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LINX connects grain suppliers to Australia’s busiest port
LINX Cargo Care Group has created a new avenue for Australia’s grain farmers in the Central West with the recent expansion of services from its Intermodal Terminal, part of the...
Charter Hall TradeCoast Industrial Park completed
A NEW facility for big name businesses Amazon and Australia Post has been completed at the Brisbane suburb of Pinkenba by Charter Hall Prime Industrial Fund. The new facility...
New directors to take over at GRDC
Minister for agriculture David Littleproud, has appointed the next Grains Research Development Corporation non-executive directors for a three-year term, which commenced on 1...
Virus and fall in oil prices take toll on LNG revenues
ACCORDING to Energy Quest’s monthly Australian LNG report for September, the biggest impact of COVID-19 and the fall in oil prices on the market for liquefied natural gas has been...
Rod Sims’ market power rocket
MARKET power and understanding its consequences are crucial as Australia seeks to recover from the economic impact of COVID-19, ACCC chair Rod Sims says. The competition czar used...
MT Gulf Sky crew remain without pay and CDCs
FOURTEEN weeks after their repatriation from Tehran in mid-July following the hijack of their vessel while anchored off Port Khor Fakkan Anch, United Arab Emirates, the 28 Indian...
GPC’S Auckland Point berth welcomes 100th HQP vessel
THE hundredth shipload of timber has been shipped by HQPlantations from Gladstone Ports Corporation’s Auckland Point berth. HQPlantations began exporting from Auckland Point Berth...
Liberian Registry opposed to “unilateral implementation” of EU emissions scheme
CLASS society The Liberian Registry, has issued a statement opposing a recent proposal from the European Union Parliament on the implementation of an emissions trading system...
New COSCO service delivers opportunities for the north
INTERNATIONAL shipping line COSCO today (19 October) begins a new fortnightly service directly linking Townsville with destinations in China, northern Australia and the South...
DHL Express ranked one of the best workplaces in the world
EXPRESS delivery service DHL Express has been recognised as the second best place to work of all examined companies around the world. In its 2020 employer ranking Great Place to...
Vessel owner fined following “expletive laden tirade”
A VESSEL owner who unleashed “an expletive laden tirade” upon an AMSA inspector has been fined $750. In Cairns Magistrates Court this week, Anthony Roy Wolfe, the owner of MV...
Victorian government “must legislate” following ESC report into Port of Melbourne
A KEY industry group has called for state government intervention after the Essential Services Commission released its Market Rent Report claiming the Port of Melbourne’s exercise...
Australian cotton affected by China spat
MILLS in China are being told to stop buying Australian cotton, the ABC has reported. According to the national broadcaster, sources have told them the cotton industry could face...
Uncertain economic outlook, RBA governor warns
RESERVE Bank governor Philip Lowe has warned of an extended period of economic uncertainty for Australia as the nation seeks to curtail the impact of COVID-19. The RBA has just...
ACCC legal action begins over Hunter box port policy
ALLEGATIONS of anti-competitive behaviour in relation to ports policy in New South Wales are being heard in the Federal Court. The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission...
