Media Room

20 August 2002
$23.6 million Warehouse development for Port of Brisbane
Issued by Minister for Transport and Minister for Main Roads
The Port of Brisbane is set to lease warehouse space to a major Trans Tasman retailer in a deal worth $23.6 million, Transport and Main Roads Minister Steve Bredhauer said today.

8 August 2002
Sale of NQX Distribution Centre Brisbane
Port of Brisbane Corporation Chief Executive Officer, Jeff Coleman, announced today that the Corporation had decided to sell its freehold interest in the NQX Distribution Centre at Eagle Farm.

9 July 2002
Port of Brisbane hits all-time low!
On Friday 5 July the Regional Harbour Master accepted a minimum depth of 14 metres (at the lowest astronomical tide of the year) in all of the Port of Brisbane’s navigational channels, including the swing basin to Fisherman Islands. A Notice to Mariners is being issued today.

11 June 2002
Brisbane wins interstate dredging contracts
Within less than two years of operation, the Port of Brisbane Corporation’s state-of-the-art dredger, the Brisbane, has already won four dredging contracts, beating national and international competition.

4 June 2002
Boost for border protection in Brisbane
Issued by the Federal Minister for Justice and Customs
In the latest move to enhance Australia’s border protection, the Minister for Justice and Customs, Senator Chris Ellison, today announced that Fisherman Islands in Brisbane is the site chosen for a major new Customs container x-ray facility.

3 June 2002
Port of Brisbane Corporation announces new CEO
Jeff Coleman has been appointed as the new Chief Executive Officer of the Port of Brisbane Corporation. He has been acting in the position since the departure of former CEO, Graham Mulligan, at the end of January.

20 May 2002
Port of Brisbane trials Super B-Doubles
Tomorrow the Port of Brisbane Corporation and Queensland Transport will begin trials of Super B-Double trucks at the Port of Brisbane. The trucks will be used to transport containers between the shipping terminals, the Corporation’s rail terminal (the Brisbane Multimodal Terminal) and container parks.

17 January 2002
Agreement streamlines Fisherman Islands operations
Patrick The Australian Stevedore and the Port of Brisbane Corporation have signed a variation to the Heads of Agreement, negotiated in October 2001.