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Port Botany stevedores terminate free Sundays
Port Botany's stevedoring duopoly yesterday confirmed that Sundays would not continue to be offered as an extra free storage day for containers — a move which has further riled the road transport industry.
AMSA's $5m Montara bill to increase
The Montara oil leak clean-up has cost the Australian Maritime Safety Authority (AMSA) $5.3m and rising, a Senate Estimates Committee heard yesterday.
NSW grain freight task needs combined approach
The bulk of the grain rail network in New South Wales should be retained and maintained by both government and industry, according to the New South Wales Grain Freight Review.
Federal Government to relax ban on beef imports
The Federal Government is to relax the beef import rules it implemented after several of countries reported cases of "mad cow disease" earlier in the decade.
T&L climate toughest VTA boss has seen
The placing of Melbourne firm Mannway Logistics into voluntary receivership demonstrated the difficulties the transport and logistics sector was enduring, Victorian Transport Association (VTA) chief executive Phil Lovel said yesterday.
K+N sees first signs of trade recovery
European logistics group Kuehne+Nagel, which saw gross profit fall 7.3% to SFr4.4bn (US$4.3bn) in the first nine months of 2009, has flagged an improvement in seafreight volumes.
Networks disrupted by coal train derailment
The derailment of a coal train near Ipswich yesterday continues to cause disruption to freight and passenger networks in south-east Queensland.
Viterra to rebrand ABB Grain assets
Canadian agribusiness Viterra has confirmed that it will rebrand the assets of South Australian-based ABB Grain.
UTC opens Tullamarine office in Dacotrans tie-up
New Jersey project-cargo forwarder UTC Overseas has opened an Australian office at Tullamarine in a tie-up with Dacotrans.
