FreightLink on target

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FreightLink, the commercial operator of the AustralAsia Railway (AAR) between Adelaide and Darwin (see WorldCargo News February 2004, p12), ...

Oz box leases taxable?

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Container lease payments made by Australian companies to non-resident box owners may be subjected to royalty withholding tax if a review by ...

PN moves in for FA

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After earlier walking away from a deal to buy RailAmerica-owned Freight Australia (FA), Patrick/Toll joint venture Pacific National (PN) ret...

Freo tests Kwinana

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Fremantle Ports has begun community consultation on the development of a container terminal at Kwinana to handle overflow trade when Fremant...

…Kembla signs up AAT

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The Port Kembla Port Corporation (PKPC) and Patrick/P&O Ports joint venture, Australian Amalgamated Terminals (AAT), have signed a Memorandu...

PN snaps up ATN

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The Toll/Patrick rail joint venture Pacific National (PN) has acquired Australian Transport Network (ATN), the predominantly Tasmania-based ...

Third try for Newcastle MPT…

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In late February, the Newcastle Port Corporation (NPC) called for “Preliminary Proposals” from the private sector to develop its propose...

Brisbane signs Patrick

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The way is clear for Patrick Corporation to develop Australia’s first semi-automated container terminal after an agreement was signed with...

Westgate gets Vic Dock nod

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The Port of Melbourne Corporation (POMC) has selected the Westgate Ports consortium as preferred bidder for the redevelopment of the Victori...

PB3T inquiry imminent

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The New South Wales government has placed Sydney Ports Corporation (SPC)’s environmental impact statement (EIS) for the proposed third Por...

Oz rail dream becomes reality

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The first freight train on Australia’s A$1.3 bill, 2,979 km transcontinental north-south Austral-Asia Railway (AAR) left Adelaide’s Isli...

Botany under study

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The New South Wales government has announced the terms of reference for the Commission of Inquiry into the proposed third container terminal...

Adelaide-Darwin complete

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The fabled Adelaide-Darwin rail link was ceremonially completed in late September when rails were joined at two sites, one near Alice Spring...

New push for third Newcastle terminal

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More than three years after the last proposal for a third coal export terminal for Newcastle was abandoned, a new group has emerged with a A...

Sydney boxed out

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The New South Wales Government has shocked the shipping industry with an announcement that all container trades in Sydney Harbour (Port Jack...

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