Dust off those purple wigs! The Starlight Purple Haze Game proudly supported by Fremantle Ports is on Easter Sunday.

Purple Haze fundraising began in February when Fremantle Ports staff teamed up to play Barefoot Bowls. The event was very popular and raised $7,000.

CEO Chris Leatt-Hayter said there were many corporate and school Purple Parties planned for March.

“We’re off to a great start and hoping to beat last year’s record-breaking $151,163,” he said. “To put this figure in perspective, it’s the equivalent of granting 23 wishes or connecting 3,875 kids to Starlight programs at PMH.”

“The Purple Haze game is a great family outing,” he said. “By donating at the game you will be helping Starlight Children’s Foundation, which works to improve the quality of lives of seriously ill and hospitalised children and their families.”

Register your party on the Dockers’ website and win some great prizes: http://www.fremantlefc.com.au/club/events/starlight-purple-haze

The school that raises the most funds for Starlight will win a football clinic for up to 100 students run by Fremantle players.

The Purple Haze Game, Dockers vs. Port Adelaide Round 1, will be on Easter Sunday 5 April at Domain Stadium (Subiaco).

Terns flock to sanctuaryThese two adults (yellow beaks) and chick were among the many fairy terns that made their home at Fremantle Ports’ Rous Head sanctuary during the recent breeding season. Read more on page 3.

FREMANTLE PORTS’ COMMUNITY NEWSLETTER MARCH | 2015

Strong trade growth for financial year startFremantle’s working port, a key contributor to the WA economy, handled over $28 billion in trade in 2013-14 and there has been healthy trade growth overall this year.

Total trade for the Port of Fremantle* for the first seven months of the financial year was almost 10 per cent higher than for the same period last year, with imports up 7.4 per cent and exports up 11.2 per cent.

Fremantle Ports CEO Chris Leatt-Hayter said the strong growth was attributable to increases in various bulk trades as well as the container trade.

“In the Inner Harbour, the container trade was up by 10 per cent, mainly due to significant increases in containerised exports of wheat and hay.

“Following WA’s large grain harvest, bulk wheat exports from Kwinana have increased by more than 25 per cent and bulk barley exports by about 82 per cent compared with the same period last year.

“In bulk imports, there have been strong gains in cement clinker and phosphate (fertilisers related to the grain industry).”

Total trade at Fremantle Ports’ two bulk facilities, Kwinana Bulk Terminal and Kwinana Bulk Jetty, was up more than 482,600 tonnes or nearly 11 per cent on the same period of the previous year.

*Trade figures for the Port of Fremantle include trade at the Inner Harbour at Fremantle and the Outer Harbour at Kwinana, comprising Fremantle Ports’ two facilities (Kwinana Bulk Jetty and Kwinana Bulk Terminal) and three private facilities (BP Oil Refinery Jetty, Alcoa Alumina Refinery Jetty and the CBH Grain Jetty).

Good start to Purple Haze fundraising

Judy Ralph (left), of Fremantle Ports, tin rattling at last year’s Purple Haze Game with son Oscar (bottom left), brother Clifton (right) and his wife Jacky, and nephews Leo and Oliver

Save the date: 31 OctoberFremantle Ports Maritime Day 2015 is on Saturday 31 October 2015 at Victoria Quay (10am - 4pm). The annual free expo celebrates the maritime industry and Fremantle Port, and features lots of displays about maritime education and careers, children’s activities and musical entertainment for all ages.77

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Container trade was up 10 per cent in the first seven months of the financial year

The worldwide trend of bigger (and wider) container ships means bigger cranes are needed to service these vessels.

The 300-metre container ship MSC Buxcliff made its maiden voyage to Fremantle on 23 January.

The biggest container ship to enter Fremantle Inner Harbour, it was built to carry 6628 TEU (twenty-foot equivalent containers), has an overall beam of 40m and a maximum draft of 14.5m.

Fremantle Inner Harbour was deepened to 14.7m in 2010 and Fremantle Ports uses software navigation technology DUKC to maximise draft capability.

Equipped to carry 500 reefers (refrigerated containers), MSC Buxcliff has a gross tonnage of 72,700t and a maximum speed of 27 knots.

The port’s capacity to service the container trade has significantly increased as a result of three infrastructure projects completed last year.

Two were rail projects (the North Quay Rail Terminal extension and a passing loop at Spearwood) to encourage increased use of rail to move containers, and the third was the development of roads and services on land reclaimed at Rous Head as a result of the 2010 harbour deepening.

…need bigger cranes

The DP World container terminal on North Quay took delivery of a new ZPMC quayside post-panamax* container crane on 23 February.

The crane is the second post-panamax crane for DP World in Fremantle and the fifth for the Fremantle Inner Harbour.

The crane ship Zhen Hua 18 was an interesting spectacle as it made its way through the Inner Harbour. The semi-submersible vessel sank to the level of the wharf to discharge the crane and remained level with it throughout the off-loading operation by using water as ballast.

The crane, built in China by the Shanghai Zhenhua Heavy Industries Company, has an outreach of 50 metres.

*A post-panamax crane can unload containers from a container ship too wide to pass through the Panama Canal (about 18 containers wide). The Panama Canal is currently being widened.

The Victoria Quay Night Markets in B Shed were so successful the season was extended by two weeks, finishing on 25 February. Held on Wednesday nights, the night markets had a ‘carnivale’ theme offering food and entertainment with the exotic Latino flavours of South America and Spain. The night markets took advantage of the stunning sunsets over the ocean against the backdrop of the working

port. Between 14-20 food stalls each week attracted about 1000 patrons who sat inside and wharfside at B Shed. The Fremantle Chamber of Commerce held its monthly ‘Business After Hours’ at the markets in February with members sampling food and enjoying a sunset drink. The markets were organised by Events & Beyond with Fremantle Ports.

Successful Victoria Quay Night Markets season

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Victoria Quay newsNorwegian royalty

Norway’s King Harald and Queen Sonja visited Wilhelmsen Group’s vehicle carrier MV Tugela on 27 February at Fremantle Port’s North Quay. Together with Norwegian Minister of Petroleum and Energy Tord Lien, they were given an introduction to Norwegian maritime activities in Australia and Norwegian-Australian cooperation in the maritime sector and offshore industry. During the ship visit, a Memorandum of Understanding was signed on research cooperation between the Norwegian Geotechnical Institute and the University of Western Australia.

King Harald and Queen Sonja on the ship’s bridge

Burberry wool check

Emma Louise Hamilton Foster, a sustainable manufacturing analyst, from UK luxury label Burberry, visited Fremantle Port recently to better understand the wool supply chain. Fremantle Ports took her to IWD Pty Ltd, in Bibra Lake, as it provides services dumping (compressing) and containerising the wool bales that comprise about 95 per cent of the wool exported from Fremantle. Emma’s three-week research trip to WA and Victoria included visits to a number of sheep farms, processing facilities and other bodies associated with the wool supply chain.

Indonesian ambassador

On his first official visit to WA, Indonesian Ambassador to Australia, Mr Nadjib Riphat Kesoema (2nd from right) visited Fremantle Port and met with Fremantle Ports CEO Chris Leatt-Hayter (right) and Harbour Master Captain Allan Gray (left). Mr Ade Padmo Sarwono (2nd from left), the recently appointed Indonesian Consul General to WA, also visited.

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Crane ship Zhen Hua 18 carrying two cranes

Bigger ships…

Big months for cruisingMarch and April 2015 will be two of the busiest cruise shipping months for the Port of Fremantle in recent times with 20 cruise ship visits by 10 different ships scheduled.

MSC Orchestra, which arrives on 26 March as part of its maiden grand voyage from the Arabian Peninsula to Australia, is also offering an ‘Anzac trail’ cruise from Fremantle to Gallipoli, arriving at the Gallipoli Peninsula just before Anzac Day.

Other ships visiting in the period include Diamond Princess, Crystal Serenity, Radiance of the Seas, Pacific Jewel, and Costa Deliziosa, Voyager of the Seas and the regal Queen Mary 2.

The 20 visits are expected to bring more than 58,000 cruise passengers to Fremantle, making a bonanza two months for the port city.

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Terns flock to port nesting sanctuaryA fairy tern breeding sanctuary created by Fremantle Ports at Rous Head attracted around 70 pairs in late November for the breeding season which extends to March.

Most of the numerous chicks are now fully fledged. Fremantle Ports is monitoring the colony’s progress and recording the information to assist with recovery planning for the species.

In advance of the breeding season, Fremantle Ports set aside about 3400 square metres at the northern end of Rous Head to create the fairy tern nesting sanctuary.

Fairy terns are classified as a vulnerable species. To provide the best chance for a successful colony to establish and protect these little birds from disturbance, the site was elevated away from port activities, positioned with open views to the ocean and covered with a shelly sand layer, providing the conditions favoured by fairy terns to make their scrape (nest).

The aim was to establish a viable habitat for the fairy terns that could be managed and sustained into the future.

Fremantle Ports consulted with the Australian Department of the Environment, the WA Department of Parks and Wildlife, the WA Museum, Birdlife Australia and local community stakeholders on various aspects of the sanctuary.

To further encourage the fairy terns to nest on the site, Fremantle Ports commissioned the production of some realistic scale models of the birds. The models were made at O’Connor

by a local moulding firm, painted at the Fremantle Men’s Community Shed and positioned within the sanctuary. In thanks for the help given, Fremantle Ports has donated a sea container to the men’s shed for storing equipment.

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Fremantle Ports is supporting sculpture exhibitions on foreshores at Fremantle and Rockingham in March and May.

Sculpture @ Bathers, on 12-29 March at Fremantle’s Bathers Beach, features the work of 72 artists. The spectacular setting forms the backdrop for finely crafted works by many of WA’s most well-known artists and new graduates with most of the works created for the event. Works are located on the beach, the boardwalks, in the sandhills, along pathways, in the sea and inside Kidogo Arthouse.

Fremantle Ports is a prize sponsor for the Castaways Sculpture Awards on 9-18 May on the Rockingham foreshore. The exhibition combines the theme of recycling and environmental awareness with the creative re-use of materials and innovative sculpture. The City of Rockingham’s Castaways creates opportunities for local emerging artists to showcase their artworks alongside established professional artists. Castaways includes a free art forum, educational workshops, a poetry prize, a photography competition and a schools exhibition.

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A fairy tern chick at the sanctuary

Sculpture @ Bathers is on 12-29 March at Bathers Beach

Workplace giving for disabled surfers

A workplace giving program introduced at Fremantle Ports last year has resulted in almost $20,000 being donated to the Disabled Surfers Association. CEO Chris Leatt-Hayter handed over two cheques representing $9,519 raised by staff through payroll contributions and a $10,000 matching donation from Fremantle Ports. Chris, a strong supporter of the corporate giving program, thanked staff for their donations and fundraising efforts over the year.

Container and crane hire for RSPCA

The RSPCA has thanked Fremantle Ports for donating a container and associated crane hire costs. RSPCA CEO David van Ooran said the much-needed container would be used to store animal food and equipment at the RSPCA Animal Welfare Centre in Malaga for inspectors on the frontline of animal cruelty and neglect: “Every day we receive between 60-70 calls to our RSPCA Animal Cruelty Call Centre which equates to more than 20,000 per year. Often we need to provide emergency food and treatment to animals in-situ.”

Positive impact

For the second year, Fremantle Ports supported Fremantle Foundation’s Impact 100 fundraising initiative. The theme in 2014 was mental well being and homelessness. Four inspiring organisations were finalists with FORM’s 100 Hampton Road project winning the ‘game-changing’ $100,000 grant. The FORM project aims to install a commercial kitchen and build personal and community wellbeing through cooking classes and communal eating onsite at the lodging house at 100 Hampton Road. The other finalists (DADAA, South Lake Ottey Family and Neighbourhood Centre, and St Patrick’s Community Support Centre) received $5,000 each with the South Lake centre also receiving an anonymous donation of $5,000. To find out about Impact 100 in 2015, see www.fremantlefoundation.com

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Celebrity Solstice departing Fremantle on 25 February

Supporting foreshore sculpture at Fremantle and Rockingham

Lance Holt’s Year 3/4 class visited Fremantle Ports to find out more about the port’s history, careers at the port and how the port works. The students, whose school is on the Fremantle Inner Harbour’s ‘doorstep’, were very interested in different types of ships and harbour craft, the fairy terns at Rous Head and a photo of Fremantle Ports staff dressed in purple to support the Fremantle Dockers.

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Supply chain tour for Curtin MBA students

Students studying for an MBA at the Curtin Graduate School of Business visited Fremantle Ports in January with Associate Professor Paul Alexander. The course the 16 students are studying includes aspects of the supply chain. The students were provided with a general overview of the port and the supply chain,

and a tour of Rous Head to explain the supply chain in more depth. Dr Alexander said most of the students were middle and senior managers in their organisations. He thanked Fremantle Ports for the “fantastic tour”.

KIC Youth Art Awards 2015

Fremantle Ports is one of the major sponsors of the Kwinana Industries Council Youth Art Awards 2015. This year’s exhibition at the Gary Holland Community Centre, in Rockingham, features the artwork of 90 finalists from nine secondary schools in the Cockburn, Kwinana and Rockingham areas. The exhibition is open to the public on weekdays 19-26 March from 10am to 3pm.

Maritime scholarships

Fremantle Ports Maritime Scholarships at Rockingham Senior High School for 2015 were awarded to Jonathan Blackmore, Chelsea Honey, Daniel Riddiough and Jayde McIntosh. Principal Kerry Chipchase has thanked Fremantle Ports for its ongoing educational partnership with the school.

David Smith

New Board memberDavid Smith was appointed to the Board of Fremantle Ports in January. A former Partner with PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) in Melbourne and Perth, David has a Bachelor of Commerce from the University of Melbourne, is a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants and a Member of the Australian Institute of Company

Directors. He is a Director of St. Bartholomew’s House Inc., a former independent External Chair of the Risk Assurance and Audit Committee of Port Hedland Port Authority and a former member of the University of Melbourne Audit and Finance Committees.

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