Perth Airport's ambitious 20-year redevelopment plan has received federal regulatory approval, paving the way for the construction of a third runway and the Forrestfield Airport Link underground rail
BHP Billiton’s plans to renew the lease on its fly-in, fly-out camp on the outskirts of Newman, rather than take up existing empty housing in the town, has prompted a chorus of dissent from Pilbara-focused property groups.
CTI Logistics has bought 67,000 square metres of land adjacent to its Hazelmere warehousing and distribution centre, in a private deal believed to be worth just under $19 million.
Transport and logistics group Toll Holdings has announced that its marine logistics business will focus on the offshore LNG sector, after completing the sale of several operations in northern Australia and Asia.
The completion of a $65 million infrastructure upgrade at Fremantle harbour is designed to boost the amount of freight carried on rail, but the key players are coy on how much difference the recent investment will make.
Not long after Melbourne-based Blue Tongue was launched in 2001 its founder, Tully Young, recognised that Western Australia had a transport industry skills shortage – so he moved himself and almost half his business to Perth.
When the HMAS Toowoomba leaves Cockburn Sound on deployments as far away as the Middle East, maritime logistics officer Kelly Haywood is in charge of making sure the vessel has everything it needs to make the journey and accomplish the mission.
Our annual Transport and Logistics feature discusses the role of a maritime logistics officer, how a business caters to a skills shortage in the transport industry, the tier 3 rail lines, training for truck drivers in the Pilbara, and the recent completion of the Fremantle harbour rail upgrade.
Western Australia is leading the country when it comes to the cooperative and mutual business sector, with three local operations named amid the nation’s five largest.
Western Australia’s unfair and inefficient taxi industry has unnecessarily cost consumers hundreds of millions of dollars, according to a leading economist commissioned by motorist advocacy group RAC
The Fair Work Commission last night issued an order to the Australian Institute of Marine & Power Engineers to end a planned strike by Teekay Shipping’s engineers this morning in Port Hedland.
Automotive Holdings Group has walked away from a potential sale of its Covs Parts business to Burson Group, which hoped to use the 25 stores as an entry into the WA market.
With the abolishment of the carbon tax, Transperth fares will be reduced by 1.5 per cent from November 1 while a free day of travel has been arranged for November 3 to compensate for fares already charged.
A subsidiary of Wesfarmers, liquefied natural gas supplier EVOL LNG, has won a deal with Saracen Mineral Holdings to supply 7,000 tonnes of the resource per year to its Carosue Dam operations north of Kalgoorlie for an undisclosed amount.
