Transport & Logistics

Tigerair permanently ends all Aust-Bali flights

03 Feb 2017

Tigerair Australia has permanently and immediately ended all flights between Australia and Bali, after failing to receive approvals from the Indonesian government.

Royal Automobile Club of WA

$520m rail commitment welcomed

Matt Mckenzie

25 Jan 2017

The Royal Automobile Club of WA and the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of WA have both welcomed an election pledge by Premier Colin Barnett to spend $520 million upgrading a freight rail line between Thornlie and Cockburn to enable passenger service.

Pilbara Ports Authority

Exports up in Pilbara

Business News

06 Jan 2017

December throughput was higher at the state’s major north-west ports, with the Pilbara Ports Authority reporting nearly 60.5 million tonnes of cargo passing over its docks in the month, up 12 per cent on the same time in 2015.

Main Roads Western Australia

Feds firm on Roe 8 funds

Matt Mckenzie

06 Jan 2017

The federal government will be sticking to its guns on the Roe 8 project, Urban Infrastructure Minister Paul Fletcher affirmed today, saying the $1.2 billion committed by the Commonwealth to the project would not be reallocated.

Stevenson Logistics

Watco buys WA freight business

Mark Beyer

05 Jan 2017

US-based transport group Watco Companies is seeking further acquisitions and growth opportunities in Western Australia, after buying a majority shareholding in Intermodal Group and winning a contract

CIMIC Group

McGowan to cancel Roe 8

Matt Mckenzie

04 Jan 2017

The Roe 8 road project will be cancelled if the Labor Party wins the upcoming state election, opposition leader Mark McGowan said today, even though the government has already signed a contract for construction, with $236 million of funding to be re-allocated to three alternative roads.

Diverseco adds robotics arm

Mark Beyer

20 Dec 2016

From a modest industrial building in Willetton, newly rebadged investment company Diverseco has built a substantial national business through a series of targeted acquisitions.

ACCC opposes WA Fifo alliance

Mark Beyer

19 Dec 2016

The competition watchdog said today it planned to deny authorisation to a proposed partnership between Virgin Australia Holdings and Alliance Aviation Services because it would lessen competition in the West Australian market.

Austal

Austal in $22m contract win

Matt Mckenzie

16 Dec 2016

Henderson-based shipbuilder Austal has won a $22 million contract for a high speed passenger catamaran to be used in Germany, but it will be built in the Philippines.

Fremantle Ports

Roe 8 court battle fails

Matt Mckenzie

16 Dec 2016

Environmental advocates have lost the latest High Court application to stop the extension of Roe Highway through Beeliar Wetlands.

CITIC Pacific Mining

Alliance wins Citic contract extension

Business News

12 Dec 2016

Alliance Aviation Services has extended its contract for the provision of its services to Hong Kong-based CITIC Pacific Mining’s Sino Iron project in the Pilbara.

Car sales plunge, again

Fraser Beattie

05 Dec 2016

Western Australia experienced yet another horror month for new car sales, with the prospect of a last-minute turnaround to bring the year on par with 2015’s poor result looking very unlikely.

Fortescue Metals Group

Fortescue names vessels after family

Business News

29 Nov 2016

Fortescue Metals Group has recognised the family of chairman Andrew Forrest by naming four new very large ore carrier (VLOC) vessels after his wife and children.

CFC Group

Centurion buys McAleese haulage fleet

Fraser Beattie

24 Nov 2016

The transport and logistics subsidiary of Perth-based, family-owned CFC Group has acquired McAleese Group’s entire heavy haulage fleet for an undisclosed sum.

Automotive Holdings Group

AHG has tough start to year

Mark Beyer

18 Nov 2016

Automotive Holdings Group has reassured shareholders that its troubled refrigerated logistics business is on the mend, after releasing a trading update that showed lower profits.

Kapuddle, Busbee to cut commute congestion

Dan Wilkie

09 Nov 2016

Perth’s growing traffic congestion woes have prompted the development of two new apps, both designed to make old methods of commuting easier and get drivers out of their cars.

City of Armadale

Councils to combine to press for outer harbour

Matt Mckenzie

07 Nov 2016

Six south metropolitan councils are formalising a lobby group to push for development of an outer harbour near Kwinana as the March 2017 state election approaches.

Stuck to disrupt in roadside assistance

Matt Mckenzie

07 Nov 2016

The creators of Northbridge-based startup Stuck are hoping to bring uberfication to roadside assistance, with a new app to be launched soon that will match local mechanics with stranded drivers at the push of a button.

Horror month for car sales

Fraser Beattie

04 Nov 2016

New car sales crashed in Western Australia last month, adding to a year of poor performance in the industry.

Emeco Holdings

Emeco says merger on-track despite new proposal

Business News

02 Nov 2016

Emeco Holdings has sought to reassure investors that its planned three-way tie-up with Orionstone and Andy’s Earthmovers is progressing smoothly, despite news that one of the parties involved has received a takeover bid of its own.