SPECIAL REPORT

Online container data system ready to go live in the new year

TRADEGATE will implement a port-user information system in major container ports next year, the online services firm has said.

Big lifters raise more questions than answers

THERE are five bright red metallic monoliths that dominate the industrialised landscape of Botany Bay. Patrick once dubbed them the “monsters that will change Port Botany’s skyline”, billing them an integral part of the future of Patrick’s container terminal operations in Sydney.

Looking back: planning derailed?

Patrick took delivery of the first two RMGs in mid-2006. All of the machines were due to be operational by the end of that year, but technical problems delayed this until well into 2007.