Online groceries in Australia set to grow, IBISWorld Online groceries sales in Australia are predicted to grow, reaching $2,194 million in 2015, up 14.6 per cent from $1,914.2 million in 2014, according to market research organisation ...
Tags: hydroponic crop farming, coal seam gas extraction, Agriculture
The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) has continued its focus on ‘free range’ egg claims, and instituted proceedings in the Federal Court against R.L Adams Pty Ltd, which trades as Darling Downs Fresh Eggs, ...
Tags: egg claims, Agriculture
Tesla has started selling its plug-in electric vehicle, Model S to its customers in Australia. Apart from unveiling the car, the company also opened its first Sydney retail store and inaugurated 10-station supercharging station for users ...
Premium water brand Fiji Water has launched its iconic square bottle designed products to Coles stores nationally. The water brand is available now in Coles supermarkets nationally in the 1 litre size. “We’re excited to ...
Tags: Fiji Water, Bottled water
Repco is set to expand under a long-term lease with GPC Asia Pacific and Brisbane Airport Corporation (BAC) for 22,467m2 of existing warehouse and office at Export Park, Brisbane Airport. The 15-year lease at 51-57 Qantas Drive will ...
South Korea's President park geun-hye and New Zealand prime minister John key announced at a press conference in Brisbane, Australia on Nov.15, the free trade agreement negotiations between the two countries has come to an end. The two ...
Tags: FTA, agricultural markets
In action: female forklift champion Jayde Graham. The National Forklift Championships has come to an end as the final event was held in Brisbane on Friday 28 November. The course design for the final round saw a very challenging layout ...
Tags: female, forklift champion, Service
Northline, one of Australia’s largest privately-owned logistics operations, has officially started operating from its new $21 million Brisbane transport and logistics facility at Redbank. The new facility, located within the Goodman ...
Tags: logistics operations, Service
DB Schenker is opening a new freight forwarding facility to handle dry and perishable freight. The new Eagle Farm facility at Trade Coast Central, 9km from Brisbane’s International Airport, will enable the company to complement ...
Tags: DB Schenker, Cold Storage
The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission has released its 16th annual container stevedoring monitoring report. “Increased competition is delivering improvements in Australian stevedoring, which build on significant gains ...
Tags: delivering improvements, logistics
Industrial property investment returns peak at 11.7 per cent with facilities 33 per cent bigger than they were in 2010, according to the latest research. Strengthening returns and increasing scale of distribution centres and warehouse ...
Tags: Industrial property
File photo courtesy of ARTC. Relevant industries are now assessing their capacity to build the Inland Rail freight project, connecting Brisbane to Melbourne via regional south east Queensland, inland New South Wales and rural Victoria. ...
Tags: Rail Track, customs
The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission has issued a draft determination proposing to grant authorisation to owner driver members of the Transport Workers’ Union in Queensland to engage in collective bargaining with Toll ...
Tags: Commission, Bargaining Power, Service
Woolworths has awarded Bonaccord Freightlines and Jim Pearson Transport as Transport Carriers of the Year at its recent Annual Transport Safety Day. Bonaccord Freightlines, a small family company located in Bairnsdale, Eastern Victoria, ...
Tags: Woolworths, Transport Carriers, Service
It is on again. Brisbane in November is where it will all happen. The sponsors are committed and the many supporters of the event, companies and individual fork operators, are now preparing. The format of the event has changed this year. ...