Airfreight boom for Adelaide Airport
SOUTH Australian lobster exports have tripled year-on-year, with a record $137.3 million sold to the world over the past 12 months – an increase of $95 million or 225% according...
East-West rail reopened
RAIL services have been restored between Sydney and Perth, Melbourne to Perth and Adeliade to Darwin. The Australian Rail Track Corporation has reopened the East West rail...
Coles, Woolworths call in trucks to ease train derailment pressure
WEST Australian branches of supermarket chains Coles and Woolworths have shifted to additional trucking capacity to maintain WA supply as work on the east-west railway continues...
Pilbara Ports makes pilotage change at Dampier
PILBARA Ports is to take over the scheduling of pilotage services at the Port of Dampier with Auriga Marine continuing to provide marine pilotage services. PPA is taking the same...
WA government hints at Freo bridge freight restrictions
THE FREIGHT and transport industry has been warned that if it doesn’t take steps to minimise congestion to and from the Port of Fremantle during the Fremantle Traffic Bridge...
Derailment cuts off east to west rail freight
RAIL freight routes affecting Sydney–Perth, Melbourne–Perth, and Adelaide–Darwin have been suspended following a partial derailment north of Port Pirie on Tuesday afternoon. Rail...
Port Darwin gets tick from report card
THE PORT of Darwin has released a report card on its performance over the past year. In the report the port says it has strengthened its commitment to responsible port management...
Yilgarn iron ore makes tracks to Esperance Port
LESS than a year after Mining Resources stopped shipping iron ore through the Port of Esperance, Yilgarn Iron has restarted exports that will see around 4.4 million tonnes per...
Defence contracts and Hanwha deal a festive gift for Austal
WEST Australian shipbuilder Austal had every reason to celebrate this festive season with new defence contracts worth billions of dollars, along with the finalisation of the...
Southern Ports gives 1799 locals a seafarer’s perspective
SIXTY tours across Southern Ports’s Albany, Bunbury and Esperance Ports over 10 and 11 October gave nearly 1700 locals an opportunity to see the ports from a seafarer’s...
3600 head of cattle mark start to floating wharf live exports
THE GUDALI Express with 3600 head of cattle on board has kicked off live exports from Kimberley Marine Support Base’s (KMSB) livestock exports from its Broome floating wharf. KMSB...
$91 million clinker terminal quadruples Kwinana Bulk Terminal capacity
FREMANTLE Ports, Kwinana Bulk Terminal, WA’s only import clinker circuit will quadruple its capacity with a $91 million clinker import circuit at the Kwinana Bulk Terminal....
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Kwinana Grain Terminal dispute escalates
THE DISPUTE at the Kwinana Grain Terminal has escalated significantly in recent days, with CBH Group reinstating a lockout of more than 130 workers amid ongoing tensions with...
Rio commits to long-term Pilbara future
THE LONG-term future for Rio Tinto in Western Australia's Pilbara has been sealed with a $733 million iron ore mine extension by the Robe River Joint Venture to extend West...
No place for politics at Darwin Port
PLAYING politics doesn’t fall into Darwin Port, CEO, Peter Dummett’s vocabulary. Speaking to Daily Cargo News yesterday (3 October), Mr Dummett said he was focused on the running...
