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.
The Motor Trade Association of WA wants to establish a training facility in Perth’s southern corridor following its merger with the Motor Industry Training Association last year.
Electric and motor scooter manufacturer and distributor Vmoto says it will purchase Nanjing Haiyong Electronic Technology for an undisclosed amount, overwriting an earlier proposal to enter into a joint venture arrangement with the China-based tech firm in October last year.
Fremantle-based Mermaid Marine Australia has been awarded a contract from an undisclosed party for the operation and management of the accommodation vessel Silja Europa for an undisclosed amount.
Perth-based trucking firm CTI Logistics held its profit largely steady over financial year 2013-14, even as the company lodged an 11 per cent uptick in revenue.
The nation’s biggest car dealer network, Perth-based Automotive Holdings Group, has shrugged off slowing automotive sales to lodge a record net profit result of $78.5 million.
The final piece of the Beaufort Street bus priority plan has been put in place with the opening of a $1 million peak-period bus-only lane between Walcott and Bulwer streets.
Mid-tier iron ore miner Mineral Resources’ $70 million investment in six new trains has kicked off its stated 20-year commitment to the Yilgarn region.
AngloGold Ashanti Australia has signed a $140 million agreement with natural gas infrastructure company APA Group for the transportation of natural gas to the Sunrise Dam and Tropicana gold mines in Western Australia.
A convoy of truck drivers headed by WAFarmers and the Wheatbelt Railway Retention Alliance drove through parts of Perth today to demonstrate their opposition to the closure of the Tier 3 rail lines.