Brisbane flies United

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Over four hectares of the Port of Brisbane Corporation (PBC)'s Whyte Island Estate have been earmarked for the development of a 15,000 m2 wa...

Vic row drags on

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The Victorian Government has called on Australia's National Competition Council to reject RailAmerica-owned Freight Australia (FA)'s applica...

Sydney freeing up space

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Sydney Ports Corporation (SPC) has issued 17 Invitations to Tender for portions of land totalling around 20 hectares at Glebe Island and Whi...

…Toll/Lang join forces

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Toll Holdings and Lang Corporation have formed a consortium to bid for NRC and FreightCorp, saying the joint company will be a long-term ven...

Victorian records

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Record export volumes handled by Victorian ports contributed strongly to the highest export revenues on record over the last financial year....

NRC/FreightCorp sale rolls…

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After years of prevarication and recent months of intense negotiation, the Australian Commonwealth Government and the Governments of New Sou...

CSXWT quits Brisbane

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Just six months after confidently talking up its prospects in Australia, CSX World Terminals (CSXWT) has quit its Brisbane operations and si...

Boxes slow but Sydney up overall

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Despite a weak Australian dollar and the effects of a global downturn filtering into the Australian economy, Sydney Ports Corporation (SPC) ...

Darwin builds on

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Construction work on Stage 2 of Darwin's East Arm Port is due to start shortly following the awarding of a A$39 mill contract to Henry Walke...

Patrick’s inland moves

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Patrick's acquisition of CSXWT's Brisbane assets (see p1 this issue) is just the latest in what is rapidly shaping as an accelerated expansi...

Two left in SA race

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Another bidder has withdrawn from the race to acquire the Ports Corporation of South Australia, leaving just two groups vying for the busine...

SPC unjams rail

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A Sydney Ports Corporation (SPC)-convened group of terminals and rail service providers has moved to free up a container choke-point at Port...

FA row rumbles on

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RailAmerica-owned Freight Australia (FA) has applied to have the Victorian rail network "declared" under National Competition Council (NCC) ...

…Globex opens up

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The A$5.7 mill Globex ContainerLink container packing facility at Fisherman Islands in the port of Brisbane has been officially opened for b...

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