Boost for shipping and supply after WA cyclone
IN THE WAKE of Cyclone Zelia WA premier Roger Cook has committed a re-elected Labor government to a $5 million boost to the state’s supply chain and shipping capability. With...
MUA slams Teekay for alleged cheap labour
IN A SAVAGE Facebook post the Maritime Union of Australia’s WA branch has accused marine service company Teekay Australia of using cheap labour on the Absolute 1 bunker barge. The...
Pilbara Ports open, roads closed after cyclone
THE PILBARA Ports of Dampier and Varanus Island are back in business after tropical cyclone Zelia stormed across WA’s northwest coast yesterday afternoon (Friday). Pilbara Ports...
Ports closed with cyclone to hit Pilbara today
THE PILBARA ports of Dampier and Varanus Island have closed as severe tropical cyclone Zelia, now a category 5 storm, bears down on the northwest of WA. Mine sites have closed and...
Zelia tipped for category 5 as more northern ports cleared
CYCLONE Zelia has intensified rapidly to a category 3 overnight and is expected to reach category 5 before it crosses the coast. As the intense tropical cyclone bears down on...
Cyclone Zelia threat to Port Hedland
TROPICAL cyclone Zelia has been declared and continues to threaten “severe impact” to the east Pilbara coast or adjacent Kimberley coast later on Thursday and Friday. A tropical...
Tropical low threatens second WA cyclone
A TROPICAL low near Broome is threatening to become WA’s second cyclone of the season. The Bureau of Meteorology has issued a notice warning the developing low, near the north...
Freight forwarder critical of landside price hikes
BRIAN Hack, managing director of West Australian freight forwarder EES has thrown his weight behind the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission’s latest stevedoring...
Broomehill rail projects to aid grain exports
GRAIN growing co-operative CBH has completed its Broomehill rapid rail outloading and siding project which it says will help the international competitiveness of WA grain growers....
WA small business urged to consider exports
SMALL regional businesses in the southwest of Western Australia are being encouraged to look overseas for markets. The state government is offering $600,000 over three years...
Broome floating wharf on its way from China
BROOME’S floating wharf has been launched in China and is ready for transport to its Kimberley home. The overseas fabrication is complete, and subject to appropriate weather...
Record grain harvest puts pressure on exports
THE CBH Group has ended the Western Australian grain harvest with its third biggest crop ever, with attention now turning to exporting two million tonnes of grain per month. A...
Second major Perth road project to ease freight routes
A SECOND major roadworks project, claimed to improve freight movements in Perth’s southern suburbs has been contracted by state and federal governments. The $1 billion contract to...
Reverse course for Esperance sulphur
WHILE the Port of Esperance has imported hundreds of thousands of tonnes of sulphur over the years, it’s unusual to see the mineral going the other way. When Jersey Spirit left...
TAFE defence training part of WA military strategy
WESTERN Australia is beefing up its defence force capabilities announcing on 29 January that it will create a TAFE defence training centre and is launching a defence industry...
