Melbourne Avalon looks to Saudi trade opportunities
MELBOURNE Avalon Airport is looking to establish a direct air freight corridor between Australia and Saudi Arabia, signing a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the Australia...
Andrew Newman appointed to head Freight Victoria
ANDREW Newman has been announced as the new executive director of Freight Victoria, filling a role that has been vacant since earlier in the year. In a written statement, deputy...
MAST charges another two 'trusted insiders'
TWO Sydney men were this week charged as part of an ongoing joint-agency investigation into a trusted insider network operating within Sydney’s cargo ports. An Oran Park man, 35,...
Rail project leader reappointed to two boards
ERIN Flaherty, who has overseen some of Australia’s most significant rail projects, has been reappointed as a non–executive director (NED) and board chair for the National...
VICT straddles new technology
VICTORIA International Container Terminal has introduced four new Kalmar hybrid automatic straddle carriers (ACCs) to it Webb Dock, Melbourne facility. This follows their...
Crane crash crimps urea unload
A HANDYSIZE bulk carrier which experienced a crane failure while discharging urea in Geelong on Wednesday night [27 May] has been detained by AMSA and banned from handling further...
ANL gets new chief
THE CMA CGM Group has moved quickly to replace Shane Walden, who resigned last week after more than a quarter of a century with ANL, the last six-plus as managing director. In...
Port well-placed to benefit from Vic renewables project
GEELONGPORT is among those to applaud the announcement by the Victorian government of its decision to pursue a giant wind farm in the state’s northwest. State planning minister...
Lunch panel hears about progress and challenges for women in maritime
FROM strategy to impact: empowering women in the maritime world was the theme of a panel lunch in Melbourne this week to mark 2026 IMO International Day for Women in Maritime. The...
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...
