Freight blueprint for South Australia released
COMPLETING the North South Corridor, a new purpose built freight precinct at Adelaide Airport and harbor channel widening are key planks of a major freight blueprint document...
TasPorts to keep King Island shipping service long-term
TASPORTS, the owner/operator of the Bass Island Line that operates between Geelong, Grassy and Devonport, has committed to enhancing the service after a market sounding exercise...
Container trade at Fremantle down in June
CONTAINER throughput at the Port of Fremantle dropped in June, compared with May’s year high, according to the latest trade statistics available from Fremantle Ports. Total...
Registration open for Master Consolidators – BMSB
IN ORDER to comply with new mandatory reporting requirements for Less Than Container Load/Freight of All Kinds ( LCL/FAK ) containers, it will be necessary from some in the import...
Trade through Townsville on track to be beefed up
MORE northern Queensland beef may soon be flowing through the Port of Townsville, after plans for an inland meat-processing facility took another step forward. Flinders Shire...
IMO secretary-general addresses industry at AMSA event
IT WAS the first time that a secretary-general of the International Maritime Organization had visited Australia. Kitack Lim was in Sydney on 29 July at the invitation of the...
Alliance says industrial disruption causing landside costs
THE ongoing industrial disruption at DP World terminals in Australia is resulting in inefficiencies, delays and added costs for the landside logistics sector, according to...
Melbourne container trade dips in June
PORT of Melbourne’s June was busier than the same month last year for container throughput, but the port handled fewer containers than the month of May. According to the latest...
Japanese minister talks trade in Bowen
A DELEGATION of senior Japanese government agriculture officials has visited the Queensland town of Bowen to talk agriculture and trade. Among the delegates was Susumu Hamamura,...
Wind turbine components offloaded at Brisbane
TEAMS from LCR Group and Qube worked together recently to transport wind turbine components from the Port of Brisbane to the Coopers Gap Wind Farm. The Coopers Gap Wind Farm is...
Rail operator calls for end to access charges for freight
PACIFIC National CEO Dean Dalla Valle said less than 1% of 20 million tonnes of palletised and containerised freight transported between Melbourne and Sydney is now hauled by...
Woomera arrives to continue dredging at Cairns
THE back-hoe dredge Woomera is the largest vessel of its kind in Australia and is the latest addition to the fleet of dredging contractor Hall Contracting Dredging and...
Exports on the rise in Townsville
NEW preliminary figures show total trade through Townsville Port increased by 4.7% in the 2018-19 financial year, rising to a total of 7.68 million tonnes. Visiting the Port...
Throughput hits year high at Newcastle
CARGO throughput at the Port of Newcastle took a massive jump in the month of June with a total throughput of more than 15.76m tonnes, according to the latest trade statistics...
Concerns over ANZ Terminals, GrainCorp deal
A “STATEMENT of issues” raising preliminary concerns about ANZ Terminals’ proposed acquisition of GrainCorp Liquid Terminals Australia has been issued by the Australian...
