Olympic hurdles

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Sydney Ports Corporation (SPC) has negotiated the operation of a temporary empty container park to mitigate against potential congestion bef...

Four on Westrail shortlist

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Anxious to complete the sale of its rail freight business before the year's end (see WorldCargo News July 2000, p48), the Western Australian...

CSX on the march down under?…

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There is growing speculation that CSX World Terminals (CSXWT) is preparing a concerted attack on the Australian stevedoring scene, after ear...

Patrick pushing Broome

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Australian stevedore Patrick is to build a "modest" container terminal at the Port of Broome in the north west of Western Australian in anti...

SA to split port land, business

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More than a year after the South Australian government decided to proceed with a trade sale of Ports Corp SA (see WorldCargo News, May 1999,...

Melbourne in expansion mode

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Australia's two leading stevedores and terminal operators are in expansion mode in the Port of Melbourne, with P&O Ports (P&OP) and Patrick ...

Oz rail off the track

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The Australian rail industry has been somewhat underwhelmed by the federal government's long-awaited response to a series of major inquiries...

Records all round

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Most Queensland ports set new throughput records during the 1998-99 financial year, according to the recently released government publicatio...

NW Oz boom continues

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Ports in the north west of Western Australia are looking forward to a period of major expansion as a number of significant resource projects...

…Vic rail to go open?

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A decision by the Victorian Government to consider implementation of a formal rail access regime has angered Freight Australia (FA) - the fo...

MN buys out MPG

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Australia's Mayne Nickless Ltd (MN) is set to expand its logistics activities after buying out its minority partner in joint venture MPG Log...

Brisbane takes its Toll

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Australian transport and logistics giant Toll Holdings has taken a 10-year lease on 6.7 hectares of port land at the Port of Brisbane Corpor...

NR Sydney upgrade underway

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Work on Stage One of the upgrading of National Rail (NR)'s Sydney Freight Terminal at Chullora is now planned for completion by September 20...

FH wins BMT cartage deal

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The Port of Brisbane Corporation (PBC) has let a two-year contract for the transport of containers between its Brisbane Multimodal Terminal ...

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