Southern Ports: open for business
WA’S South West holds three gateway ports that connect it to the rest of the world – the Ports of Albany, Esperance and Bunbury – and Southern Ports is their custodian. Unlike role-specific organisations such as the Hunter Valley Coal Collective which focuses its energies on getting one commodity (coal) to one port (Newcastle). Southern Ports manages multiple ports, customers, industries and multiple products. This gives it a unique and multi-faceted role in the supply chain. Its principle role is to facilitate trade through the commercial management of the ports, and to return a dividend to the government of Western Australia. As FY19 comes to a close, Southern Ports will celebrate another successful year. From the beginning of FY19 to…