Port charges on the rise

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

Perkins into Townsville

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Gulf Freight Services, a division of Darwin-based Perkins Shipping, has been appointed by the Townsville Port Authority (TPA) in Queensland ...

Oz shipping comeback?

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Hopes are growing of a resurgence in Australian-controlled shipping with the Australian Labour Party - currently leading opinion polls ahead...

WA spends on ports

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The Western Australian government has allocated A$99M to the state’s ports in the 2007-08 budget, led by a total of A$65.4M for major proj...

Geelong bids for auto trade

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The Toll-controlled port of Geelong, Victoria’s second largest, is bidding to become the state’s automotive trade gateway but the car in...

Adelaide tastes big benefits…

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South Australia has tasted the first fruits of the economic benefits to flow from Port Adelaide’s A$45M channel deepening project with the...

Freightliner in Oz

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The UK’s Freightliner has established an Australian subsidiary and flagged its intentions to enter the local rail freight market, but indu...

HPH wins Australian foothold

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Hutchison Port Holdings (HPH) has secured an important beachhead in Australasia after being named as preferred operator for Brisbane’s new...

New logistics centres in Oz

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Kuehne & Nagel (K&N) has opened a A$40M logistics facility in Melbourne as part of a strategy to expand in Australia and across the Asia-Pac...

Auckranga off, for now

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As anticipated in last month’s issue of WorldCargo News (p13), the proposed merger between the ports of Auckland and Tauranga is off after...

APMT eyeing Ports of Auckland?…

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Not long after Ports of Auckland pulled out of merger talks with rival Port of Tauranga (see p9), it is being reported in New Zealand that t...

Victoria buys back rail

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The Victorian government has honoured its November 2006 election pledge and bought back the lease of the state’s rail freight network, pay...

…as critics pan Melbourne SEES

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The Victorian government has released the Port of Melbourne Corporation (PoMC)’s remarkable 15,000-page supplementary environmental effect...

PN wins steel deal

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Pacific National (PN) has secured Australia’s largest ever rail freight contract, signing with BlueScope Steel and OneSteel for a A$1B hau...

Cars for PK – under protest

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Sydney’s motor vehicle and ro-ro trades will reluctantly move to Port Kembla from late this year after New South Wales Ports Minister Joe ...

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