27th August 2019
Wharves at the Port of Cairns are set to get a major makeover to cater for larger cruise ships with the $20 million contract for the third and final stage of the Cairns Shipping Development Project awarded to Austral Construction Pty Ltd. Announcing the contract today, Minister for Transport Mark B...
20th August 2019
More than $1 million will be spent upgrading the Cargo Shed at Main Wharf on Thursday Island to improve infrastructure at the port. The contract for the works, expected to be carried out over the next three months, has been awarded to local company Matt Birney Builders. “We congratulate the c...
29th July 2019
Media release July 26, 2019 The arrival of the dredge Woomera today signals the start of the second phase of dredging to widen and deepen the Trinity Inlet navigation channel. The back-hoe dredge is the largest vessel of its kind in Australia and is the latest addition to the fleet of dredgin...
16th July 2019
July 15 2019 Work has begun on channel maintenance dredging at the Port of Karumba. The work is being carried out by the Port of Brisbane using the TSHD Brisbane, with two bed levelling vessels, the Pacific Titan and Laurie M, assisting. Some 210,000 cubic metres of material will be moved over...
8th July 2019
Minister for Transport and Main Roads The Honourable Mark Bailey Saturday, July 06, 2019 Ports North’s Port Master Planning Project has taken an important step forward with the appointment of GHD Advisory. The appointment will see GHD undertake a detailed technical plan that will map out optio...
4th July 2019
July 4 2019 Ports North has welcomed HMAS Canberra, the largest vessel serving in the Royal Australian Navy, to the Port of Cairns today for her first visit to Cairns. The 230m long vessel is one of the newest of the fleet, commissioned in 2014, and arrive at 1000hrs carrying approximat...
4th July 2019
Minister for Transport and Main Roads The Honourable Mark Bailey Monday, July 01, 2019 Cairns’ $127 million Shipping Development is one step closer to unlocking a tourism bonanza for the region with works now underway to deepen Trinity Inlet over the next 12 weeks and make it ready for bigger ...
12th June 2019
Ports North has this week welcomed Mr Kevin Malone to the ports team. Mr Malone takes on the role of General Manager Commercial responsible for leading the development of strategies and delivering commercial outcomes for the organisation. Mr Malone was most recently Chief Executive Officer and Fina...
4th June 2019
A revolutionary plan to recycle plastics on Thursday Island has been fast-tracked by Ports North. Tagai College will receive $10,000 from Ports North to set up a Precious Plastics Project, which will operate from the school campus. Member for Cook Cynthia Lui said the project was part of a world-wi...
17th April 2019
Ports North has agreed to an independent review of the fees it charges reef operators to use the Cairns Marlin Marina. Ports North Chairman Russell Beer said the port believed the current offer to six longer-term reef boat operators was fair and would deliver a level playing field for all operators ...