OPINION: Human rights at sea must be upheld by the law
WHEN Human Rights at Sea was established in April 2014, the concept of universal human rights applying at sea, as equally as they do on land was not explicitly recognised across...
Casual employment reforms welcomed by transport group
THE National Road Transport Association CEO Warren Clark has come out in support of the government’s Industrial Relations Omnibus Bill, especially as it relates to reform of...
Safety warning after train hits steel coil
THE Australian Transport Safety Bureau has issued a warning about the need for “robust load restraint” on freight trains. This followed an incident in 2018 where a 16tonne steel...
MSC announces new port rotations for Asia-Oceania
MEDITERRANEAN Shipping Company has announced new port rotations in its Asia-Oceania service network. The company has decided to reshuffle its Capricorn and Kiwi Express services...
ACBC announces appointment of CEO
RUSSELL Thomas has been named as the new CEO of the Australia China Business Council. He comes with a strong background in leading member-based organisations having been the CEO...
Government-funded projects offer hope to business
WHILE numerous business sectors have been negatively impacted by the events of 2020, risk management solutions provider SAI Global says there is “enormous hope” in the wave of...
Win for Queensland company in channel upgrade project
HALL Contracting has been awarded the largest contact of the $232m Channel Upgrade Project for the Port of Townsville. The works include capital dredging to widen 14.9 kilometres...
Infrastructure Victoria strategy aims to prepare for “transformative change”
VICTORIANS will have to embrace new ways of living and working due to significant technological and environmental disruption, according to Infrastructure Victoria’s draft 30-year...
High Court rejects ACCC’s Acacia Ridge appeal
AN APPLICATION by the competition regulator for leave to appeal a Federal Court decision green-lighting the Pacific National acquisition of an intermodal terminal at Acacia Ridge...
New remote-controlled cranes for Qube in NZ
EARLIER this year, Qube's fully owned ISO Limited business in New Zealand commissioned four new Liebherr LHM 550 mobile harbour cranes. The cranes were commissioned at the Port of...
Aussie logistics tech company secures $30M in equity
AUSTRALIAN e-commerce and logistics technology company Shippit has raised an A$30m (US$22m) Series B equity round led by US-based technology investment firm Tiger Global alongside...
Scorecard shows National Freight and Supply Chain implementation progress
A “SCORECARD” showing progress towards the implementation of the National Freight and Supply Chain Strategy has been presented to Deputy Prime Minister Michael McCormack by the...
Farmgate value likely to hit $65bn, but watch on trade
THE Australian Bureau of Agricultural and Resource Economics has released its December quarter 2020 Agricultural Commodities report. It expects Australian farmgate production of...
Minister talks up Emerald inland port
ASSISTANT Minister for road safety and freight transport, Scott Buchholz met with Mayors from the Central Queensland Regional Organisation of Councils and visited the CQ Inland...
Autonomous shipping progress reported
PROVIDER of ocean shipping solutions, e5 Lab, has announced it has "successfully" completed a large-scale proof of concept testing on the ROBOSHIP Joint Value Creation Project in...
