Restrictions on Newcastle need to be made clear, writes Tim Crakanthorp. IT would seem there is interest from the private operator of the Port of Newcastle in building a container terminal. However it would also seem that the Baird government…

By IAN KIRKWOOD THE potential for a Newcastle container terminal led to a rowdy exchange during state Parliament on Thursday as the Baird government batted away the opposition’s questions. The need for a terminal was raised again on Thursday evening…

By IAN KIRKWOOD Crakanthorp welcomes new interest in terminal NEWCASTLE MP Tim Crakanthorp is scheduled to address the state Parliament on Thursday about the potential for a Newcastle container terminal. The Labor parliamentarian is one of a number of opposition and…

By IAN KIRKWOOD August 12, 2015 Chief reveals container terminal on agenda THE private operator of the Port of Newcastle is looking at a container terminal for Newcastle, the first project proposed by BHP as the replacement for the steelworks.…

PREMIER Mike Baird’s eyepopping $6.8 billion return from selling state-owned ports was achieved by guaranteeing to compensate the Port Botany leaseholder if a container terminal is built at the Port of Newcastle any time before 3012, when the 99-year lease…

OPPORTUNITY KNOCKS A RAIL freight bypass of Sydney – between the Port of Newcastle in the north and Glenfield in the south – would provide lowest-cost rail transport for containers, not only for the Sydney market, but for all of…

By MICHELLE HARRIS State THE state government has revealed ‘‘commitment deeds’’ signed along with leases that set out container arrangements for the state’s privatised ports, but is refusing to say whether a charge or cap on containers moved through the…

Ministers Truss and Cormann announced on June 4 that Moorebank Intermodal Cosigned an agreement with the Sydney Intermodal Terminal Alliance for the development of the Moorebank Intermodal Terminal.This agreement presumes that the federal Department of the Environment and the NSW…

IAN KIRKWOOD STATEWIDE, the impending NSW election is effectively a referendum on the Baird government’s proposed ‘‘poles and wires’’ privatisation. Personally, I don’t have a strong opinion either way, because I doubt it will make too much difference, in the…

By IAN KIRKWOOD THE Greens will push whoever is in power in NSW after next month’s election to come clean on port leasing arrangements that are believed to stop Newcastle competing with Port Botany on large-scale container trade. Greens MLC…