Industry bodies welcome shipping policies
INDUSTRY bodies Ports Australia and Maritime Industry Australia have welcoming the announcement of the Australian Labor Party’s shipping policy. Ports Australia welcomed the...
Albanese launches Labor shipping policy
CREATING a strategic fleet and the establishment of a maritime skills taskforce are key planks of the Australian Labor Party’s shipping platform. Labor infrastructure spokesman...
LOGOS to develop purpose-built facility for Intertrading
LOGISTICS real estate specialist, LOGOS, is developing a new 27,000 square metre purpose built facility for Intertrading Australia. The household consumables, wholesale...
Albanese cautious about Coastal Trading Act exemptions
LABOR infrastructure spokesman Anthony Albanese has expressed caution on the subject of providing exemptions to the Coastal Trading Act for container ships. Shipping Australia...
Qube seeks to boost training
THE Qube Learning team has reported recently receiving re-registration as a registered training organisation. According to the company, this training division of Qube is...
Airline operators spread their wings
QLD minister for Infrastructure Cameron Dick has announced that Alliance Airlines will expand its Queensland operations and establish a new base in Rockhampton, with help from the...
Singapore maritime conference seeks solutions to big questions
“DEALING with tomorrow’s challenges” is the theme of the 2019 Nautical Institute Singapore Conference, hosted next week by the Singapore branch of The Nautical Institute at Suntec...
Liquid fuel security vital for road freight industry
NATIONAL Road Transport Association boss Warren Clark has said that without access to fuel stocks, “we don’t have an industry”. The comments came as the association provided its...
Winners revealed at infrastructure sector’s night of nights
THE National Infrastructure Awards took place on 2 May at a gala event held in Melbourne with leading stakeholders from across the industry gathering to celebrate the winners of...
Australian tech set to lower road emissions globally
AIMING to expand it operations to meet international demand, Omni Tanker will now be able to draw on $4m in equity investment from the Clean Energy Finance Corporation. With Omni...
Record infrastructure spend a positive: report
BUSINESS investment is set to accelerate in the years ahead, as reported in the quarterly investment monitor from Deloitte Access Economics. But, partly due to slower economic...
Ports of Auckland opens new Waikato Freight Hub
NEW Zealand's transport minister Phil Twyford, on 3 May, opened Ports of Auckland's new inland port just north of Hamilton. The freight hub is located in Waikato, one of New...
Qube announces new containers business
A “DEDICATED team” focusing on container services including sales, hire and lease is how a new division of the Qube Logistics business has been described. The creation of the...
VTA backs owner driver legislation
INDUSTRY body the Victorian Transport Association has backed a bill introduced to the state parliament aimed at making work safer and fairer for owner drivers and forestry...
Ports Australia announces “three prong” election policy
PORTS Australia has announced a “three pronged policy platform” ahead of the federal election, aimed at highlighting the importance of ports to the nation’s future. “Australia is...
