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Revamp for Melbourne box movement study
The Port of Melbourne's Container Origin and Destination Study is to be updated with the entire container logistics supply chain to come under scrutiny.
Portland dodges downturn impact with Gunns deal
Three months of negotiation by Port of Portland have ended successfully with timber firm Gunns signing a lease committing it to develop and operate a second hardwood chip facility at the port.
Liner losses to see 350,000 teu capacity scrapped
Container lines need to remove more capacity before achieving any sustained recovery in freight rates.
Qantas Freight caught by volume surge
Qantas was in the dark yesterday as to the cause of the build-up of "unusually large volumes" at its Sydney and Melbourne airport freight terminals.
Setback for Southern Sydney Freight Line
Construction of the Southern Sydney Freight Line has hit a number of design hurdles that will probably delay completion of the network by six months, according to the Australian Rail Track Corporation (ARTC).
Adelaide opens renovated cruise passenger terminal
The $500,000 upgrade of the passenger terminal at Port Adelaide’s Outer Harbor was opened today, just in time for the cruise ship season.
China's port volumes bounce back to 2008 levels
Cargo throughput at China’s major ports has recovered to similar levels before last year’s global financial crisis thanks to China’s Yuan4000bn (US$588bn) economic stimulus package, the Ministry of Transport has said.
PNG signs $15bn LNG deal with China
Energy companies in Papua New Guinea will start shipping liquefied natural gas to China from the end of 2013, after an agreement was signed with China Petroleum Chemical Corp (Sinopec).
