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 ...

Seven for Brisbane

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Local reports that two of the world’s leading terminal operators have submitted expressions of interest for Brisbane’s Fisherman Islands...

OPM eyes Brisbane

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Singapore-based Overseas Port Management (OPM) has joined two second-tier Australian transport and logistics groups to bid for the Port of B...

Corrigan heads DPW/Kaplan JV

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As forecast in last month’s issue of WorldCargo News (p6), former Patrick Corporation supremo Chris Corrigan is returning to waterfront st...

Upheavals in Sydney

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With several crucial projects due for delivery in coming years, Sydney Ports Corporation (SPC) appears to be facing considerable upheaval as...

Toll split to open doors

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In a move that has taken analysts, competitors and regulators by surprise, Australia’s Toll Group is to split into two separate entities, ...

AICTL embraces SCT

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Australian International Container Terminals (AICTL), the joint venture between ICTSI and Richard Setchell’s Anglo Ports, which hopes to b...

Dooen it right

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A new A$9.7M freight hub will be built at Dooen in north-western Victoria, with the help of a A$2.2M grant from the state government. The pr...

Boost for BHP site

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The New South Wales Government has committed A$8.1M to upgrade secondary infrastructure at the former BHP Steel site in Newcastle as the que...

Flexitanks sustaining strong growth rate

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The flexitank market has been expanding at a rate of 25% per annum, on average, over the last five years. There is nothing on the horizon to...

Positive outlook for major ports

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Although the BTRE forecasts a slowing in the growth rate of Australia’s container trades it is notable that with one or two exceptions no ...

Hastings plans its strategy

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Victoria’s Port of Hastings Corporation has released its draft Port of Hastings Land Use and Transport Strategy for community feedback as ...

Inland rail seen as must

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A major new study has found that an inland railway linking Melbourne and Brisbane will need to be in operation by 2019 to meet Australia’s...

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