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24.01.2022 Meet Cooper! Cooper is our IT Trainee who has just completed his Certificate III in Information, Digital Media and Technology and will shortly be undertaking a Certificate IV. Esperance born and bred and with a love for digital media, Cooper jumped at the opportunity to join Southern Ports one year ago at 18-years-of-age and is based at our Port of Esperance. When not on the Southern Ports IT Help Desk, Cooper is often found at the beach, four-wheel driving and streaming video games with friends.

23.01.2022 Safety is a pillar of our business. We want our Ports to provide a safe workplace - one where our team members can be assured they'll return home to their families each day. As part of our safety awareness and education, our Port of Esperance held a competition for our team's families to draw what safety means which will be used to create a 2021 calendar. Here are some of the creative and meaningful entries

23.01.2022 Although his grave site is located directly behind our Port of Esperance, Tommy Windich didn't live in Esperance. Do you know Tommy's story? Listen to the Untold Stories of Perth episode about Tommy and his explorations.

23.01.2022 In memory of Jason Wos, a Southern Ports teammate, Julie-Anne Wos will be hosting a fundraiser for Beyond Blue later this month, Garden Beyond the Blue Letterbox, to raise awareness and funds to support anxiety and depression. Jason's garden was his happy place and has varieties of orchards, bromeliads, bamboo, tree ferns, succulents, a mini rainforest of palms. The garden will be open on Sunday 18 October from 10am to 2pm at 97 Harvey Road, Warrenup.... If you can't attend but would still like to make a donation to Beyond Blue, please visit the link below

21.01.2022 Biannual works will commence at our Port of Bunbury over the next couple of weeks to help us maintain safe draughts for ships to move within the Port. This work may result in some temporary turbidity and odour in the immediate vicinity of the Port. For more information ... https://www.southernports.com.au//n/dredging-works-bunbury See more

19.01.2022 To show our support for #16DaysinWA, we've partnered with our friends at CBH Group in Albany and Hexion Australia in Bunbury to light silos and tanks in orange as a reminder to the community that respect starts with each one of us

19.01.2022 This weekend we're excited to be sponsoring Shift by the Bay with an activity zone including mini golf, rock climbing and a mechanical surfboard. Shift by the Bay is organised by the City of Bunbury's Youth Advisory Council to bring the community together, especially young people aged between 12 and 25. Everyone's welcome - we can't wait to see you there!

18.01.2022 Are you wandering out yonder this school holidays? If you're looking for a place to go, consider Bunbury which not only has one of our picturesque ports, but also has lots to see and do

18.01.2022 Did you know that docking a huge cargo ship may take hours because of its vast size? Moving and positioning the ship into the correct position requires the support of smaller tug boats, which will either push the ship into place, or pull it using ropes from different sides. These tug boats in our Ports are operated by our friends at Svitzer Australia and Mackenzie Marine and Towage Pty Ltd. Weather and congestion can also impact the docking process.

17.01.2022 We were pleased to support Moving Movies Esperance this month as they brought together the Salmon Gums community for an airing of The Lego Movie.

15.01.2022 What a great opportunity it was to gather together with our Port of Albany stakeholders this month, including customers, neighbours and local businesses, to thank them for their unwavering support over the past year.

12.01.2022 We're always looking for creative ways to recycle and at our Port of Bunbury our team recycles plastic lids through Precious Plastic Margaret River to make fruit bowls and plant pots, perfect for our office Did you know that it takes 230 lids to make a fruit bowl?

12.01.2022 Today marks the start of #16DaysinWA to end violence. We wholeheartedly support this important State Government initiative, designed to help break the cycle of family and domestic violence which starts with respect towards women. To show our support we're running a FREE Women's Self Defence Workshop in Albany this Saturday from 2pm to 4pm with SBG Western Australia. Registrations are essential https://www.eventbrite.com.au/e/free-southern-ports-womens-

11.01.2022 Fun Fact Friday: A container ship, like the ones which come into our Port of Esperance, travel the equivalent of three-quarters of the way to the moon and back in one year during its regular travel across the oceans. That's approximately 288,300kms

10.01.2022 It takes a lot of power to run a port, so to have a new power solution from Horizon Power for our Port of Esperance is pretty incredible! It will include a new state-of-the-art gas power station and a centralised battery and renewables hub consisting of a solar farm and two wind turbines. Hear more about it from everyone involved in the recent Open House held to share information with the Esperance community, including our Port of Esperance Regional Manager Scott Bates

09.01.2022 Have you noticed something new on Princess Royal Drive near our Port of Albany? The 'Mossie Buoy' indicates the safe water arrival mark from a maritime perspective. It's the first in a series of local landmarks which will be coming to special spots near you! This buoy is also particularly special as right next to it is a memorial seat for one of our late team members.

07.01.2022 Last chance to have your say on the Port of Esperance master planning process which will map planning and infrastructure requirements up to 2050. The survey closes tomorrow and we'd love to hear from you on what you think are the most important issues facing our Port of Esperance

07.01.2022 What an effort by our Movember Australia team who together have raised $2,805 and have walked 723.11km, all in the name of men’s health

06.01.2022 To mark #16DaysInWA, raise awareness of the impact domestic violence has on our regional communities and evoke change, we're hosting free self defence classes for women! First up is Albany - join us next Saturday at SBG Martial Arts Albany (SBG Western Australia) . Registrations are essential and be quick - places are limited

05.01.2022 We're on the hunt to expand our HR team with a HR Business Partner, and a Payroll and HR Administrator based at our Port of Esperance. Providing practical and appropriate advice and support to leaders in relation to enterprise agreements, employment contracts, and employment terms and conditions, if you have experience within human resources, we'd love to hear from you!

04.01.2022 Have you noticed an orange glow from Bunbury's Outer Harbour recently? We've teamed up with Hexion Australia to mark the #16DaysInWA campaign by lighting up orange and encouraging conversations about respect, equality and stopping family and domestic violence.

03.01.2022 Meet Sarah! Sarah is a trainee marine pilot at our Port of Bunbury. Originally from Wales, Sarah quickly became a lover of the sea, working on ships since she graduated school including captaining the STS Leeuwin II, Australia's largest sail-training tall ship, for more than 11 years. Moving to Bunbury to take on the traineeship, Sarah works with the pilotage team to navigate ships safely into the port by identifying and managing any risks to prevent grounding or collision. ...She says the biggest challenge is getting used to the change in scale of the bigger style ships. Sarah who first joined our team in January, is working towards her unrestricted licence, and has had glowing reviews by her team so far!

03.01.2022 Have you seen the Tommy Windich Cultural Precinct behind the Port of Esperance? Tommy Windich was an Aboriginal tracker and explorer whose final resting place in Esperance was confirmed in 2017 after extensive work was completed by Esperance Tjaltjraak Native Title Aboriginal Corporation and Applied Archaeology Australia following an anomaly which was located during roadworks in the area. Tommy was working with a construction party on the overland telegraph at Esperance Bay when he passed in 1976 from pneumonia.

02.01.2022 What a weekend it was in Albany with the NRL WA's inaugural 2020 Southern Ports Great Southern Nines! Well done to everyone involved!

02.01.2022 Did you know these five facts about our Port of Albany? 1 Grain is the largest trade per commodity at 65.56% of total trade at the Port 2 With 25 staff, Albany is the smallest of our three Ports in workforce size 3 11 local community members contribute to the Port's success through their participation on the Port's Community Consultative Committee, established in 2016.... 4 Since 1834 the Port of Albany has only had 16 Harbour Masters with the most recent, Robin Liley, appointed in late 2019. 5 In the mid-1800s Perth's mail from London used to come through the Port of Albany See more

02.01.2022 Have you come across Marley, Casuarina Harbour's resident dingo? He provides the team at our Port of Bunbury a smile when they see him. Learn more about Marley and where he came from