Tassie opts for Burnie upgrade
NewsThe Tasmanian Government has committed to an A$8M upgrade of the port of Burnie in apparent acknowledgement of market trends and recent inqu...
Toll/Asciano rail deal
NewsAsciano Limited has reached two new rail agreements with Toll Group for its Queensland intermodal business....
Australia’s first Terberg 6 x 4
NewsThrough its Australian distributor and service agent, Clark Equipment, Terberg Benscop recently supplied what Clark claims to be the first 6...
SCF put up for sale
NewsThe private equity owners of Australia’s SCF Group have put the container sales and leasing company up for sale, apparently buoyed by the ...
Supalite box in demand
NewsAustralian retail giant Woolworths and leading transport and logistics companies Toll Group and Linfox are among Australasia’s largest mov...
New lightweight sidedoor container from Oz
NewsAustralia-based transport equipment supplier SCF Group has unveiled a new 40ft sidedoor container that features moulded plastic bi-fold door...
Toll adds in Asia
NewsAustralia’s Toll Group has added further weight to its Asian expansion ambitions with key deals in India and China....
QR on verge of new era
NewsThe scheduled departure of QRNational’s first official east-west intermodal train from Melbourne’s North Dynon terminal via Adelaide to ...
Linfox acquires Westgate
NewsAustralia’s second largest transport and logistics company, the privately-owned Linfox Group, has taken another step towards challenging t...
Bass Strait hotting up
NewsSearoad Holdings, which recently bought Bass Strait operator Patrick Shipping and associated Tasmanian transport and freight forwarding inte...
Victoria buys back rail
NewsThe Victorian government has honoured its November 2006 election pledge and bought back the lease of the state’s rail freight network, pay...
Toll split gets ACCC nod
NewsThe Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) is set to approve Toll Holdings’ split into separate operating and infrastructur...
New logistics centres in Oz
NewsKuehne & Nagel (K&N) has opened a A$40M logistics facility in Melbourne as part of a strategy to expand in Australia and across the Asia-Pac...
Australian imports go electronic
NewsAustralian importers are now able to take delivery of containers direct from terminals using electronic Import Delivery Orders (eIDOs). Stev...
…Toll sheds rail pack
NewsIn a smaller, but nonetheless significant, divestment, the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) has forced Toll to sell a s...