Portfolio March 2012 - Fremantle Ports

Pictured at the book launch are (from left) Fremantle Ports’ archivist Alan Pearce, who helped John source photographs, former Fremantle Passenger Terminal hostess Marie Novak (nee Levar), who is in the photo ofhostesses in red in the display, and Murray Rann, who worked for Fremantle Ports between 1963-91, including 17 years in public relationsNew Dowson book on the portFremantle Port is the subject of author JohnDowson’s latest pictorial book.Titled Fremantle Port, the 200-page anthologyof historic and modern photographs capturesthe essence of Fremantle Port from its earlybeginnings to the present day, with themesranging from the planning and constructionof Fremantle Harbour, shipping and tradedevelopments, industrial history, wartime role,immigration, high-profile visitors and notableevents.Check-up forCY statueIt is the author’s personalised account, drawingtogether a wealth of images, stories andanecdotes, some of which may be familiar andothers not previously documented in this way.John spent hundreds of hours in Australiaand overseas sourcing material, searchingthrough libraries and archives. He was ablealso to access material from Fremantle Ports’archival records and extensive collection ofcontemporary and historical images.Fremantle Ports sponsored the book andworked closely with John to help with thepublication.In his new book, which was launched byTransport Minister Troy Buswell at FremantlePorts’ Transport Shed, John Dowson hasagain demonstrated his passion for history,his fascination with the port and his ability toengage, inform and entertain his readers.The book is available in Fremantle bookstoresor from John Dowson (john.dowson@yahoo.com or 08 9335 2113 or 0409 22 36 22).The magnificent bronze statue of CY O’Connornear the entrance to the Fremantle Portsadministration building on Victoria Quay hasbeen given the all-clear by WA Museum expertIan MacLeod.Dr MacLeod, who is Executive Director ofFremantle Museums and Maritime Heritageand a world authority on the preservation ofbronze statues, was asked by Fremantle Portsfor his assistance in preparing a report on thestatue’s condition and how best to maintain it.“According to Ian, the statue is in soundcondition and will probably need no morethan a light water-blast to spruce it up. Thisis excellent news considering how long it hasbeen exposed to a waterfront atmosphere,”Fremantle Ports’ Franco Andreone said.CY O’Connor was the State Engineer-in-Chiefresponsible for the design and constructionof Fremantle Inner Harbour. The statue wascreated by sculptor Pietro Porcelli in 1911.Ian MacLeod inspects the statue of CY O’Connor while John Malaga, of Fremantle Ports, operates the cherry-pickerpage 2

Busy portVehicles carrier Tugela departs the busy portin February. Other ships in Fremantle’s InnerHarbour that afternoon were cruise shipsCosta Deliziosa (yellow funnel) and Albatros,container ships Manila Express, OOCL Panamaand Safmarine Makutu, general cargo shipsEurogracht, Kimberley Queen and Hal Ambassador,vehicles carrier Modern Link, and Customs andBorder Protection Service’s Southern Oceanpatrol vessel ACV Ocean Protector.The new tug’s Master, Rob Vinci and Ivan Spanjic with the SVITZER HarrierNew tugs for Outer HarbourSvitzer Australia has purchased two new tugsto operate in Fremantle’s Outer Harbour,providing services to the bulk shipping that usesthe five jetties there.SVITZER Harrier and SVITZER Albatross willreplace the long-serving tugs Champion andBunbury.“The new tugs are capable of bollard-pull* ofmore than 70 tonnes,” said Svitzer WA PortsManager Ivan Spanjic.“They produce over 3600kW of power fromthe two diesel engines on board and areequipped with winches forward and aft.“Both tugs have individually-controlledpropulsion (ASD) with pods from each engineused to steer the boat. The pods are capableof turning 360 degrees. Both tugs are alsoequipped for fire fighting.”*Bollard-pull is a measure of tug pulling-powerVictoria QuaybrandingHome to the Maritime Museum, E ShedMarkets and B Shed Ferry Terminal, VictoriaQuay is a unique waterfront precinct closelyassociated with the history and developmentof Fremantle and Western Australia.Originally known as South Quay when theInner Harbour was built in the late 1890s,it was renamed Victoria Quay in honour ofQueen Victoria during the visit of the Duke andDuchess of York to Fremantle in 1901. Theylater became King George V and Queen Mary.The waterfront precinct has played a leadingpart in WA’s trade, immigration and wartimehistory.Fremantle Ports Manager FremantleWaterfront Franco Andreone said that as atourist and local destination, the western endof Victoria Quay had broad appeal providing acultural, educational, and culinary experiencefor people of all ages and interests.“Victoria Quay provides a friendly, safe andclean environment for visitors to enjoy and anauthentic connection from Fremantle to Perthand the rest of the world.“The brand is the outward expression of theVictoria Quay experience and identifies andintegrates the diverse facilities and activities ofthe precinct. It reflects the values of a workingport in both an historical and a contemporarysetting.”The development of the brand for VictoriaQuay involved community consultation. Thegraphic design component of the branding wasundertaken by Turner Design, in consultationwith Fremantle Ports.page 3

Community supportNorth Fremantle community gardensFremantle Ports has contributed to amenities atthe community gardens at the rear of Apace.The project, now completed, has provided ashady seating area for education and meetings.Wesley Mission donationEmployees recently donated boxes of toiletriesto the Wesley Mission. Neil Culver from theMission said the huge array of items would bedistributed to the very needy when required.Orchestral weekendFremantle Ports supported two orchestralevents in one weekend in February: theFremantle Chamber Orchestra concertfeaturing violinist Rudolf Koelman andVivaldi’s Four Seasons and the WA SymphonyOrchestra’s free concert at the Fremantle ArtsCentre. FAC Director Jim Cathcart said theconcert attracted 2000 people and the FACwas only able to achieve the high standardsrequired for the concert with Fremantle Ports’generous support.Vanessa’s charity projectionAfter seeing a call for volunteers to runMovies at Burswood from December to April,Fremantle Ports employee Vanessa Carncontacted the charity involved and has beenvolunteering once a fortnight. Vanessa is helpingWheelchairs for Kids, where volunteers buildwheelchairs and send them to impoverisheddisabled children in developing countries. Shesaid it is a win-win experience: “Thanks toall the volunteers, the bulk of the profits godirectly to children’s charities. Being on myfeet for four hours means I get some exercise- more fun than pounding away on a treadmill- and I also get to see (most) of a moviefor free.”Education reportPrincipals Noelene Mason, of Malibu School, in Safety Bay, and KeithNewby (centre), of The King’s College, in Wellard, with Richard Collett,Manager Human Resources, Fremantle PortsPrincipals ForumPrincipals and Vocational Education and Trainingcoordinators from 16 secondary schools inthe Cockburn, Kwinana and Rockingham areasattended a networking forum at Fremantle Ports’administration building on 21 March to learnmore about the port and career opportunities fortheir students. The forum hosted by FremantlePorts was one of a series of Kwinana IndustriesCouncil Education Partnership networkingevents. The forums provide opportunities forschool and industry representatives to meet andshare information about industry and the schoolenvironment.South Fremantle SHS scholarshipsFremantle Ports scholarships for students entering South Fremantle Senior High School’s MaritimeStudies program in Year 8 this year were presented at a morning tea at the port for students andtheir families on 22 March. Pictured are scholarship winners Chloe Paterson, Kadin Anketell-Walker (centre) and Nathan Pinfold with Ainslie de Vos (left), from Fremantle Ports and PrincipalGeri Hardy. Other scholarship winners were Jonah Ostermeyer, Christian Fraser-Abraham,Thomas Harders, Luke Skybinsky, Daniel Kent and Alec Hansen.page 4

In briefHeavy lift vessels Combi Dock I and Combi Dock IIA good appointmentPortfolio is distributed to 65,000 local residentseach quarter and we often get follow-upcomments and questions.An article in last December’s edition onthe pending retirement of Principal TradeInformation Officer (port statistics guru) RodTownsend prompted Fremantle resident JackRickie to write a congratulatory note to Rod.Jack was the port officer who interviewed Rodfor his first job at Fremantle Ports in 1968.Now retired, Jack was delighted to learn aboutRod’s long and successful career with the port.Truck messagingcommendationFremantle Ports has won a High Commendationin the Information Management category ofthe 2011 Australian Supply Chain and Logistics(ASCL) Awards for its variable messaging signssystem for trucks in the Rous Head area.Fremantle Ports established variable messagingsigns within the port to inform drivers ofcongestion and at the truck marshalling areato call up drivers as required. To allow theregistrations of vehicles, a Licence PlateRecognition camera combined with a DriverEntry Screen interactive console has also beeninstalled.Our crew catches no crabsRowing winners (from left) Esther Sutton, Jay Illingworth, Cade Zulsdorf, Nikki Banez and Eugenie Ongpage 5Double takeThese two heavy lift vessels, Combi Dock I andCombi Dock II, pictured (left) as they laid upalong Victoria Quay, will become a familiar sightin the Inner Harbour over the next two years asthey operate a feeder service for materials goingto the Gorgon Project on Barrow Island.Vale Trevor PoustieTrevor Poustie, General Manager (ChiefExecutive Officer) of the Fremantle PortAuthority from 1985-92, died in January.Mr Poustie, who was succeeded by KerrySanderson, was also Chairman of the Boardfrom 1988-92.First million tonnesFremantle Ports has now exported over onemillion tonnes of iron ore for Mineral Resourcesat Kwinana Bulk Terminal.The one-million tonne milestone was reachedduring the loading of the TMS Maria.A $44 million Fremantle Ports and privatesector investment to upgrade facilities hasincreased Kwinana Bulk Terminal’s capacity andimproved efficiency for the export of iron ore,coal and other bulk commodities.Manager Bulk Business Mark Pearce said withthe new infrastructure, the terminal would nowbe a much more efficient and productive facilityable to achieve significantly more throughputtonnages. The partnership with MineralResources was a key element of this projectwhich would generate substantial direct benefitsfor WA.“These benefits include investment at themine and port, significant local spend oninfrastructure, equipment and services,employment generation and paymentof mining royalties,” Mark said.Fremantle Ports’ crack rowing machine, underthe resplendent title of Cheap Filthy Oars, haswon back the Fremantle Rowing Club CorporateChallenge Regatta Trophy (which we last heldin 2005).The ‘Oars’, coxed by state champion EstherSutton and rowed by employees Cade Zulsdorf,Jay Illingworth, Eugenie Ong and Nikki Banez,put in an amazing effort to beat several moreexperienced crews and Fremantle Ports’ threeother crews in the event.The money raised from the annual CorporateChallenge goes towards purchasing andmaintaining the Fremantle Rowing Club’s boats,oars and sheds. Fremantle was the champion clublast year and has a group of senior rowers trainingfor the Australian Rowing Championships beingheld in WA this year.“The club’s members span a wide age range fromschool children to masters and the CorporateChallenge helps to provide boats and oars to suittheir ability, so thank you for helping to make ita success and helping Fremantle Rowing Club toachieve some of our goals,” Corporate Challengedirector Mary Searle said.O U RP E O P L E

Education reportFremantle Ports is committed to working with tertiary institutions, organisations and schools in theFremantle, Cockburn, Kwinana and Rockingham areas to support education.Year 9 student’s work wins major Kwinana arts prizeCategory 1- Visual Art prize: You Know My Name Not My Story,Year 10 Group, Warnbro Community High SchoolJoshua Webb, of Warnbro Community HighSchool, took out the major prize in theKwinana Industries Youth Art Awards.The awards presentation, attended by about380 people, was held on 14 March.The artwork of almost 100 finalists from 10secondary schools in the Kwinana-Rockinghamregion was selected from some 1500 entries.Students were from Hamilton Senior HighSchool, Kolbe Catholic College, Living WatersLutheran College, Maranatha Christian College,Peter Carnley Anglican Community School,Rockingham Senior High School, Safety BaySenior High School, Seton College, TranbyCollege and Warnbro Community High School.The entries included paintings, sculpture,ceramics, photography, film, woodwork, andfashion and textiles.The judging panel comprised Professor JohnTeschendorff, Adjunct Professor of Art atCurtin University; Naidina Avery, of theSchool Curriculum and Standards Authority;and Andrew Daly, one of Australia’s leadingcontemporary artists.City of Rockingham scholarships werepresented to Kentish Grace-Wilson (2012Robert Carter Creative Arts Scholarship)Category 2 - Digital Media prize: The Void, Mia-Rose Springhall, Warnbro Community High SchoolCategory 3 - Materials, Design and Technology prize: Hall Table,Evan Kennis, Tranby Collegeand Madison Townshend (2012 Dorothy LileyCreative Arts Scholarship). Both recipientsattend Living Waters Lutheran College.The works were exhibited at the Gary HollandCommunity Centre, in Rockingham.Fremantle Ports and the Kwinana IndustriesCouncil sponsored and coordinated this year’sawards program, which also had continuingstrong support from the RockinghamCity Council, Nu Farm Limited and theSound Telegraph.Merit awards:Category 1 - Visual Art Merit AwardsVisual Art 2D:Beautiful we are, Tanya Laird, Tranby College andBoats, Shontelle Sinclair, Tranby CollegeVisual Art 3D: Rust Copper, Eilysh Evans,Warnbro Community High School andThere’s no place like home - A case of the blues,Brittany Turner, Rockingham Senior High SchoolCategory 2 - Digital Media Merit AwardsPhotography: Reflections, Teagan Newton,Safety Bay Senior High SchoolDesign: Leopard, Samantha Panciera,Safety Bay Senior High SchoolMedia Production: Some things that havehappened to me at some point of my life up until now,Jerma Owino, Warnbro Community High SchoolCategory 3 - Materials, Design andTechnology Merit AwardsWoodwork and Metalwork:Hall Table, Willem De Klerk, Tranby CollegeFashion and Textiles:Nature Dress, Kahla Purvis, Kolbe Catholic CollegeWe invite your comments mail@fremantleports.com.au or for further details see below1 Cliff St Fremantle, Western Australia, 6160Tel: +61 8 9430 3555 Fax: +61 8 9336 1391Website: www.fremantleports.com.auEmail: mail@fremantleports.com.auEnvironmentISO 14001Health &SafetyQualityISO 9001Gold Level AwardWinner 200775897 acorndesign.com.au