Port launches its first regular container service 

Port of Newcastle has sent off its first regular container service from its recently extended Multipurpose Terminal, giving shopper products, modern, and agribusiness clients.

This is all through the Hunter, North West and Liverpool Plains with a savvy and proficient choice for bringing in and trading items. 

Port of New Castle Chief Executive Manager Development, Matthew Swan, says the assistance officially started off with the appearance of NPDL holder vessel Capitaine Dampier on Saturday, which incorporated the trading of both import and commodity compartments. 

“We see this new service as an important step in growing container trade at the Port of Newcastle and in completing the missing link in the supply chain for growers, farmers and producers in north-western NSW, looking to access South Pacific markets or even transshipment opportunities. 

Around one third of NSW container exports originate in the Hunter and North West, and we know agribusiness in these areas in particular have been vocal in wanting a complete and more efficient agricultural supply chain solution,” Swan said. 

The Port’s new NPDL holder administration will at first a sudden spike in demand for a month-to-month premise, to increment to a fortnightly demand. The following help call is booked for Saturday, 14 October. 

Port of New Castle notes one of the immediate advantages of trading through its extended Multipurpose Terminal is the capacity for clients to have the option to get vacant holders from the compartment side capacity region, and have them conveyed and stuffed nearby prior to returning them to the Port for send out. 

“This will not only mean significant savings in land side costs for customers, but an all-round more efficient and convenient service, which is further enhanced by the Port’s two on berth Liebherr LHM 550 Mobile Harbour Cranes and direct access to national heavy road and rail networks,” Swan added.