Port Authority of New South Wales

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Port Authority of New South Wales
Company type State owned_enterprise
Industry Ports
PredecessorsSydney Ports Corporation
Port Kembla Port Corporation
Maritime Services Board
Founded1 July 1995
Headquarters,
Australia
Area served
New South Wales
Key people
David Marchant (Chairman)
Philip Holliday (CEO)
Number of employees
363 (2022)
Parent Transport for NSW
Website www.portauthoritynsw.com.au

The Port Authority of New South Wales, is a corporation owned by the Government of New South Wales, Australia. It acts as harbourmaster at the state's six commercial seaports, managing shipping movements, safety, security and emergency response. While major cargo handling facilities are operated by the private sector, the Port Authority continues to manage smaller facilities including Sydney's two cruise terminals, at Circular Quay and White Bay; common user berths at Sydney's Glebe Island and White Bay; and the regional ports at Eden and Yamba. [1]

Formation

Newcastle Port Corporation (NPC) was established on 1 July 1995 with the corporatisation of the Hunter Ports Authority, a subsidiary of the Maritime Services Board. [2] In May 2013, the NSW Government sold 99 year leases over Port Botany and Port Kembla to a consortium of Industry Funds Management, AustralianSuper, QSuper and Tawreed Investments. [3] The corporations retained harbourmaster and maritime safety functions, but were unprofitable in their initial form. [4]

Twelve months later, when the Port of Newcastle was leased, the lessons from Botany and Kembla were applied, leaving a profitable residual NPC. On 1 July 2014, the residual Newcastle, Sydney and Port Kembla port corporations were amalgamated into the Port Authority of New South Wales. [5]

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References

  1. Annual report for year ended 30 June 2022 Port Authority of New South Wales
  2. Newcastle Ports Corporation State Archives & Records Authority of New South Wales
  3. NSW ports privatized in $5 billion deal Sydney Morning Herald 12 April 2013
  4. "Statement of corporate intent, 2017–18" (PDF). Port Authority of NSW. Retrieved 8 September 2018.
  5. Annual report for year ended 30 June 15 page 11 Port Authority of New South Wales