Flooding shuts down East West rail line – again
THE AUSTRALIAN Rail Track Corporation (ARTC) is expecting the worst following the closure of the East West rail line following 24-hours of heavy rain and flooding in South...
Austal USA boss departs in wake of accounting blunder
SHIPBUILDER Austal’s US president, Michelle Kruger, is to leave the company in the wake of last week’s admission that an accounting blunder had slashed $110 million from its 2026...
WA iron ore plays second fiddle to BHP copper results
IRON Ore from Western Australia performed at record first-half levels for BHP, but that performance has been outshone by a 30% growth in copper production in the last four years....
Fortescue adds electric locomotives to decarbonisation push
FORTESCUE has continued its push for decarbonisation of its Pilbara iron ore operations with the addition of two new battery electric locomotives for its rail network. A Fortescue...
Record grain harvest from WA
WESTERN Australia has produced its biggest grain harvest on record. The state produced a 27.352 million tonne harvest making grains the major contributor to WA's agriculture...
Southern WA gets call to apply for Port community funding
SOUTHERN Ports is calling for communities across the south of Western Australia to apply for grass roots funding. Regional community initiatives throughout southern Western...
Austal US accounting blunder leads to 25% fall in stocks
AN ACCOUNTING blunder in West Australian-based shipbuilder Austal’s US division has resulted in a US$17.1 million overstatement in the company’s FY2026 EBIT guidance. In a...
Wrecked vessels prompt Dampier shipping warning
TWO recreational vessels, sunk in the Port of Dampier duringTropical Cyclone Mitchell have prompted a warning from Pilbara Ports. The two vessels at the Hampton Harbour Causeway...
New welfare officer for Port of Esperance
LONG-time port welfare officer for The Mission to Seafarers at the Port of Esperance, Fred Lochowicz has retired. His replacement, Robyn Blackman, says she has big shoes to fill...
Woodside installs Pilbara artificial reef
WOODSIDE and Recfishwest have teamed up to install an artificial reef off the coast of Dampier in north-west Australia. The gesture comes at a time when Woodside is under scrutiny...
Four voyages, 30 wind turbines for Warradarge
SWIRE Projects has undertaken four voyages to transport 30 sets of wind turbine generators from Tianjin, Taicang, Nantong, and Dongzao Ports in China to Henderson in Western...
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TWU joins chorus calling action on sham contracting
THE TRANSPORT Workers Union WA Branch (TWU) is the latest organisation to call for governments to step in and put a stop to illegal sham contracting. TWU state secretary Tim...
Austal starts work on biggest vessel so far
WEST Australian-based shipbuilder Austal has begun work on the biggest vessel it has ever built. The project at Austal’s Philippines shipyard is for construction of Horizon X, the...
WA freight chair stands down
CHAIR of the Freight and Logistics Council of WA (FLCWA) board, Megan McCracken, praised for her role during COVID-19 and her work on strengthening the resilience of the east-west...
CBH looks from record harvest towards exports
WA GRAIN cooperative CBH is working to turn a record grain harvest into record exports through the ports of Geraldton, Kwinana, Albany and Esperance. In an opinion piece by CBH...
