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Chinese group wins Darwin lease

News13 Oct 2015

Australia’s Northern Territory Government has surprised markets and industry by awarding a 99-year lease of the Port of Darwin to China’...

News1 Jan 2012

Completion of a new A$17M rail overpass in Australia’s Northern Territory capital Darwin has allowed uninterrupted access to the growing E...

News20 Apr 2011

A series of pollution and other environmental incidents appear to have cost Darwin Port Corporation (PPC) chief executive Robert Ritchie his...

News11 Jan 2011

The Port of Darwin in Australia’s Northern Territories was fortunate nobody was injured when a runaway container crane ran into a crawler ...

News1 Sep 2009

Greater Asian demand for resources and raw materials from Australia’s Northern Territory is driving a planned A$150M expansion of the port...

News1 Nov 2008

Adelaide-Darwin rail owner/operator FreightLink met what many consider its inevitable fate on 6 November when the company board appointed a ...

News1 Jun 2008

The future of Australia’s Adelaide-Darwin rail link lies more in bulk than containers, operator Freight- Link has conceded after formally ...

News1 Nov 2007

FreightLink, the operator of the AustralAsia Railway (AAR) between Adelaide and Darwin, has reported a significant turnaround to record its ...

News18 Dec 2005

The only shipper known to have made substantial use of the Adelaide-Darwin landbridge capacity of the AustralAsia Railway (AAR) for internat...

News1 Sep 2004

A new port is being developed on Melville Island, the largest of the Tiwi Islands, located 60 km off the coast of Darwin in Australia’s No...

News1 Sep 2004

Freight volumes that are already exceeding first-year projections for the Adelaide-Darwin rail link have encouraged operator FreightLink to ...

News1 Nov 2003

The fabled Adelaide-Darwin rail link was ceremonially completed in late September when rails were joined at two sites, one near Alice Spring...

News1 Apr 2002

The first piece of track for the Alice Springs to Darwin railway has been laid at an historic ceremony in Katherine attended by Northern Ter...

News7 Nov 2001

Construction of the fabled Alice Springs-Darwin rail link (AARP - the AustralAsia Railroad Project) is finally underway and on schedule, wit...

News20 Sep 2001

Construction work on Stage 2 of Darwin's East Arm Port is due to start shortly following the awarding of a A$39 mill contract to Henry Walke...