Intermodal overkill in Sydney?

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Yet another intermodal terminal is being proposed for south-western Sydney, this time by Melbournebased Austrak (not to be confused with tro...

Melbourne strengthens links

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The Victorian government has announced a raft of port-related projects in parallel with its decision to merge the Melbourne Port Corporation...

GIFT for someone?

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One of Australia's most successful inland ports has been placed on the market after the private companies behind it went into voluntary admi...

Rail push for Fremantle

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A drive to switch land-based container movements to and from the Australian port of Fremantle from road to rail envisages growing rail's sha...

Tasrail sale off

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The physical isolation of the Tasmanian rail business, ATN Tasrail, has been blamed for the failure of its mooted sale....

Oz takes to the rails

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The Australian Government has announced sweeping changes to the development and funding of land transport infrastructure that could see rail...

Pipedream coming true?

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Construction of the fabled Alice Springs-Darwin rail link (AARP - the AustralAsia Railroad Project) is finally underway and on schedule, wit...

Audit decries rail shortcomings

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The Victorian Government's Transport, Distribution and Logistics (TDL) audit (see last month's WorldCargo News p19) has highlighted problems...

Rail bidders face further delays

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Thanks to a federal election in Australia this month, the sell-off of the National Rail Corporation and FreightCorp seems unlikely to reach ...

…Toll/Lang join forces

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Toll Holdings and Lang Corporation have formed a consortium to bid for NRC and FreightCorp, saying the joint company will be a long-term ven...

NRC/FreightCorp sale rolls…

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After years of prevarication and recent months of intense negotiation, the Australian Commonwealth Government and the Governments of New Sou...

Vic row drags on

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The Victorian Government has called on Australia's National Competition Council to reject RailAmerica-owned Freight Australia (FA)'s applica...

SPC unjams rail

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A Sydney Ports Corporation (SPC)-convened group of terminals and rail service providers has moved to free up a container choke-point at Port...

Victoria rail to set new standards

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The Victorian Government in Australia is to standardise the state's country rail network as part of a new Regional Freight Links Programme. ...

Darwin dream fading?

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Just weeks after reaffirming that its Alice Springs-Darwin rail project remained on course despite two construction start dates passing with...

Australian one-stop shop expanding

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The Australian Government's "one stop shop" access objective for all interstate rail operations Australia-wide has been boosted with the sig...

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