The Victorian Labor Opposition has released an ambitious transport revitalisation plan should it win government at the next election. The centrepiece of the plan is the scrapping of the East-West road tunnel project, the construction of ...
In its 15th annual monitoring report, the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission has highlighted that further economic reforms are required if future benefits of continuing industry reforms and increasing competition in the ...
Tags: economy, Shipping Industry, Logistics
Sydney is on track to have 5.5 million TEU trucked between Port Botany and western Sydney each year by 2030, unless the NSW government finds $1 billion to build a rail spur linking a new intermodal terminal at Eastern Creek with Port Botany ...
Tags: Trucks Transport, Transport, logistics
Asciano has delivered a strong result with underlying EPS up 39% and the final dividend up 56%, however, its Rail and Terminals Logistics division experienced significant weakness. Asciano has reported a 41.2% increase in statutory net ...
DHL Global Forwarding, the air and ocean freight arm of Deutsche Post DHL, has opened the doors of its new $61.6 million facility. The building combines DHL Global Forwarding's two existing Sydney sites into a new, 19,619m2 custom-built ...
Concerns about the global economy and political unrest in Canberra are cruelling appetite for takeovers, with some of the nation's top dealmakers tipping companies to remain on the sidelines until economic clouds clear. In a sign of the ...
The federal government’s opening of the tender process for the Moorebank Intermodal Terminal (as reported on Transport and Logistics News) has drawn praise from the rail industry, but also attracted criticism for its questionable ...
Tags: Rail industry, Moorebank
While the rail industry did not find the budget entirely positive, there are many good points for rail in the Budget. ARA: The Good, the Bad, and the Unknown The 2013 Federal Budget has delivered largely positive outcomes for commuters, ...
Greg Cameron A container terminal at Newcastle would be good for people living in northern NSW because the cost of transporting goods to and from the port will be lower, obviously, than with Port Botany. Low-cost access to a container ...
The NSW Government has leased Port Botany and Port Kembla on a 99-year contract. Following a six-month competitive bidding process, the 99-year lease of state-owned port assets at Port Botany and Port Kembla has been awarded to the NSW ...
In another time the $5.07 billion price tag for NSW ports sold last Friday might have been the sort of deal to get a roll on for the market's deal junkies. After all, it's not often the market estimates for the price -- $2.5bn to $3bn -- ...
Tags: NSW, market estimates
Will $4 billion be allocated in the federal budget for upgrading the Northern Sydney Freight Corridor to carry more freight by rail? The New South Wales government has nominated no other source of funds for this upgrade, which must be ...
The Australian Federation of International Forwarders (AFIF) and Freight & Trade Alliance (FTA) have prepared a detailed submission in response to the NSW Draft Freight and Port Strategy focusing on key operational issues. Port expansion ...
The PTV Group, which supplies software for mapping, routing, geocoding and optimisation, will be launching its logistics software products for the first time in Melbourne at the Advanced Logistics & Materials Handling conference, 19 – ...
Opinion – Greg Cameron Tony Abbott’s coalition opposition could be playing a decisive role in the future of freight transportation in New South Wales. Does the coalition agree with taking freight off Sydney’s ...
Tags: Tony Abbott, coalition opposition, freight transportation