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Flinders Ports restructures

News28 Mar 2013

South Australian port operator Flinders Ports has overhauled its business structure to position for future expansion, following a period of ...

DPW loses Adelaide

News1 Jul 2012

DP World has lost its Australia-wide container terminal coverage after South Australian ports leaseholder Flinders Ports exercised pre-empti...

Flinders Ports in limbo

News20 Dec 2011

Ownership control of South Australia’s Flinders Ports is uncertain following the decision by Luxembourg-based funds manager Galaxy to quit...

POTA grabs Mackenzie

News22 Jun 2011

Qube Logistics’ P&O Trans Australia (POTA) has entered into a binding agreement to acquire the South Australian integrated logistics busin...

DP World Australia changing hands

News1 Jan 2011

DP World is selling a 75% stake in DP World Australia to Citi Infrastructure Investors (CII) and one of CII’s major investors for A$1.5B. ...

Adelaide rail OK

News1 Jul 2010

A comprehensive examination of the freight rail infrastructure needs of South Australia’s Adelaide region has concluded that existing line...

New Wave rolls in

News1 Feb 2009

Adelaide-based Wave Systems Australia is launching a new TOS called TMSPro onto the global market....

FreightLink forced to throw in the towel

News1 Nov 2008

Adelaide-Darwin rail owner/operator FreightLink met what many consider its inevitable fate on 6 November when the company board appointed a ...

Adelaide grain boxed

News1 Nov 2008

The first stage of ABB Grain’s container precinct in Port Adelaide is up and running, following the commissioning of its A$5.6M Prograin c...

Adelaide JV faces ACCC

News1 Jun 2008

The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) has intensified market inquiries into a proposed joint venture to operate Adelaide...

Adelaide upgrade

News1 Mar 2008

Driven by a 28% growth in throughput in 2007, DP World is to invest some US$35M on upgrading its Port Adelaide container terminal to meet ex...

QR on verge of new era

News1 Nov 2007

The scheduled departure of QRNational’s first official east-west intermodal train from Melbourne’s North Dynon terminal via Adelaide to ...

Pulp boost for Adelaide

News1 Sep 2007

Container traffic at Australia’s Port Adelaide could be boosted by up to 40,000 TEU/year following the signing of a A$70M deal to ship 750...

Australia east-west rail going double-stack

News1 Aug 2007

The Australian Rail Track Corporation (ARTC) has begun work on the A$3M replacement of the 35 year old Dowd’s Hill tunnel on the line betw...

ABB boxing grain

News1 Jul 2007

ABB Grain Ltd is to invest an initial A$6 mill in developing a major grain container packing facility alongside the company’s Port Adelaid...

Port charges on the rise

News1 Jun 2007

After a prolonged period of stable if not falling imposts, charges at major Australian ports are on the rise again and have immediately attr...