany: stevedores lose another strike

Following further delays and problems at the Port Botany container terminals, NSW Ports Minister Joe Tripodi has put the stevedores on notice that he will legislate if the problems are not sorted out. more...

[Tue 27/10/2009 12:00:00]

Port Botany boils over

Already smarting from a proposal to put a 160/container booking fee on import containers, transport operators have now been hit with the triple whammy of recurring port congestion, empty park delays, and the loss of Sunday as a free storage day. more...

[Thu 22/10/2009 12:00:00]

Duopoly remains at Port Botany, for now

Sydney Ports Corporation has reportedly requested a 90-day extension to the announcement of the third stevedore to operate the new berths being constructed at Port Botany. more...

[Thu 10/09/2009 12:00:00]

Patrick, Pacific National withdrawn from sale

Asciano has decided to raise AUD 2 billion via a share issue rather than put its valuable port and rail assets, which include Patrick and Pacific National, up for sale. more...

[Tue 16/06/2009 12:00:00]

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