WA spends on ports

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The Western Australian government has announced port upgrades worth A$98 mill, including A$18.5 mill on infrastructure associated with the H...

SA transport plan

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The South Australian government has released a draft state transport plan that targets moving 75 percent of freight by rail and sea within 1...

INTERAIL into boxes

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INTERAIL Australia, the out-ofstate subsidiary of government owned Queensland Rail, is to launch a container rail service between its base i...

Oz intermodal goes regional

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Several Australian regional centres are pursuing intermodal terminal proposals against the backdrop of a new report that that the number of ...

NSW rail debacle

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New South Wales rail freight is in disarray following the closure of a major rail bridge south of Sydney and revelations that more aging str...

Three in the dock

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Melbourne Port Corporation (MPC) has finalised a shortlist of three for the development of a 10-hectare distripark and multipurpose terminal...

Newcastle, Kembla on standby

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The latest expressions of interest period for Newcastle's proposed Multi-Purpose Terminal (see WorldCargo News October 2002, p19) closed on ...

Anger at rail asset sale

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Australian rail privateers are angry over the outcome of an enforced disposal of surplus Pacific National (PN) locomotives and rolling stock...

Adelaide topping up on wine

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South Australian port owner/operator Flinders Ports (FP) is to build a new A$13 mill storage and export warehouse to be used as a shipment p...

Sydney’s X-ray vision

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Sydney's X-ray container examination facility, the second of four being commissioned by the Australian Customs Service at major ports, has b...

Freo rail jumps

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Rail movement of containers between Fremantle's Inner Harbour and the suburban Kewdale rail terminal has increased substantially since new m...

Empty boxes flood Oz

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Mountains of empty containers at major Australian seaports are causing major headaches for carriers, facing the dual problems of a continuin...

Kembla seeking boxes

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Apparently spurred on by community disquiet over plans for a third container terminal at Port Botany, NSW's Port Kembla is renewing efforts ...

Vics seize freight initiative

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With a state election called for November 30, the Victorian Government has formally announced a series of road, rail and sea freight initiat...

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