By Craig Carmody, CEO, Port of Newcastle
Australia’s supply chains and national resilience were certainly again tested in 2021.
While we had all hoped that the pandemic year of 2020 was behind us, the last 12 months have been just as, if not more, challenging, as we have worked to keep our people safe, our port productive and our future plans progressing.
The resilience that sustained the port community through last year became even more critical and supportive in 2021 and, as Chief Executive Officer of Australia’s deep-water global gateway, I no doubt join my colleagues locally and around the globe in commending our industry’s adaption to the ‘new normal’.
Despite the challenges we have all faced, there has been a lot of strategic progression at Port of Newcastle this
year and it can be summed up in one word: diversification.
As the world’s largest coal port, we know that diversification is not an option for us, it is a must do.
