Napthine slams ‘tedious’ speculation on Hastings port

Victorian Ports Minister Denis Napthine has sought to reassure all stakeholders that his government’s plans to turn Hastings into a major container port will continue unabated.

The future of the plans were brought into question on Friday in media reports, which stated that stevedore Patrick plans to withdraw from the port in. However, a spokesman for Napthine insisted there will be no change in government plans for the port and took a section of the media to task over its coverage of the issue.
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Cash to get Victorian containers on rail

The Victorian Government will seek to shift 33,500 containers from road to rail in regional areas under its new Mode Shift Incentive Scheme (MSIS).

The initiative, aimed at to encouraging the use of rail freight and relieving road congestion, will cost $10 million over the next two years.
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