Management
Management of the channels and port of Geelong was the responsibility of the Geelong Harbor Trust that was formed in December 1905. In addition, the Authority was responsible for the associated ports at Queenscliff, Barwon Heads, Lorne and Apollo Bay.
In 1981, the trust was reconstituted as the Port of Geelong Authority as an attempt to follow modern practice with the naming of organisations responsible for ports operation throughout the world. The authority was privatised by the State Government, being sold to TNT Logistics for $49.6 million on 1 July 1996. The port was later rebranded as Toll GeelongPort after the acquition of TNT by Toll Holdings. Today the port is now branded as GeelongPort, a part of Asciano Limited after the demerger from Toll Holdings.
In 2008 the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission(ACCC) revoked Asciano's exclusive equipment contract with the Port of Geelong. The ACCC found that the compulsory use of Asciano cranes for dry bulk and fertiliser unloading was anti-competitive, and that the negative effects of the arrangement outweighed any productivity improvements derived from use of a single equipment type.
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