Victorian Government unveils $1.2 billion Port of Melbourne redevelopment, with a new container terminal at Webb Dock the centrepiece
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Pallas swipe over Melbourne port capacity
Opposition spokesman follows up on shipping line criticism last year about current congestion issues
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Pallas draws government ire over claims
Government rejects claims a feasibility study on potential relocation of car trade at the Port of Geelong has been finalised
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Pallas leads the charge against Baillieu’s port licence fee
Victoria's Opposition refuses to support proposed licence fee, which will increase costs for Port of Melbourne users from July 1
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Napthine introduces amendment to scrap freight tax
Victorian Government moves to officially wipe the proposed Port of Melbourne freight infrastructure charge from the books
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Napthine introduces amendment to scrap truck tax
Victorian Government moves to officially wipe the proposed Port of Melbourne truck tax from the books
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ACCC warning on port capacity and landside performance
The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) has raised the spectre of Melbourne port capacity constraints by 2015 imitating those experienced recently in Sydney.
It also notes that stevedores lack any incentive to improve poor performance in servicing trucks, except in Sydney under the Port Botany Landside Improvement Strategy (PBLIS). Commenting on the ACCC’s annual report on stevedoring operations, Container stevedoring monitoring report no. 13, Chairman Rod Sims urges the Victorian Government to embrace stevedoring newcomer Hutchison Port Holdings, which is due to start operations in Sydney and Brisbane in 2013.
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It also notes that stevedores lack any incentive to improve poor performance in servicing trucks, except in Sydney under the Port Botany Landside Improvement Strategy (PBLIS). Commenting on the ACCC’s annual report on stevedoring operations, Container stevedoring monitoring report no. 13, Chairman Rod Sims urges the Victorian Government to embrace stevedoring newcomer Hutchison Port Holdings, which is due to start operations in Sydney and Brisbane in 2013.
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Point scoring on ‘monster trucks’ sells everyone short
Politicians might like to bleat about "monster trucks" for short-term gain, but the antics could leave us all worse off
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Mulder presents cautious defence of truck trial
The Victorian Government has played a very straight bat to this week’s broadside from former roads minister Tim Pallas over Higher Productivity Freight Vehicles (HPFVs).
Public Transport and Roads Minister Terry Mulder has sought deflect the attack on the proposal being developed by VicRaods to extend the trial into metropolitan freeway peak-hour traffic. Pallas has cast the idea as a “secret Baillieu Government plan to roll out ‘monster trucks’ throughout Melbourne suburbs”.
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Public Transport and Roads Minister Terry Mulder has sought deflect the attack on the proposal being developed by VicRaods to extend the trial into metropolitan freeway peak-hour traffic. Pallas has cast the idea as a “secret Baillieu Government plan to roll out ‘monster trucks’ throughout Melbourne suburbs”.
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VTA slams Pallas over ‘monster trucks’ attack
The Victorian Transport Association (VTA) has reacted with scorn to former Victorian roads minister Tim Pallas’s opportunistic attack on the state government over high productivity freight vehicles (HPFVs).
In a statement aimed squarely at gaining media attention but which is regarded in industry circles as a betrayal, Pallas accused the state government of a “secret plan” to allow “monster trucks” to gain access to Victorian roads that “could devastate the quality of life of many local communities”. This is the second time in tree years that an opposition spokesman has accused the sitting government of having a “secret plan” with regards to the more efficient combination.
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In a statement aimed squarely at gaining media attention but which is regarded in industry circles as a betrayal, Pallas accused the state government of a “secret plan” to allow “monster trucks” to gain access to Victorian roads that “could devastate the quality of life of many local communities”. This is the second time in tree years that an opposition spokesman has accused the sitting government of having a “secret plan” with regards to the more efficient combination.
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