| Porthole 08 Sep 16

Last night Sydney Ports Authority ceo Grant Gilfillan gave a deep insight into the organisation’s inner workings – and its strong ability to influence stakeholders.

Welcoming delegates to the Australian Cruise Association Conference last night, Gilfillan spoke about the venue for the ‘Flavours of NSW’ opening night cocktail party which was in the cargo area of Sydney’s Overseas Passenger Terminal.

He said delegates might notice that not many of the location’s regular residents – pigeons – were not around for the event.

“We’ve sent them off for the night,” he said.

Without revealing the details of his pigeon-charming abilities he confirmed “they’ll be back later on after the party”.

“We charge them $10 a day – Sydney’s an expensive port, you know,” Gilfillan added.