PATRICK Terminals have announced the appointment of Rita Antranik as its terminal manager for Fremantle.

Ms Antranik has experience across several roles having worked with Qube, Smit Lamnalco Towage and the Qube general stevedoring business as operations manager at Port Kembla.

“Patrick Terminals is proud to make the first appointment of a female to the role of Terminal Manager in Australia, particularly as it coincides with International Women’s Day,” the company said in an online statement.

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Patrick Terminals is one of the big two container terminal operating companies in Australia and handles more than 3m TEU a year. Patrick operates container terminals at four key ports around the Australian coast. Qube, as part of the Qube/Brookfield consortium, owns 50% of Patrick Terminals.