Derailment cuts off east to west rail freight
RAIL freight routes affecting Sydney–Perth, Melbourne–Perth, and Adelaide–Darwin have been suspended following a partial derailment north of Port Pirie on Tuesday afternoon. Rail...
WiseTech and Elm collaborate to drive Saudi logistics
WISETECH Global and digital solutions provider Elm Company have announced a non-binding memorandum of understanding to enhance collaboration in the logistics sector of Saudi...
MEDLOG buys Seaway’s Intermodal Division
WHAT seems to have been one of the industry’s worst-kept acquisition secrets has been confirmed this morning by both buyer and seller. Fulfilling rumours that first emerged in...
Reddy ready for new challenge
THE EXECUTIVE director of Freight Victoria, Praveen Reddy, has resigned to take up a position focusing on providing services and opportunities for new arrivals in the country. It...
Supply chains under pressure, as flooding hits the north
A TROPICAL low bringing torrential rain to North and Far North Queensland has affected supply chains to the Port of Townsville. The ABC reported yesterday about widespread stock...
TRADE LAW: Organised crime and the supply chain
Looking at serious and organised crime in Australia and its impact on the supply chain THERE has been significant media coverage of the existence of serious and organised crime...
INDUSTRY OPINION: Stepping up
With the Australian Peak Shippers Association being appointed Vice Chair of the Asian Shippers’ Alliance, Australia steps into a bigger arena AUSTRALIA has just taken a major step...
Chair and deputy chair of ARTC reappointed
THE AUSTRALIAN government has appointed Peter Duncan AM as chair and Collette Burke as deputy chair of the Australian Rail Track Corporation (ARTC) Board, each for further...
Australia’s newest and largest intermodal terminal commences rail freight operations
In a significant development for both Victorian and national supply chains, the newest and largest intermodal terminal in Australia, the $400 million Melbourne Intermodal Terminal...
New owners for SCF Containers
ADELAIDE-headquartered specialised container supplier SCF has been sold to Indonesia’s Asian Bulk Logistics by global asset investor ICS for an undisclosed price. The 100%...
Visy greenlights Riverina Intermodal Hub
VISY Logistics has confirmed it is investing in the former Norske Skog paper mill site north of Albury by converting a 2.8 square kilometre portion of the site into a regional...
Toll and Qube acquire land lots at Lumsden Point
LOGISTICS companies Toll Group and Qube have been announced as new service providers for the Lumsden Point development at Port Hedland in Western Australia’s Pilbara region. They...
Iron ore first shipment renews activity and boosts regional jobs
EXPORTS from the Yilgarn Iron Ore project in WA have resumed, with 176,000 tonnes loaded onto the Densa Shark at Esperance ahead of shipment to China. While the ship departed last...
New rail line floated to meet Illawarra’s growing freight demand
TRANSPORT for NSW has renewed a proposal first floated four decades ago to create a Maldon-Dumbarton rail freight link after recognising that the “Illawarra rail system presently...
Digital transformation and trade’s “quiet revolution” discussed at conference
DIGITAL transformation challenges and opportunities as well as the potential of the Middle Corridor trade route were key themes at the recent Türkiye Logistics Summit 2025 in...
