THE AUSTRALIA-United Kingdom Free Trade Agreement will come into effect soon, the enabling legislation in the UK having received Royal Assent this past week.

Also in the news, National Intermodal exercised an option to acquire 1100 hectares of land at Beveridge in Melbourne’s north.

And, DP World Australia announced it had opened a new reefer facility at its Port Botany terminal.

And finally, the Australian Transport Safety Bureau this week released an interim report on last year’s Portland Bay incident.

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