HENDERSON shipbuilder Austal Ships is targeting the boutique cruise market to achieve growth and offset the global downturn in its core fast ferry business.
THE following company personnel changes have been notified to the WA office of the Australian Stock Exchange:Ken Hellsten has been appointed as Chief Executive Officer of Comet Resources NL.
Surely the Perth market can’t sustain a business offering training in bomb threat procedures, kidnap survival training and anti-piracy procedures?“We’ve been around for two years and our business is growing,” responds David Harper.
Australia’s ports – that vital link with our overseas trading partners – remain disadvantaged by short-term political decisions despite moves to distance themselves from government through commercialisation and corporatisation.
THE Australian steel fabrication industry’s plea for industry participation plans to reduce the impact of cheap imports has been rejected by Federal Industry Science and Resources Minister Nick Minchin.
THE Bunbury Port Authority is changing the commercial culture of towage services at Australian ports following its success in winning a landmark Federal Court case.
WA’S steel fabrication industry – one of the State’s major sources of manufacturing jobs – is being “forced to its knees” as construction project managers favour cheap imports of fabricated steel over local produce.This gloomy prediction comes from WA m
PERTH-based safety special-ists, the Marine & Offshore Group (M&OG), is trading proof that altruism can be used to sow the seeds for a rapidly expanding global business.
WA exporters are missing the boat to markets in North Asia and the Middle East, according to a survey commissioned by the Fremantle Port Authority and the Sea Freight Council of Western Australia.
THE WA Government is establishing new multi-user road, rail and port infrastructure in WA’s Great Southern region to encourage the development of plantation wood processing and related value-added projects in the Down Road area near the Mirambeena Industr
THE $45 million Albany wind farm, which will generate up to 80 per cent of Albany’s power needs, is capturing the hearts and minds of locals looking to benefit from the project.
ALBANY will be transformed on Anzac Day with a major festival to celebrate the Centenary of FederationTo help Albany celebrate, the WA Government will contribute $100,000 toward the festival.
THE Perth City Council’s City Planning Scheme Number Two is being re-released for public comment with amendments from Planning Minister Graham Kierath included.
