PortxGroup signs service agreement with Pacific National
News“Outcome-based” maintenance contract covers RMG cranes at Pacific National’s terminals in Sydney and Melbourne, Australia....
Australia’s A$9B intermodal line
NewsThe Australian Federal Government is pushing ahead with its ambitious plan for a new double-stack intermodal line running 1,700 km fro...
Hyster scores big down under
NewsFollowing an international competitive tender, Hyster has reported an order from Australian rail operator Pacific National (PN), part of Asc...
Hyster secures major Australian deal
NewsPacific National, one of Australia's largest rail companies, has ordered 31 Hyster big trucks...
Asciano sale questions
NewsThe A$8.8B (US$6.4B) bid by Canada’s Brookfield Asset Management (BAM) for Australia’s Asciano faces a number of hurdles before any deal...
Big trucks in demand
NewsLifttruck manufacturers had a good year in 2014, but some markets have been performing better than others....
Toll/Asciano rail deal
NewsAsciano Limited has reached two new rail agreements with Toll Group for its Queensland intermodal business....
Melbourne sale process under way
NewsDespite regular Victorian Government protestations that no privatisation of the Port of Melbourne is contemplated, Australian financial medi...
Konecranes "breakthrough" in Australia
NewsKonecranes has received its fist order for RMGs from an Australian intermodal operator...
Konecranes breakthrough in Oz
NewsKonecranes has confirmed an order for four RMGs from Asciano’s Pacific National (PN), Australia’s largest private rail freight operator....
Asciano lagging behind
NewsAsciano has sounded a note of caution after its July-September quarter operating update revealed that both its port and rail businesses were...
Double-stack operators get wind warning
NewsThe Australian Transport Safety Bureau (ATSB) has issued warnings about double-stacking of container trains following investigations into a ...
Asciano comes back from the dead
NewsAsciano Group has turned around its A$93M loss to 30 June 2009 to report a A$79M profit for the six months ended 31 December....
Asciano recovers
NewsAustralian ports and rail operator Asciano has struck new debt agreements with existing and new banking syndicate members that free it from ...
Ports down under on a more even keel
NewsStability has returned to the Australian container port sector after Asciano secured its immediate financial future and rival terminal opera...