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18 October 2024
QuayLink responsibilities
QuayLink is TasPorts’ largest port upgrade project under the Port Master Plan and TasPorts’ largest infrastructure project in a generation. It is designed to modernise and future-proof the Port of Devonport to support the critical role it plays in providing a linkage between Tasmania and mainland Australia.
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08 July 2024
Works complete at Terminal 3
This week we achieved significant milestone at Project QuayLink, with Wednesday 8 July marking the successful completion of the main maritime works package at Terminal 3 by our contractors, Hazell Brady Joint Venture.
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Behind the scenes of QuayLink
Meet some the people who are making QuayLink come to full realisation. This short video gives insight into how a deck on pile wharf structure is constructed.
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08 April 2024
Concrete pour seals wharf deck
The Hazell Brady Joint Venture team delivering our marine & dredge works contract at Devonport East continue to stride towards the finish line. The second of four wharf deck topping slabs were cast this morning and the last of the wharf precast elements are now being installed.
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14 March 2024
Precision engineering and dedication on display
While most of us were sleeping, the Project QuayLink crew were onsite at 2.30am last week to complete the second in-situ concrete deck pour.
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14 March 2024
How does a pilot make a transfer?
QuayLink's engagement program with East Devonport Primary School enters its third year, inspiring the port workers of tomorrow.
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27 February 2024
New wharf takes shape
The works at Terminal 3, East Devonport continue at pace with fabrication of 98% of all precast elements now complete.
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09 February 2024
Engineers Australia impressed by wharf development
On Wednesday the second on-site tour for Engineers Australia at the QuayLink construction site took place, with more than a dozen members receiving an in-depth briefing by Superintendent Pieter Goldie.
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24 November 2023
Last leg for new wharf in Devonport
We're celebrating another QuayLink milestone with the 51st and final pile driven in to create the foundations of the new wharf in East Devonport.
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11 October 2023
Project QuayLink goes from strength to strength
A new wharf for Spirit of Tasmania at the Port of Devonport is well underway in preparation for the larger vessels.
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10 July 2023
Future ships on display in Devonport
The ships of the future, as designed by the students at East Devonport Primary School, are now on display at the boundary of QuayLink construction site at the Port of Devonport.
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10 July 2023
Another QuayLink milestone reached
One down, 49 to go! The Rebecca Lily has installed the first tubular pile for QuayLink in the Port of Devonport.
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03 April 2023
QuayLink: The largest wharf infrastructure upgrade in 27 years
On Monday, April 3, TasPorts CEO Anthony Donald was joined by Premier Jeremy Rockliff, Infrastructure and Transport Minister Michael Ferguson and Devonport Mayor Alison Jarman for a tour of the QuayLink construction site, East Devonport.
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02 March 2023
Simulation testing for berth protection
Simulation testing for the Spirit of Tasmania’s new berth at QuayLink is in full gear as Nick Van Amstel, QuayLink’s Engineering Manager visited the UNSW Water Research Laboratory with our contractors, Hazell Brady Joint Venture.
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15 February 2023
Giant cranes, trucks and long reach excavators
There’s nothing like a construction site to view some of the best cranes and excavators around. Here’s some of the equipment on site.
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31 January 2023
Dredging starts at Devonport East
TasPorts’ contractors have started the dredging and reclamation works for the Devonport East Terminal 3 development.
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21 November 2022
Signing of QuayLink Construction Charter
TasPorts, Spirit of Tasmania and the Hazell Brady Joint Venture have signed a formal Construction Charter for the $240 million Project Quaylink.
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26 August 2022
Work to start on QuayLink
Largest wharf infrastructure in 27 years will be built at East Devonport for the new Spirit vessels
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12 May 2022
Environmental approval granted
TasPorts has welcomed the decision by Tasmania’s Environment Protection Authority (EPA) to approve Project QuayLink’s proposed dredging and reclamation works at East Devonport.
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09 December 2021
Building a port for the future
TasPorts $240 million investment at the Port of Devonport secures the port as a tourism and trade gateway for the future
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01 December 2021
Technical Advisory Consultative Committee to form for dredging works
Early explorers and settlers to Tasmania tended to bypass the Mersey River, as it was blocked by a sandbar and the banks were heavily timbered. The first dredging took place in 1890 and has continued through the life of the port.
01 December 2021
Preplanning surveys underway
TasPorts have been undertaking a number of preplanning surveys including geotechnical, survey and environmental baseline surveys. These are just the start of investigations that will inform the design and construction of the works.
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Berth 2E new works
New works on Berth 2E, where the SeaRoad Mersey 2 and MV Liekut berths, has included fendering and wharf upgrades. The initial work had to be undertaken in time for the arrival of the MV Liekut with some critical works restricted to the small window of opportunity between sailings at night. While the project was a logistical challenge for engineers and contractors, it was accomplished within the tight timeframe due to a high level of collaboration between all parties.
This six minute video gives an overview of the early works undertaken.