Port of Newcastle has appointed another executive to pursue an expanded container terminal and is recruiting someone to manage the project.
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Former Australian National Line operations manager Noel Dent has joined the port's private operator as strategic development manager for the new terminal.
The port appointed former Hunter Business Chamber boss Glenn Thornton and former Aurizon executive Paul Brown last month and hired former NSW Nationals state director Ross Cadell as a lobbyist in January.
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The port said on Monday that it had started recruiting a senior project manager for the container terminal, which would be on part of the former BHP steelworks site at Mayfield.
The terminal is the subject of an Australian Competition and Consumer Commission case progressing through the Federal Court against the government and NSW Ports, which operates the Botany and Port Kembla terminals.
The ACCC argues that fees imposed by the government on Newcastle to compensate the other ports are "illegal and anti-competitive".
Port of Newcastle is gearing up to develop a new container terminal if the court case leads to the once-secret fee being scrapped.
The matter, including cross-claims filed by NSW Ports against Port of Newcastle and the government, is heading for a hearing in October.
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Michael Parris
Michael Parris reports on politics for the Newcastle Herald. He started at the Herald in 1994 after working in the ABC Newcastle newsroom. Michael spent much of his career as a sub-editor before moving into political reporting in 2017. He was a finalist in the Sports Australia national media awards for his stories about a male-only tennis club in Newcastle. He has covered NSW and federal elections, state and federal budgets and local politics. He has also written extensively about the COVID-19 pandemic with a special focus on data analysis and the effects of lockdowns on the Hunter community.
Michael Parris reports on politics for the Newcastle Herald. He started at the Herald in 1994 after working in the ABC Newcastle newsroom. Michael spent much of his career as a sub-editor before moving into political reporting in 2017. He was a finalist in the Sports Australia national media awards for his stories about a male-only tennis club in Newcastle. He has covered NSW and federal elections, state and federal budgets and local politics. He has also written extensively about the COVID-19 pandemic with a special focus on data analysis and the effects of lockdowns on the Hunter community.
