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ACCC approves Fremantle port productivity bias The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission has granted interim authorisation to DP World Australia and Patrick to develop a system to provide preferential treatment to truck carriers engaged in dual runs' at the Port of Fremantle. more» [Thu 29/07/2010 09:03:59] New Melbourne-Tasmania shipping service Agility Logistics will commence operating an Australian domestic shipping service between Melbourne, Victoria and Bell Bay, Tasmania in early August. more» [Thu 29/07/2010 08:37:50] Aust rail industry calls for uniform fatigue regulation with road transport The Australasian Railway Association (ARA) has welcomed the current deliberations over fatigue standards in the rail industry as part of the process to establish the National Rail Safety Regulator in Adelaide by 1 January 2013. more» [Thu 29/07/2010 08:35:44] One month to go to the eleventh Queensland Supply Chain and Logistics Conference There is one month to go to the 11th Queensland Supply Chain and Logistics Conference, which will see over 27 speakers present papers over the two days. more» [Thu 29/07/2010 08:30:23] Truckers ask pollies 20 straight questions The Australian Trucking Association (ATA) has released its election questionnaire, which asks the Liberal Party, The Nationals, Labor and The Greens what they will do on the industry's key issues. more» [Thu 29/07/2010 08:24:37] CILTA and ALC launch Women Mentoring Program CILTA and the Australian Logistics Council have announced an education and professional development program for women in the T&L - Women Moving Forward Mentoring Program. more» [Thu 29/07/2010 08:21:07] More than half of Australian executives are being negatively impacted by late payments, even though payment behaviours improved slightly during the June quarter. more» [Thu 29/07/2010 08:17:01] 'Print station' enhances mobile workers' productivity A single, compact, lightweight and rugged mobile workforce tool integrates the Zebra RW 420 printer and a removable Motorola MC70 or MC75 mobile computer. more» [Thu 29/07/2010 07:59:28] ACCC clears Australia Post of monopolistic behaviour The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission has cleared Australia Post of monopolistic behaviour, saying its competitive services were not being cross-subsidised with revenue from its monopoly services. more» [Tue 27/07/2010 09:18:02] Qantas caught up in BA price-fixing lawsuit Qantas is one of 32 airlines and airfreight organisations mentioned by British Airways in a lawsuit in relation to alleged price-fixing that has affected up to $6 billion worth of airfreight between 2000 and 2006. more» [Tue 27/07/2010 09:13:23] Queensland offers 2 x $50,000 freight innovation grants The Queensland Transport and Logistics Council in partnership with the Department of Transport and Main Roads is offering two (2) grants of up to $50,000 to encourage the identification, trialling and evaluation of innovative practices that can be applied more» [Tue 27/07/2010 08:55:00] Motorola Symbol MT2000 Series handheld mobile terminal Scanner and terminal specialist Peacock Bros. has announce the release of a new series of handheld mobile terminals from Motorola, the Symbol MT2000 Series. more» [Tue 27/07/2010 08:37:34] Election wish #1: put more freight on rail The Australasian Railway Association (ARA) is calling for all political parties to incorporate the key recommendations of the National Rail Freight Strategy in their policy platforms. more» [Thu 22/07/2010 09:00:13] Election wish #2: what the trucking industry wants The trucking industry's key priorities in the 2010 election campaign are more rest area funding and continued spending on roads. more» [Thu 22/07/2010 08:54:07] Consumer electronics sector begins eCommerce pilot Australia's leading consumer electronics retailers and suppliers are set to pilot data synchronisation between trading partners via GS1net. more» [Thu 22/07/2010 08:46:00] Transport workshop tackles Christmas peak capacity issues The 8th annual Transport Workshop on Tuesday focused on seasonality issues and possible solutions for the efficient movement of containers through Port Botany in the lead-up to the Christmas peak period. more» [Thu 22/07/2010 08:36:44] $5 million Eastern Creek expansion for cool store 3PL Work has begun on a major expansion to the Eastern Creek distribution centre of Costa Logistics, a specialist temperature-controlled third party logistics provider. more» [Thu 22/07/2010 08:41:17] Optimised Australian routing package for truck operators The Bestrane Group has integrated NAVTEQ Transport to the Route Planner application from Descartes to generate optimised routes specifically for Australian roads with thier unique transportation restrictions. more» [Thu 22/07/2010 08:21:14] Levi's leads multinationals' big assault on China Symbolic of China's growing importance to the global economy, multinational corporations are going to great lengths to tailor their products to Chinese preferences. more» [Thu 22/07/2010 08:05:23] Regional winner for forklift apprentice skills contest A country-trained Toyota forklift service technician has undertaken a study trip to Japan after winning the Toyota Material Handing Australia (TMHA) Apprentice Skills Contest. more» [Thu 22/07/2010 07:51:54] Looking for a particular news item? 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