Goulburn Mulwaree (NSW) Mayor Geoff Kettle welcomed close to 100 local and interstate visitors to an open forum designed to inform attendees on the many benefits that a high-speed rail and efficient rail freight network could bring to ...
Tags: high-speed rail, efficient rail freight network, Australia
Chinese majority-owned coal producer Yancoal has announced that its open-pit mines Yarrabee and Middlemount have been affected by the heavy rainfalls impacting Australia's Queensland region. Production from the mines is likely to be ...
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The Federal and Victorian Governments have agreed to progress planning on the proposed Western Interstate Freight Terminal (WIFT), a facility with the potential to ease congestion around the Port of Melbourne and take more than 700,000 ...
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Originally budgeted for $319m and promised to open in 2009, the Southern Sydney Freight Line is finally open at a cost of $1b, allowing container trains 24-hour access to Port Botany and unhindered passage for Brisbane-Melbourne freight ...
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The amount of freight carried by the for-hire transportation industry rose 1.7 percent in November from October, rising after a one-month decline, according to the US Department of Transportation's Bureau of Transportation Statistics' (BTS) ...
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Business Line reported that 10 bids were received for a pie of the INR 4,000 crore civil works contract to build a rail track between Bhaupur and Khurja in Uttar Pradesh,a 343 kilometer segment of the dedicated eastern freight corridor. ...
Tags: 10 bids, eastern rail freight corridor, civil works, India
Global alternative asset manager The Carlyle Group and DuPont today announced that they have signed a definitive agreement whereby Carlyle will purchase DuPont Performance Coatings (DPC) for $4.9 billion in cash. The transaction is expected ...
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In response to Federal Opposition Leader Tony Abbott continuing his truck drive from Brisbane to Terrigal, Australasian Railway Association (ARA) CEO Bryan Nye has invited Mr Abbott to travel by rail instead. Daniel Hurst / ...
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Comment – Greg Cameron The NSW government policy to have only one container terminal for all of NSW at Port Botany is disadvantaging regional economies. Although the NSW government claims that Port Botany container terminal is ...
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RK Global Shares & Securities said that After increasing charge in Q3FY12 from 7% to 10% and the development surcharge from 2% to 5%, the railways have again gone for another round of freight rate increase by 19-33%, with effect from March ...
Tags: market view, cement, demand