2017 Port of Darwin Comparative Report and 2017 Port of Darwin Price Benchmarking Report Released

​The Ports Management Act requires the Utilities Commission to complete a review of the Northern Territory ports access and pricing regime by 15 November 2018. To inform this review the Commission completed a comparative report of annual reporting information about the operational activities of the Port of Darwin for the previous four years.

The Commission also engaged the specialist services of GHD Advisory to undertake a benchmarking study of port prices for the Port of Darwin against comparable interstate ports. The ports included in the study were Darwin, Broome, Port Hedland, Fremantle, Adelaide, Cairns, Townsville and Gladstone.

Both of these reports are included as appendices to the Issues Paper for the 2018 Ports Access and Pricing Review. ​