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WWL sells Australian inland logistics business

News22 Nov 2017

WWL is to sell its inland transportation and technical service business in Australia to Prixcar, in exchange for a 20% ownership share in th...

News8 Jul 2017

The Rhenus group had expanded its global network through the acquisition of Australian logistics company, O’Brien Customs and Forwarding P...

News25 Feb 2016

Asciano’s two rival suitors are now in talks about a joint offer for its assets...

News9 Feb 2016

Asciano has deemed a revised offer from Qube to be superior to Brookfield’s earlier proposal, triggering a bidding war for the Australian ...

News7 Nov 2015

With both now holding approximately 20% of Asciano shares, a battle is underway for control of he company...

News18 Jul 2012

Asciano Ltd has announced that it will roll out the AutoStrad technology used at Patrick Stevedores’ pioneering terminal in Brisbane at Po...

News6 Mar 2009

Toll Global Forwarding (TGF) has completed the integration of BALtrans Logistics Worldwide...

News1 Jan 2007

As forecast in last month’s issue of WorldCargo News (p6), former Patrick Corporation supremo Chris Corrigan is returning to waterfront st...

News1 Jul 2004

The Tasmanian Government has ordered a complete review of the state’s four main ports - Hobart, Launceston/Bell Bay, Burnie and Devonport ...

News1 Apr 2004

After earlier walking away from a deal to buy RailAmerica-owned Freight Australia (FA), Patrick/Toll joint venture Pacific National (PN) ret...

News1 Mar 2004

The Toll/Patrick rail joint venture Pacific National (PN) has acquired Australian Transport Network (ATN), the predominantly Tasmania-based ...

News1 Sep 2003

Hot on the heels of Toll Holdings’ bid for New Zealand’s Tranz Rail, which looks increasingly likely to succeed (see WorldCargo News Jun...

News1 Oct 2002

P Cleland Enterprises Ltd, one of Australia's largest refrigerated logistics companies, has signed a conditional agreement for the sale of t...

News1 Oct 2002

Australia's Toll Holdings is on the expansion trail again and is expected to announce the acquisition of Brambles Industries' Shipping Divis...

News1 Apr 2002

Just months after swallowing National Rail Corporation and FreightCorp in a A$1.2 bill deal (see WorldCargo News February 2002, p1), Austral...