TasPorts
{{Short description|Port authority for Tasmania, Australia}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2025}}
{{Infobox company
|name = TasPorts
|logo =
|logo_size =
|image = Hobart Port Complex.jpg
|image_caption = Navigation tower at the Port of Hobart
|former_name =
|type = State-owned corporation
|industry = Logistics
|predecessor =
|successor =
|founded = {{start date|2006|01|01|df=y}}
|founder = Government of Tasmania
|defunct =
|hq_location_city = Hobart
|hq_location_country = Australia
|num_locations =
|num_locations_year =
|area_served = Tasmania
|key_people = Stephen Bradford (Chairman)
Anthony Donald (Chief Executive Officer)
|services = Airport and port management
|revenue = $170 million
|revenue_year = 2023
|operating_income =
|income_year =
|net_income = $20 million
|net_income_year = 2023
|num_employees =
|num_employees_year =
|parent = Government of Tasmania
|subsid = Bass Island Line
|website = {{URL|www.tasports.com.au}}}}
TasPorts, officially the Tasmanian Ports Corporation, is a Tasmanian Government state-owned corporation that is responsible for the management and operation of all ports in Tasmania, Australia as well as Devonport Airport.
History
TasPorts was established on 1 January 2006 and incorporated Tasmania's four port companies operating at that time; Hobart Ports Corporation, Port of Launceston, Port of Devonport Corporation and Burnie Port Corporation.[https://web.archive.org/web/20161028142848/https://www.abc.net.au/news/2006-01-02/new-era-as-tasmanian-ports-merge/771498 New era as Tasmanian ports merge] ''ABC News 2 January 2006[https://web.archive.org/web/20060810174304/http://www.tasports.com.au/about/index.html About TasPorts] TasPorts
Historically most regional ports had their own Marine Board or similar bodies. In the 1950s there were Harbour Trusts and Marine Boards with local responsibility for movement within each local port facility.Walch's Tasmanian Almanac for 1956 pp. 208–216 Marine Boards existed in Hobart, {{TAScity|Launceston}}, Burnie, {{TAScity|Strahan}}, Circular Head, King Island, Flinders Island and {{TAScity|Devonport}}; and harbour trusts at {{TAScity|Smithton}} and {{TAScity|Ulverstone}}.
TasPorts also took over Devonport and Hobart airports.[https://web.archive.org/web/20121107010550/http://www.tasports.com.au/admin/download.php?table=tpc_publications&fileid=2 Ready for Take Off] Manifest Summer 2006 page 6[https://web.archive.org/web/20121107010550/http://www.tasports.com.au/admin/download.php?table=tpc_publications&fileid=2 Hobart International Airport – Our High Flying Port] Manifest Summer 2006 page 6 In December 2007 the latter was sold.[https://www.flightglobal.com/australias-hobart-airport-being-sold-to-macquarie-and-others/77972.article Australia's Hobart Airport being sold to Macquarie and others] FlightGlobal 13 December 2007
In August 2007, TasPorts purchased North Western Shipping & Towing Company's Tasmanian tugboat business.[https://web.archive.org/web/20240622203743/https://www.accc.gov.au/public-registers/mergers-registers/public-informal-merger-reviews-register/tasmanian-port-corporation-pty-ltd-acquisition-of-north-western-shipping-and-towage-company-pty-ltd Tasmanian Port Corporation Pty Ltd – acquisition of North Western Shipping and Towage Company Pty Ltd] Australian Competition & Consumer Commission 27 September 2007 In April 2017, TasPorts commenced operating a service between King Island and Devonport under the Bass Island Line brand.[https://web.archive.org/web/20180310020738/https://bassislandline.com.au/company/ Company] Bass Island Line
Operations
=Ports=
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- Bell Bay
- Burnie
- {{TAScity|Currie}}
- Devonport
- Devonport Airport
- {{TAScity|Grassy}}
- Hobart
- Lady Barron (Flinders Island)
- Smithton
- {{TAScity|Stanley}}
- {{TAScity|Strahan}}
- Triabunna
- Whitemark (Flinders Island)
=Airport=
References
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External links
- {{Official website|http://www.tasports.com.au TasPorts}}
Category:Companies based in Hobart
Category:Government-owned companies of Tasmania
Category:Port authorities in Australia
Category:Ports and harbours of Tasmania