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Port in Australia Port of Townsville Click on the map for a fullscreen view Location Country Australia Location Townsville, Queensland Coordinates 19°14′56.75″S 146°50′11.81″E / 19.2490972°S 146.8366139°E / -19.2490972; 146.8366139 UN/LOCODE AUTSV Details Opened 1864 Operated by Port of Townsville Limited Owned by Queensland Government No. of berths 8 No. of wharfs 8 ...
The port is managed by the Port of Brisbane Pty Ltd (PBPL) under a 99-year lease from the Queensland Government. The Port of Brisbane has 29 operating berths including nine deep-water container berths and three deep-water bulk berths as well as 17 bulk and general cargo berths. In total the port facilitates more than 2,600 ships each year and ...
SCT Logistics was founded in 1974 as Specialised Container Transport. [1] [2] In the mid-1990s, National Rail decided to discontinue the use of refrigerated vans, louvred vans, and boxcars on its trains. At the same time, Australia's rail network was being opened up to enable private operators the use of publicly owned railway track.
Townsville is a major destination and generator of rail freight services. Container operations are run by both Aurizon in South Townsville and Pacific National at Stuart. The local nickel and copper refineries as well as minerals from the western line (Mount Isa) are transported to the port for trans-shipment to other destinations.
Transshipment, trans-shipment or transhipment is the shipment of goods or containers to an intermediate destination, then to another destination. One possible reason for transshipment is to change the means of transport during the journey (e.g., from ship transport to road transport), known as transloading. Another reason is to combine small ...
APL Logistics Ltd. (APLL) is a wholly owned subsidiary of Kintetsu World Express, Inc. (KWE), a Japan-based freight forwarding and transportation company. [1] As a global supply chain specialist, APL Logistics trades in more than 60 countries, [2] serving the automotive, consumer, industrials, and retail verticals. [3]
COSCO SHIPPING Lines Co., Ltd. (Chinese: 中远海运集运) is a Chinese international container transportation and shipping company. It is a subsidiary of COSCO Shipping Holdings , and its parent company is China's state-owned COSCO Shipping .