Conaust was the first container terminal operator in Australia to service the hatch-coverless vessel 'European Express'.

The Port's major dredging program for the Outer Harbour, involving restoring the width of the Success and Parmelia Channels and increasing their depth to 14.7 metres to allow the passage of deeper draft vessels - particularly BP's oil tankers, was completed in 1994. Dredging was also undertaken at BP's Outer Harbour berths to increase depths in line with those in the Channels.

Fremantle Port Authority was the first Port Authority in Australia to undertake a comprehensive strategy of risk and hazard management of port operations. The Quantitative Risk Assessment (QRA) put Fremantle Ports at the forefront of port safety management in Australia. The QRA showed that the port met all the criteria laid down by the WA Department of Environmental Protection for Individual Risk for existing industry. Risk Management consultants DNV Technica completed this study.

Coflexip SA signed a lease for an area at Fremantle Ports' Rous Head Waterfront business park.
The lease enabled Coflexip to build a $55 million manufacturing plant in Fremantle. Coflexip took up an initial lease of approximately three hectares, and installed a heavy-lift crane with a capacity of more than 250 tonnes on North Quay.

In July 1994 Fremantle Ports secured its operational areas on Victoria Quay under a plan which saw greater public access to and use of the west-end of Victoria Quay and security fences installed around cargo areas to provide better Customs Control and cargo security at the eastern end of Victoria Quay. Gate No.1 was removed and E-shed was relocated. Fremantle Ports officially joined the Australian Customs Frontline campaign in March 1994. The new plan was welcomed by the shipping industry because of the greater security it offered their cargo.

Fremantle Ports introduced a new real time wave monitoring system to allow for better management of deep draught shipping in and out of the port. The introduction of Dynamic UnderKeel Clearance (DUKC) at Fremantle followed the completion of dredging of the Success/Parmelia Channels - increasing the depth of these channels from 13.7 metres to 14.7 metres. The deepening of the channel was funded by BP while maintenance dredging was jointly funded by Fremantle Ports & BP.

Fremantle Port Authorityinstalled a system to synchronise the lights installed in the Success/Parmelia and Stirling/Calista Channels in the Outer Harbour in 1994. The timetable for the projected scheme had a pilot scheme to the end of August, Stages 1 & 1 - mid-September and completion in mid-November. The synchronisation system enabled the navigation lights to be operated by remote control.

The North Quay consolidation plan, providing another 100m of berth length, was commenced by Fremantle Ports. Seven hundred wood and concrete piles were removed from the harbour to allow the berth to be re-aligned. When the piles were removed the excavation of about 120,000 cubic metres of sand and limestone commenced. The material was dumped at the reclamation area behind the new seawall off Rudderham Drive at Rous Head.

March 1994

Maesrk West Australian Line introduced a new weekly shuttle service between Fremantle and Singapore in mid March 1994. The introduction of this weekly service doubled capacity available to exporters.

Fremantle Port Authority launched its new $2.5 million state-of-the art emergency response vessel the "FP Response" in March 1994. Fremantle Ports' newest vessel allowed the rationalisation of the small craft fleet from five to three.

September 1994

A new ferry service began operating from Victoria Quay during September 1994. The Rottnest Express joined Boat Torque (located at Rous Head) as the second Rottnest Ferry operator in the Port.

December 1994

In December 1994, the State Government opened up an additional 47 hectares of water area in Cockburn Sound for mussel farming.