Tassie plan riles locals

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A plan by the Tasmanian Government to concentrate the state’s container trade in Devonport and Bell Bay has infuriated north-west and west...

New Wave rolls in

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

Sydney rail work starts

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Construction work began early this month on the 36 km Southern Sydney Freight Line (SSFL), a project that will help clear the single largest...

Esperance crane idle

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The Esperance Port Authority in Australia is pondering what to do with a dual purpose container/grab crane after BHP Billiton announced the ...

Unsold cars jam Oz ports

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Australian new car sales have stalled thanks to the global financial crisis and ports and PDI facilities are jammed solid. The situation has...

Enfield terminal moves on

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Sydney’s long-awaited Enfield suburban port has taken a major step forward with the appointment by Sydney Ports Corporation (SPC) of desig...

Grand plan for Melbourne…

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An expanded charter for the Port of Melbourne Corporation (PoMC) and renewed interest in a third container terminal operator for the port ar...

…Vic Dock opens

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Stage One of Melbourne’s longtouted Victoria Dock redevelopment has opened several years after the port corporation first awarded the conc...

FreightLink forced to throw in the towel

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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

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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...

Oz rail finds the going tough

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The mantra of freight on rail rather than road is being sorely tested in Australia, where the best intentions of government and industry are...

Asciano seeking relief

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Several years ago Toll Holdings managing director Paul Little predicted that the Australian rail industry would contract to just two major o...

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