Infrastructure Victoria is calling for community feedback following the release of its draft 30 Year Infrastructure Strategy. In the development of the draft plan, Infrastructure Victoria says it consulted the community on over 200 ideas ...
The Port of Melbourne. The Victorian Government has successfully leased the Port of Melbourne for more than $9.7 billion. The Lonsdale Consortium, comprising of the Future Fund, QIC, GIP and OMERS signed a lease of the port’s ...
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DP World Australia has agreed to plans with Austrak to further develop Austrak’s intermodal freight hub at Somerton. DP World Australia will operate the new inland freight hub known as Somerton Rail Port, 23 km north of the Port of ...
The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission will not oppose two separate proposals by consortia to acquire the 50-year lease of the Port of Melbourne, following careful consideration of potential cross-ownership interests and ...
Tags: ACCC, Port of Melbourne
Container transport operators servicing the Port of Melbourne have welcomed the release of a new policy by the Victorian Government to allow Higher Productivity Freight Vehicles (HPFV) to gain access to the Victorian road freight network at ...
A 23-year-old Chinese national has been arrested and charged in relation to the alleged importation of approximately 44 kilograms of liquid methamphetamine hidden in gel push-up bra inserts. On 25 February 2016, Australian Border Force ...
Container transport operators see positive signs from a concerted campaign to highlight the productivity, safety and export competitiveness that can be achieved by allowing Higher Productivity Freight Vehicles (HPFV) to operate at higher ...
Tags: Container transport, Gross Vehicle, Trucks
Interim Victorian Transport Association (VTA) CEO Peter Anderson has urged political parties to ‘take the blinkers off” and look at the bigger picture rather than focusing on just one piece of the puzzle. Mr Anderson said the ...
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Melbourne’s controversial new road proposal, the East-West Link, which the Australian Institute of Landscape Architects declared an ‘environmental disaster’, has received the backing of the Victorian truckers’ body ...
Tags: VTA, East-West Link tunnel
Port of Melbourne's new container terminal, operated by Victoria International Container Terminal Ltd (VICTL), will be fitted out with EUR 40 million (approx. AUD 100 million) worth of Cargotec (Kalmar) container handling equipment and ...
The Federal Government's $1.5 billion commitment to the western section of the East West Link in Melbourne has been welcomed by the RACV. RACV general manager public policy Brian Negus said the western section of the new link from the ...
Mark Birrell will succeed Sir Rod Eddington as the new chairman of Infrastructure Australia. Upon his term's expiry on 8 April 2014, Sir Rod has been side-shifted to the APEC Business Advisory Council at the request of the Prime Minister. ...
The Melbourne Port Capacity Project has reached another significant milestone with the appointment of the maritime works contractor for a package of works at the Port of Melbourne worth around $400 million. Minister for Ports David ...
Tags: automotive works, management of works, container terminal
The Victorian Coalition Government's $1.6 billion Port Capacity Project has appointed the first private sector operators for the new facilities being constructed at Melbourne's Webb Dock. Minister for Ports David Hodgett has announced the ...
Two companies have been awarded contracts to undertake marine site surveys for the Port of Hastings Development Authority, Minister for Ports David Hodgett said. “Awarding these contracts is a significant milestone in the progress ...