Kathmandu chief takes on top Austrade job
THE Australian government has announced the appointment of Xavier Simonet as the new CEO of Austrade, the Australian Trade and Investment Commission. Mr Simonet is currently group...
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...
Customs broking and forwarding scholarship open
THE 2021 scholarship program of the International Forwarders and Customs Brokers Association of Australia is open for applications until 15 January 2021. IFCBAA ITDF Scholarship...
Inland Rail breaks ground on Narrabri to North Star
PROGRESS on the Inland Rail project continues, with the second section of the 1700-kilometre Melbourne to Brisbane freight line between Narrabri and North Star now under...
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,...
Major players come together on environmental message
CMA CGM, Hapag-Lloyd, MSC and Kuehne+Nagel have come together to raise awareness of climate neutrality in shipping and ocean health in a joint partnership with the yacht racing...
MSC Rachele breaks record in Melbourne
MSC Mediterranean Shipping Company has just set a record for the heaviest container vessel to ever enter the Port of Melbourne. The record was set when 8500 TEU container ship MSC...
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...
