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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Asian giant gears up to pull out all stops to halt the fall in inbound tourism, Yang Feiyue reports. China will step up efforts to reverse the decline in the number of inbound tourists. A total of 33,500 modern public restrooms will be ...
Tags: Inbound Tourists, International language, Chinese cultural
The Australasian Railway Association (ARA) has welcomed the announcement of a Melbourne Airport Rail Link by the Victorian Government, believing the new line would ease the city's rising congestion issues and drastically improve the traffic ...
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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 ...
Despite widespread objections to the multi-billion dollar East-West Link and calls for the money to be spent on public transport instead, the Victorian freight and logistics plan called 'Victoria – The Freight State' promotes it as ...
Freight industry representatives have met with Minister for Ports David Hodgett and Minister for Public Transport and Roads Terry Mulder at the inaugural Ministerial Freight Advisory Council Round Table to discuss key directions for the ...
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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 ...
Tags: coal production, coal Exports, coal mining
According to a new report by global consultancy EC Harris,Qatar and the UAE have been named in the world's top four markets for investing in infrastructure projects. It said that funds looking for a steady and reliable return on the ...
Tags: Qatar, the UAE, infrastructure projects
Neil Murphy. Photo courtesy of AdelaideNow.com.au. The South Australian Government should immediately investigate the introduction of toll roads to assist funding a number of key transport infrastructure projects vital to SA’s ...
According to a well-known Russian state news agency, Iran is currently in serious discussion with Armenia to jointly develop the oil products pipeline with rail links as part of efforts advancing the economic cooperation ties between the ...
Tags: rail links, oil products pipeline, economic cooperation