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Suez Canal offers discounts to drive traffic
The Suez Canal Authority is offering shipowners discounts of up to 30% in a bid to drive more traffic through the canal.
Struggling Hapag-Lloyd sells Altenwerder stake
Hapag-Lloyd is to sell its 21.5% stake in Hamburg container terminal Altenwerder for €315m (US$446.3m) as part of a rescue package agreed with key shareholders last night.
ABB Grain chief to retire after Viterra deal
ABB Grain managing director Michael Iwaniw will retire at the end of July, the grains marketer has said in a statement.
Promising signs for Australian wheat harvest
A better than expected start to the crop season has prompted National Australia Bank to revise higher its wheat production forecast for the next financial year.
First vehicles use Adelaide expressway bridge
Traffic has begun flowing across the first of 15 bridges to be constructed as part of South Australia's Northern Expressway project.
Woodside leases Broome parcel for LNG support
Broome Port Authority has leased 15 ha of its land to Woodside Energy to support the proposed Browse liquefied natural gas (LNG) development.
Record Port Botany box trade despite import fall
While total full containerised imports at Port Botany dipped by 1.3% in 2008/09, the port still managed to set a new container trade record of 1.78m teu.
Rio, unions meet over crewing, flagging issues
Maritime unions and Rio Tinto are to continue discussions over the company's crewing and flagging proposals for its Queensland bauxite fleet.
Rural industry concerned by QR route overhaul
Queensland Rail's overhaul of services on the Townsville-Mount Isa rail corridor continues to worry the rural industry, particularly in regard to the future of rail transport availability for cattle movements.
