United Arab Shipping Company (UASC) has signed contracts to build some of the world's largest and greenest container ships – all of which will be classed by DNV. Hyundai Heavy Industries, Korea (HHI) is to build the five 18,000 TEU ...
Tags: Shipping, logistics, Container Ships
Wärtsilä, the marine industry's leading solutions and services provider, has been awarded the contract to supply the design and an integrated solution for a new large platform supply vessel (PSV). The ship will operate primarily ...
Tags: Transportation, logistics
GC Rieber Shipping - extension of the option agreement with Kleven Maritime Tuesday, Sep 03, 2013 Reference is made to the stock exchange announcement dated 13 February 2013, regarding an agreement between GC Rieber Shipping ASA and ...
Tags: Transportation, Service, logistcis, Shipping
The winners of the 2013 Queensland Supply Chain & Logistics Awards, held in cooperation between the Supply Chain & Logistics Association of Australia, Queensland Division, and Telstra Enterprise and Government, All Purpose Transport, ...
ALDI Queensland managing director Viktor Jakupec and CHEP Australia and New Zealand president Phillip Austin have jointly launched a new-generation reusable plastic crate, 'Gen 3' for the fresh produce industry at ALDI's Salisbury store in ...
Tags: Chain Transport, Service
Transport Certification Australia (TCA) will be expanding the Intelligent Access Program (IAP) to incorporate the use of type-approved on-board mass units (OBMU), to be known as IAP Mass (IAPm). Commonly recognised as weigh scales or mass ...
The Toll Group has unveiled Australia's first modern 100 per cent electric truck. The 10-tonne Smith Electric vehicle will be used for parcel pick-ups and deliveries around Brisbane. Toll IPEC will use the all-electric vehicle during an ...
Tags: electric truck, Transportation
receives major order to supply propulsion solutions for six new offshore Pipe Laying Vessels to operate in Brazilian waters. Wärtsilä, the marine industry's leading solutions and services provider, has received a significant ...
Tags: Transportation, logistics
MacGregor systems provide flexible cement handling for new Japanese cement carrier. A new self-loading/unloading cement carrier for Japanese Taiheiyo Engineering Co will feature MacGregor cement handling systems designed to carry three ...
Tags: Transportation, logistics
Research and advisory firm Gartner has published its annual ranking of the top-performing supply chain organisations headquartered in Asia Pacific. The goal of Gartner's annual Supply Chain Top 25 research initiative is to raise awareness ...
After languishing in the political wilderness of disinterest for many years, the long-wished-for inland freight rail track from Melbourne to Brisbane has finally made it onto the political front page. The rail industry has welcomed ...
The Qantas Group has reported a profit before tax of $192 million but issued a reasonably cautious outlook, despite which the company's share price rose by 14%. The group has strengthened its financial position, with positive net free ...
A new $40 million Tasmanian Freight Package would provide immediate support for Tasmanian producers, the federal government has announced. The package is said to be in response to industry requests for support to enable exporters to ...
Following the TWU's threat of further protected strike action made on Monday, Toll spokesperson Christopher Whitefield said the company was hopeful the union would not take industrial action while negotiations were still ongoing. "[The] ...
The SpotMe safety system uses infra-red direction-sensitive sensors to guard against collisions at 'blind' intersections within a warehouse. Toyota Material Handling Australia (TMHA) has launched a new system to help improve forklift ...