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...
Accreditation puts Southern Ports in world top 5
SOUTHERN Ports in Western Australia has become only the fifth port in the world to achieve ISO certification for its asset management system. It joins the Port of Melbourne, along...
Freeway work to aid Westport freight efficiency
A $700 MILLION project to improve the efficiency of freight moving down the Kwinana Freeway to Western Australia’s proposed Westport container port has been announced by the state...
Fremantle to follow in Canary Wharf footsteps
FREMANTLE Harbour will follow in the likes of port redevelopments such as Barangaroo (Sydney), Canary Wharf (London), and HafenCity (Hamburg) in the wake of the shift of the...
WA government wants control of freight rail
THE WEST Australian government wants to take back control of the state’s freight rail network Cook Government to enter negotiations to secure control of the freight rail network...
Fainted mariner prompts Pilbara heat warning
PILBARA Ports have warned arriving vessels to take precautions to protect mariners from extreme heat. A marine notice published by Pilbara Ports harbour master Mike Minogue, said...
NORTHERN AUSTRALIA: Top End freight warriors
NORTHERN Australia. It covers around 45% of the Australian continent but is home to around 5% of the population. Much of the north is divided into the “dry” and the “wet”, putting...
Pilbara Ports reopen as cyclone moves away
PILBARA ports are reopening for business on Monday morning (20 January) as tropical cyclone Sean, heads west southwest. At 5am AWST the cyclone had built to a category 3 and was...
Rehab mine provides first magnetite shipment
A REHABILIATED mine site in the Northern Territory, expected to produce 1.2 million wet tonnes of magnetite concentrate annually, has shipped its first despatch to Asia. The...
Pilot hydrogen to fuel Korean power plants
PILOT ENERGY has signed an agreement to provide ammonia from the Mid West clean energy project in the Perth Basin to fuel coal-fired power plants in Korea. In a stock exchange...
Nail in the coffin for Perth Freight Link
THE WEST Australian state government has hammered the final nail in the controversial plan for the Roe 8 and 9 Perth Freight Link project. The finalisation of an amendment to the...
Wellard to sell last vessel, Ocean Drover
TROUBLED livestock vessel operator Wellard has reported to the ASX it is to sell its last remaining vessel Ocean Drover for $81.2 million. In the announcement on 14 January the...
