Oz port sales gather speed

The International Forwarders and Customs Brokers Association of Australia and Road Freight NSW – collectively referred to as ‘I+R’ – have made a joint submission to the review of the Port Botany Landside Improvement Strategy (PBLIS). The review is being conducted by Transport for New South Wales under the Ports and Maritime Administration Regulation 2012.

Liebherr Group has orders for two intermodal RMGs and has just placed another LPS 420 crane in the Russian market; four Vityaz double-lever cranes from SMM SevMorMontazh have recently been delivered to the same customer

APM Terminals in Los Angeles claims a container exchange record on a North American call.

The International Longshoremen’s Association has agreed a new 6-year Master Contract.

PwC Australia, the Australian Chamber of Commerce and Industry, and the Port of Brisbane have collaborated to develop a new Trade Community System (TCS) that will function as a free to access portal bringing together existing data on container shipments.

The Port Botany rail line in Sydney will be duplicated between the port and Mascot, the Australia’s federal government has announced.