SCF put up for sale

The Tasmanian Government has committed to an A$8M upgrade of the port of Burnie in apparent acknowledgement of market trends and recent inquiry recommendations.

Asciano Limited has reached two new rail agreements with Toll Group for its Queensland intermodal business.

Through its Australian distributor and service agent, Clark Equipment, Terberg Benscop recently supplied what Clark claims to be the first 6 x 4 Terberg YT in the country, to Toll Intermodal, part of Toll Group, in Western Australia.

The past year has seen ISO 17712:2010, covering container security seal specification, manufacture and end-use, finally go live after a decade of debate and development by ISO TC104.

The European Space Agency (ESA) has launched a container tracking system called Cont-Trak that monitors containers at sea and from within container stacks in ports.

Australian retail giant Woolworths and leading transport and logistics companies Toll Group and Linfox are among Australasia’s largest movers of freight that have signed up to road test SCF Group’s new lightweight sidedoor container following the receipt of Lloyd’s Register certification for a full 32t rating.