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The existing road funding and planning system is broken, despite the serious efforts of the Australian Government to fix it, the chairman of the Australian Trucking Association, David Simon, said today. Mr Simon was launching an independent report by PricewaterhouseCoopers into the road planning, funding and charging system. In a televised address to the National [...]
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Training organisation Real Institute has joined forces with freight and export/import advocacy body FTA to offer training courses to the freight industry.
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Treasury Wine Estates (TWE) has formed a joint venture with Trebuchet Logistics to manage the company’s Australian domestic and export warehousing, distribution and logistics requirements under an innovative fourth-party logistics (4PL) model. TWE is introducing the new approach to wine logistics, warehousing and distribution in Australia. As a result, a new national distribution centre (NDC) [...]
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Members of the Victorian Transport Association (VTA) have held elections for positions on its prestigious General Freight Committee (GFC). VTA CEO Neil Chambers reflected that “the General Freight Committee (GFC) reports to the VTA Executive Council, and is the ‘engine-room’ for the strategic management of issues dealt with by the Association affecting general freight operations.” [...]
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The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission has released the 14th Annual Container stevedoring monitoring report, but the Maritime Union of Australia (MUA) says the commission has got it all wrong. ACCC “Australian stevedoring has dramatically lifted its performance since the 1990’s. Now, increased competition can provide the spur for even higher levels of efficiency and [...]
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CEVA Logistics has opened a new multi-user warehouse complex in Auckland, as part of the company’s drive to strengthen its international airfreight, ocean freight and contract logistics operations in New Zealand. The 16,500 sq m complex is located within the Auckland Airport Business District, the largest transport hub in New Zealand, ensuring close proximity to [...]
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WA’s dedicated workplace health and safety show is returning to Perth. To be held at the Perth Convention & Exhibition Centre on 7-9 August 2012, the WA Safety Show will showcase the latest safety technology, giving visitors the opportunity to get an update on safety technology, services and laws. A must-see event for anyone in the safety [...]
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Uncertainty over interest rates and continued pressure from the high Australian dollar are weighing on businesses, with executive expectations for the September quarter 2012 plummeting. Dun & Bradstreet’s latest Business Expectations Survey reveals that projections for sales and profits have fallen 11 points, a significant contrast to the five quarter-high in sales expectations for [...]
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Qantas will conduct a feasibility study into the potential for an Australian sustainable aviation fuel industry, backed by funding from the Australian Government. The Hon Martin Ferguson MP, Minister for Resources, Energy and Tourism, announced the government’s support for the study ahead of Australia’s first flight powered by sustainable aviation fuel, operated by Qantas from [...]
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