Awards recognise freight industry
THE Victorian Transport Association and members of the Australian freight and logistics industry honoured the winners of the 2020 Australian Freight Industry Awards during a...
John Duigan returns to King Island service
TASPORTS has announced the barge John Duigan has resumed its standard weekly shipping service to King Island, after the completion of works to replace the vessel’s propeller...
Protest staged at Abbot Point
PROTESTORS hostile to the Carmichael Mine and the burning of coal have targeted the Abbot Point coal terminal near Bowen in central Queensland. A statement from a group labelling...
Cameron Murphy elected to VTA executive council
MURPHY Transport Solutions chief executive Cameron Murphy has been elected to the executive council of the Victorian Transport Association. Mr Murphy was elected at the VTA’s...
China to hit Australian wine with tariffs
THE People’s Republic of China has announced it will place tariffs on all Australian wine imports from this weekend. It follows “preliminary findings” of a Chinese anti-dumping...
Axle failure leads to coal train wagon derailment, says ATSB
RAIL infrastructure including 4,350 sleepers were damaged when the wheelset of a wagon of a loaded coal train derailed near Moss Vale in the New South Wales Southern Highlands. A...
Ports under the microscope
A REPORT branding Australia’s ports “a wicked problem” has earned a sharp rebuke from industry body Ports Australia. The report was prepared by Ai Group, an employer body. “It is...
Qube reports “sound financial performance” despite pandemic
QUBE managing director Maurice James has talked of a “sound financial performance” in the 2019-20 financial year, belying the twin miseries of pandemic and bushfires. “Of course,...
High Court to rule on key casual work case
EMPLOYER groups have welcomed the High Court of Australia granting special leave for Workpac to appeal the Rossato decision, a test case for casual work entitlements. Casual...
TM Insight makes key ecommerce hirings
TM Insight has announced that three “global innovators” in ecommerce, Nicole Scherholz Cipolla, Jan Becker and Mitch Bittermann, former executives at Global Fashion Group, Zalora...
Charter Hall Prime Industrial Fund secures $2.6bn of new equity commitments
CHARTER Hall Group has announced that its flagship $5.8bn Charter Hall Prime Industrial Fund has closed its capital raising significantly oversubscribed, having raised $2.6bn...
Floating dry docks installed at Gladstone
GLADSTONE Ports Corporation has installed four floating dry docks at Gladstone Marina. The new docks are to be available for boats up to three tonnes. Gladstone Marina...
Black Friday to prove supply chain stress test, says logistics exec
THIS year’s ‘Black Friday’ is likely to provide extra strain on the supply chain and logistics sector, says BluJay regional director for Australia – New Zealand Paul Soong. As a...
Toy demand boosts Port of Melbourne throughput
STRONG pre-Christmas demand for toys and sporting goods has contributed to a surge in container throughput at the Port of Melbourne. According to figures released by port...
OOCL, VICT set new benchmark for container exchange in Australia
BOXSHIP OOCL Rotterdam has set a new record within the Port of Melbourne and Australia for the highest container exchange in a single call – a total of 6,516 containers equating...
