eCurrent May 2010

On Saturday the 15th of May, Sydney Ports was proud to be involved in welcoming and ensuring the safe return of Jessica Watson – the youngest person to sail solo around the world – through Sydney Harbour.

April 2010 was the seventh consecutive month of record trade for Sydney’s Ports, with trade over 153,400 TEUs - an increase of 10.7% on the same month last year.

The Chief Executive of Sydney Ports, Grant Gilfillan, recently outlined how the Port Botany Landside Improvement Strategy (PBLIS) will drive greater efficiency across the entire supply chain and meet the challenges of ever increasing demand at the port.

Construction companies and workers across New South Wales have reaped the rewards from the State Government’s $1 billion Port Botany Expansion project.

The Premier of New South Wales, Kristina Keneally, and the Minister for Ports and Waterways, Paul McLeay, officially opened the new $3 million, state-of-the-art gymnasium at J.J. Cahill Memorial High School in Mascot.

A new Origin and Destination study commissioned by Sydney Ports Corporation will investigate in detail the movement of shipping containers into and out of Port Botany.

Sydney Ports played a key supportive role on Saturday 22 May in a NSW Police exercise designed to test the response of emergency services to an airport ‘splashdown’ in Botany Bay.

Sydney Ports Corporation takes a leading role in the development of young people looking to start a career in the marine industry. It is with this in mind that Sydney Ports’ is proactively offering traineeships within the Marine Services group.

Sydney Ports Corporation recently welcomed the move by MCS to extend its operating hours at the MCS Intermodal Rail Terminal at St. Peters.

In the month of May work commenced on the Sydney Ports Marine Structures Inspection Programme (MSIP), with leading firm GHD selected to undertake the work over the next five years.