Bundy joins Brisbane
NewsThe gradual decline in the Queensland sugar industry has sounded the death knell for the independence of the Port of Bundaberg....
Port charges on the rise
NewsAfter a prolonged period of stable if not falling imposts, charges at major Australian ports are on the rise again and have immediately attr...
Sydney port/rail unjammed?
NewsAfter a decade of prevarication, the New South Wales government has moved to establish two major metropolitan intermodal terminals to take l...
Seven for Brisbane
NewsLocal reports that two of the world’s leading terminal operators have submitted expressions of interest for Brisbane’s Fisherman Islands...
OPM eyes Brisbane
NewsSingapore-based Overseas Port Management (OPM) has joined two second-tier Australian transport and logistics groups to bid for the Port of B...
Australian sea trade set for steady growth
NewsA new study by Australia’s Bureau of Transport and Regional Economics maps out 20 years of challenges for ports and shipping in a nation w...
Positive outlook for major ports
NewsAlthough the BTRE forecasts a slowing in the growth rate of Australia’s container trades it is notable that with one or two exceptions no ...
Inland rail seen as must
NewsA major new study has found that an inland railway linking Melbourne and Brisbane will need to be in operation by 2019 to meet Australia’s...
…AICTL pushes forward
NewsAustralian International Container Terminals Ltd (AICTL), the joint venture between Anglo Ports and International Container Terminal Service...
Three more berths for Brisbane
NewsThe Port of Brisbane Corporation (PBC) has announced that it is to build two more container berths and a new general cargo facility at Fishe...
Patrick straddles hitch a lift
NewsFollowing the relocation of its Brisbane container handling activities from Fisherman Islands Berths 1, 2 and 3 to the new AutoStrad termina...
Autostrad terminal opens
NewsPatrick Corporation has officially opened its A$106 mill Brisbane AutoStrad terminal at the Port of Brisbane. As previously reported, the ne...
A tale of blazing straddles
NewsAs with other items of mainstream container handling equipment, 2005 seems to have been a record year for straddle carriers. Noell says it d...
Patrick’s plans for robots
NewsPatrick Stevedores’ plans to roll out automated straddle carriers across its three main Australian container terminals have become clearer...
Inland rail study – again
NewsThe latest Australian Federal Government study into an inland rail link between Melbourne and Brisbane appears to signal a new determination...