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 ...
Look for three key trends in rug product introductions at the upcoming High Point Market. * INSPIRED BY NATURE: Botanical themes and other depictions of earthly beauty remain a driving force for rug designers. * SOMETHING FOR EVERYONE: ...
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The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission has issued a decision allowing the Australian Rail Track Corporation (ARTC) to include the Southern Sydney Freight Line in its Interstate Access Undertaking. This means that negotiations ...
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European benzene's premium to naphtha has topped the $450/mt mark for the first time since the start of February, as naphtha languishes at multi-month lows and benzene rises despite seemingly weak fundamentals. The benzene-naphtha spread ...
Tags: NWE, Benzene-Naphtha, Chemicals
Coal exports from South Africa's Richards Bay Coal Terminal (RBCT) soared to a 15-month high of 7.49 million mt in March, jumping 37.4% month-on-month and 20% year-on-year, the latest operating data released by the port Tuesday showed. ...
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Fixtures for shipments of more than 190,000 mt of heavy naphtha bound for Asia from the US Gulf Coast show that the arbitrage window has reopened to meet firm demand from Asia, trade and shipping sources said Friday. It marks the second ...
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The government should make an election commitment not to extend the carbon tax to trucking, the chairman of the Australian Trucking Association David Simon said in a televised address at the National Press Club. “In its Clean Energy ...
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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 ...
Thermal and semi-soft coking coal shipments from eastern Australia's Newcastle port fell 15.8% week on week to 2.54 million mt for the week ended April 7, and were loaded on to 28 ships, said Newcastle Port Corp in its latest weekly update ...
The American Trucking Associations' (ATA) For-Hire Truck Tonnage Index increased a slight 0.9 percent in March. That's coming after a 0.7 percent decrease in February, the only month in the last five that recorded a drop. Since November ...
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The total cost of ground transportation for Canadian shippers increased by 2.4 percent in February over January, reported the the Canadian General Freight Index (CGFI). Average Fuel Surcharges assessed by carriers also increased, from ...
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Premium lingerie brand for ladies with a fuller bust, Curvy Kate has rewarded end-to-end international logistics service provider Torque for its support with a new contract. The Harrow-based client, a specialist in designing and producing ...
Family Dollar Stores, Inc. reported that for the second quarter of fiscal 2013 ended March 2, 2013, net sales increased 17.7% to $2.89 billion and net income per diluted share for the quarter increased 5.2% to $1.21. Fiscal 2013 Second ...
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Yakima announced the hire of Stephanie Bastin-Wells as global director of human resources and the promotion of Emily Davis to director of supply chain. Bastin-Wells becomes a key member of senior management and is responsible for the ...
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Currie Technologies announced Wednesday that it has launched an online store in partnership with Shopatron. Consumers will be able to buy directly from the currietech.com website and the orders will be sent to Currie’s dealers for ...
Tags: e-bike market, e-bike, bike