Media Room

24 October 2000
Global Seafoods Australia to relocate to Port of Brisbane Corporation land
Global Seafoods, one of Queensland's largest processors and wholesalers of seafood products, will move premises in March 2001, following the conclusion of negotiations with the Port of Brisbane Corporation to take up 1.1 hectares of land at its new Cairncross Estate at Colmslie.

10 October 2000
Tauranga-Brisbane Port Agreement
Two of Australasia's leading ports, Port of Tauranga and the Port of Brisbane, today announced a heads of agreement which is the first step in establishing a world-wide strategic alliance of leading ports.

28 July 2000
Port of Brisbane Corporation Scientists Advising in Vietnam
The Port of Brisbane Corporation in Queensland, Australia has sent two of its environmental scientists to Vietnam to assist the Port of Cai Lan in its proposed development adjacent to the World Heritage Listed area of Halong Bay.

14 July 2000
Major International Players Look To Brisbane For New Bulk Liquids Terminal
New Zealand-based Marstel Terminals has announced its intention to develop a state-of-the-art, independent bulk liquid terminal at the Port of Brisbane. The development will be undertaken with joint venture backing from several major multinational companies who operate in the bulk liquids handling and associated industries.

11 July 2000
Port Infrastructure Improvements Meet Rural Demand
The increasing international demand for Australia's cotton and grain exports, and the need to minimise handling costs to remain competitive in the international market, have led to expansion projects by two independent operators P&O Trans Australia and Island Packing & Storage at the Port of Brisbane's Fisherman Islands complex.

10 July 2000
Innovative Waste Management Company To Provide Ship-Side Service
One of Australia's largest liquid waste management companies, Transpacific Industries, will establish new facilities at Brisbane's port, introducing a range of services critical to the more efficient handling of shipboard liquid tanktainers and road tankers, the management and storage of liquid waste, and recycling of oils and other lubricants.

6 July 2000
New Common-User Berth for Port of Brisbane
The Port of Brisbane Corporation is to build a new common user berth and associated facilities at its Fisherman Islands complex at the mouth of the Brisbane River.

28 June 2000
Port of Brisbane Corporation - World's Best Practice
The Port of Brisbane Corporation has reached world's best practice in both environmental and safety management, gaining the highest ratings to date for any port management group in Australia in audits by world-standard agencies.

22 June 2000
Operational efficiencies sought through major port study
Approximately 85% of all liner cargo shipped through Brisbane is currently delivered by road and, with container growth this financial year forecast to increase from last year's 13% to an unprecedented 20%, achieving world-standard cargo-processing efficiencies is a top priority for trucking companies, stevedores and the Port of Brisbane Corporation.

22 June 2000
Packing them in at Fisherman Islands
The relocation of container-packing operator, Chalmers Commodities, and transport, logistics and container park operator, Chalmers Industries, to the Port of Brisbane's Fisherman Islands will create the largest specialist container-packing operation in Australasia and a state-of-the-art container park.

29 May 2000
Port Reports Early Findings of Expansion IAS
Preliminary findings of an Impact Assessment Study (IAS) into the proposed extension of the Port of Brisbane Corporation's Fisherman Islands facility at the mouth of the Brisbane River were tabled and discussed at a stakeholder workshop at Wynnum Manly last Thursday night.

31 March 2000
Trade and industry development drive port expansion plans
Forecasts of a 200% increase in overall trade activity and associated increases in demand for land and quayline at Brisbane's port over the next 25 years underpin the Port of Brisbane Corporation's Impact Assessment Study into the proposed extension of the Fisherman Islands facility at the mouth of the Brisbane River.

29 March 2000
Port of Brisbane joins Frontline attack
The Port of Brisbane Corporation is the latest in a growing list of transport-related organisations that have joined with the Australian Customs Service Frontline initiative, intensifying the forces working against illicit drug trafficking and trade into Australia.

1 March 2000
FH Group Wins BMT Contract
Facing a tough field of competitors, the FH Group was successful in winning the contract to transport containers between the Brisbane Multimodal Terminal (BMT) and the wharves at the Fisherman Islands.

23 February 2000
Port Secures Two New Eagle Farm Leases
Hot on the heels of the announcement last month of its newest tenant – Toll North, a subsidiary of transport giant Toll Holdings - the Port of Brisbane Corporation has announced a further two new leases at its Eagle Farm Estate.

27 January 2000
Transport Giant Stakes its Claim at Port of Brisbane
Treasurer David Hamill today announced the co-operation of two major industrial players with transport giant Toll Holdings agreeing to take up Port of Brisbane Corporation land.