Keeping tyre costs on track

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Incorrect tyre pressure affects traction, braking, wear and damage resistance. Most terminals rely on manual checks but this is time-consumi...

Oz box records broken

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Worldwide container trade growth has been reflected in bumper container throughput figures for Australia’s four leading box ports....

NZ charts way forward for rail

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When Australia’s Toll Holdings acquired a majority stake in Tranz Rail (TR) last year, it rebranded the company Toll Rail and agreed in pr...

Bigger Toll down under

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Toll Holdings has taken another step towards becoming a third regional force in stevedoring with two deals in Australia and New Zealand....

Geelong eyes DUKCs

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Although the Port of Melbourne Corporation (PoMC) has rejected a Dynamic Under Keel Clearance (DUKC) system in favour of concentrating on ch...

LA crush causes carrier crisis

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What has become endemic congestion at Los Angeles has proven intolerable for members of the Vessel Sharing Agreement (VSA) operating between...

Geelong port land reserved

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The Victorian government has released a draft land use study for the Port of Geelong, intended to accommodate an expected trade increase of ...

Nod for SPC’s Botany plans

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Independent consultants appointed by Sydney Ports Corporation (SPC) to review expansion plans for Port Botany container terminals ahead of t...

Timber port for NT

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A new port is being developed on Melville Island, the largest of the Tiwi Islands, located 60 km off the coast of Darwin in Australia’s No...

FreightLink adds wagons

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Freight volumes that are already exceeding first-year projections for the Adelaide-Darwin rail link have encouraged operator FreightLink to ...

No hoorays for X-rays

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The Australian Customs Service (ACS), stevedores, freight forwarders and importers are at odds over the cost arising from increased security...

Ro-ro in the South Pacific

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Wallenius Wilhelmsen Lines (WWL) serves the Australasian market with weekly ro-ro services linking Australia and New Zealand with Europe, So...

Maritime adds depot

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Maritime Transport Ltd, one of the UK’s leading container transport companies, has opened a new depot in the Port of Liverpool and another...

Melbourne EES out

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The environmental effects study (EES) into the proposed deepening of Melbourne’s shipping channels in Port Phillip Bay and the River Yarra...

PN pulls Botany plug…

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In a move for which there has been no real public explanation, Toll/Patrick rail joint venture Pacific National (PN) announced last month th...

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