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Partnership to cut freight vehicle reliance on fuel
HELPING reduce reliance upon fossil fuels is a focus of the Victorian government in signing a global memorandum of understanding (MoU) on transitioning to zero-emission freight...
Vic government backs refining capacity
THE STATE government of Victoria says it will co-fund Viva Energy to do a feasibility study into expanding renewable diesel blend processing at the Geelong Refinery. This follows...
State and federal governments announce fuel security plans
STATE and federal governments have announced a raft of new fuel and fertiliser security measures. Today, 6 May, the West Australian state government announced it has secured an...
Range of views as stakeholders react to Inland Rail pause
INDUSTRY has broadly supported the federal government’s move to pause construction of Inland Rail beyond Parkes while redirecting money elsewhere in the rail freight network....
Inland Rail to pause at Parkes, federal government says
FEDERAL infrastructure minister Catherine King has cited whopping cost blowouts on Inland Rail for the decision to pause the project at Parkes in central New South Wales. In a...
Money for renewable energy at Port of Hastings
THE GOVERNMENT of Victoria has announced $124.5 million to progress the Victorian Renewable Energy Terminal at the Port of Hastings as part of the state budget for 2026-27. The...
SAL Victoria lines up birdies
ENTRIES close this Thursday for the Shipping Australia Victoria 10th Annual Phil Kelly OAM Perpetual Golf Challenge, to be held at the Latrobe Golf Club the following Thursday, 14...
Number five is alive: newest Spirit arriVes in Melbourne
HAVING reached Geelong on Saturday and undertaken berthing trials at the TT Line terminal yesterday, the second of the new Bass Strait ro-paxes is now safely alongside Station...
Melbourne man jailed over failed 98kg meth import
AN ATTEMPT to import 98 kilos of methamphetamine via a shipping container full of wheat threshers has seen a man from Croydon Hills in Melbourne jailed for 10 years and eight...
MSC lines up new rail options
MEDITERRANEAN Shipping Company is riding the rails via a new inland network assembled during the last six months. The carrier claims it can deliver a faster, simpler, and more...
MtS Melbourne lunching in the Paddy Field
THE MISSION to Seafarers in Melbourne is holding its inaugural Seafarer Session on 28 May, the first in what will be a series of periodic lunches, featuring guest speakers and...
Crew member lost from tanker in Port Phillip
UPDATE: Victorian Water Police located the body of the missing crewmember in waters off Frankston at around 1430 this afternoon. VicPol says the male is yet to be formally...
Boxboat under tow back to Melbourne
THE 4,308 TEU container ship MSC Acapulco IV is due to arrive back in Port Philip this afternoon, after suffering engine problems off Cape Otway during a scheduled voyage from...
Swinburne takes road freight temperature
MELBOURNE’s Swinburne University of Technology has embarked on a landmark national study to determine the plight of Australia’s road freight sector. Swinburne, in partnership with...
Inland Rail hails spending with local companies
NEW figures from Inland Rail show total spending with “local companies” on the project topped $660 million at the end of December. Some $130 million was spent during 2025, with...
