Port of Melbourne leased
NewsThe Australian State of Victoria's Andrews Labour Government has leased the Port of Melbourne for more than A$9.7B, in line with an election...
Blow for Brookfield’s Asciano play
NewsAustralia’s Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) has rejected Brookfield’s plan for preserving competition on key part’s of Aust...
Hutchison negotiating sackings in Australia
NewsThe Maritime Union of Australia and Hutchison Ports Australia have agreed to a six-week negotiation process to be overseen by the Fair Work ...
Injunction against Hutchison sackings
NewsAn Australian Federal Court judge has granted an injunction preventing 97 workers at ports in Sydney and Brisbane from being sacked...
…new delay for PB3T
NewsThe long-awaited decision on the operator for Sydney’s third Port Botany container terminal (PB3T) looks likely to be further delayed afte...
MUA “back to 1998”
NewsThe Maritime Union of Australia (MUA) claims to have “reclaimed” most of the employment conditions lost in 1998’s bitter waterfront di...
PN wins steel deal
NewsPacific National (PN) has secured Australia’s largest ever rail freight contract, signing with BlueScope Steel and OneSteel for a A$1B hau...
Upheavals in Sydney
NewsWith several crucial projects due for delivery in coming years, Sydney Ports Corporation (SPC) appears to be facing considerable upheaval as...
Patrick fines handed down
NewsPatrick Stevedores has been fined A$115,000 for five breaches of the Occupational Health and Safety Act 1983 in relation to the use of strad...
CTAS in demand
NewsSattel of Australia, part of P&O Ports, has signed new contracts to install its Container Terminal Automation System (CTAS) products at seve...
No hoorays for X-rays
NewsThe Australian Customs Service (ACS), stevedores, freight forwarders and importers are at odds over the cost arising from increased security...
Port reform move in Oz
NewsThe Victorian government in Australia has inaugurated the second phase of its over-haul of the state’s port system with the introduction t...
Vic row drags on
NewsThe Victorian Government has called on Australia's National Competition Council to reject RailAmerica-owned Freight Australia (FA)'s applica...
AQIS set to reduce inspection charges
NewsThe Australian government has announced that Australian Quarantine and Inspection Service (AQIS) charges for its seven commodity programmes ...
FA row rumbles on
NewsRailAmerica-owned Freight Australia (FA) has applied to have the Victorian rail network "declared" under National Competition Council (NCC) ...