Newcastle hubbub

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The New South Wales Government has approved the A$270 mill first stage of BHP's planned multi-purpose terminal on the former Newcastle Steel...

Westgate EOIs called

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A formal call for expressions of interest in Melbourne's proposed Westgate Container Terminal will be made on June 29, with respondents havi...

Melbourne price cut

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The Melbourne Port Corporation (MPC) has announced the second stage of its latest price reduction programme, which it says aims to "improve ...

Space in Sydney

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Sydney Ports Corporation (SPC) has leased out 12 hectares of port land at Port Botany to three existing operators all suffering space constr...

AusBulk bulks up

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The South Australian Government has named AusBulk Ltd as the developer and operator of the proposed A$90 mill deepwater bulk facility at Por...

Green light for rail sales

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The long-delayed sales of Australia's National Rail Corporation (NRC) and New South Wales' FreightCorp finally seem likely to proceed after ...

…as Oz inspects all

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Australia is to inspect 100 per cent of import containers from July 1 under a regime of strengthened barrier controls designed to keep the c...

…and down under…

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The Australian Customs Service has signed an A$11 mill contract to purchase two state-of-the-art X-ray container inspection systems to speed...

Victoria rail to set new standards

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The Victorian Government in Australia is to standardise the state's country rail network as part of a new Regional Freight Links Programme. ...

Gladstone cottonseed exports doubled

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The Port of Gladstone, Australia, has continued to strengthen its handling of diverse cargoes by doubling cottonseed exports in only its thi...

Patrick’s Webb widens

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Australian stevedore Patrick has officially opened extensions to its Webb Dock, Melbourne, facilities after completing all but one stage of ...

…inland rail gathering steam

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Stage two of Australia's proposed east coast inland freight rail line project looks likely to be accelerated � but at the probable cost of...

Investing in Oz rail…

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An audit of Australia's interstate rail network has recommended investment of A$507 mill to transfer 2 mill tonnes of freight per annum from...

TNT opens Mascot depot

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TNT has opened a A$13 mill depot in the Sydney suburb of Mascot, housing priority, time-sensitive and time-definite services....

Green light for Westgate

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The government of Victoria has finally given the go-ahead to call for expressions of interest to develop Melbourne's third international con...

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