Victorian Building Works package to benefit transport industry
AS PART of its economic response to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Victorian government announced a $2.7bn in additional expenditure to fund large and small shovel-ready projects. The...
Stink bug measures lead to decrease in detections
THE strengthened measures in place for the brown marmorated stink bug season are helping safeguard Australia’s industries, environment and trade from this significant pest, says...
Industry says it was ignored in response to Sydney Gateway plan
A NUMBER of prominent transport and logistics groups have criticised the New South Wales government’s response to submissions received on the environmental impact statement and...
Safety milestone in midst of pandemic
PAPUA New Guinea marine services company Pacific Towing has just announced it has reached an important safety milestone. The company has been lost time injury free for the past...
Hydraulink joins ‘Coalition of Kindness’
BLACKBUTT Engineering, which operates as an authorised Hydraulink dealer in Port Macquarie, has joined a group of companies known as the “Coalition of Kindness” that are...
FedEx appoints president for the Asia-Pacific
INTERNATIONAL transport company FedEx Express has announced the appointment of Kawal Preet as the new president of Asia Pacific, Middle East and Africa. Kawal Preet, previously...
E-tailers changing the way they send customer parcels
THE boom in online retail activity has undoubtedly seen an increase since coronavirus restrictions were put in place: in the first week of May alone, Australia saw 109% growth in...
Oracle teams up with Uber Freight
ORACLE has directly integrated Uber Freight into its Transport Management Cloud, to offer shippers real-time pricing and tendering capabilities. “The last few months have shown...
Intermodal Asia 2020 rescheduled for March 2021
LOGISTICS conference Intermodal Asia has been rescheduled to March 2021. The event was originally to have been held in Shanghai in March this year and July 2020 before the...
Clinton Channel widening hailed for job creation
GLADSTONE Port chief executive Craig Walker has talked up the job-creation benefits of widening the Clinton Channel at the Central Queensland port. The project is expected to...
Maersk predicts tough second quarter (with video)
A DECREASE in container volumes in the order of 20-25% is likely in the second quarter of the 2020 calendar year, A.P. Møller - Mærsk chief executive Søren Skou says. The shipping...
MSQ eases pandemic restrictions for Port of Gladstone
MARITIME Safety Queensland says it plans to align the arrival of vessels into the Port of Gladstone with Brisbane and Townsville from this Friday night. In a letter to Ports...
SA infrastructure strategy welcomed by Freight Council
RECOGNITION of the critical need for improved road maintenance funding and scheduling is a key outcome of South Australia’s just released 20 Year State Infrastructure Strategy...
OPINION: Pandemic to drive supply chain transformations
FOR the last 15 years, many Australian organisations have been focusing on creating lean supply chains to reduce costs, however the spread of COVID-19 has greatly disrupted these...
VIDEO: Time lapse footage of ship sailing from Red Sea to Hong Kong
SOME impressive footage has become available showing the voyage of a box ship from the Red Sea to Hong Kong. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AHrCI9eSJGQ The footage, taken a...
