Transport & Logistics

Transport and logistics company Centurion has booked a five-year deal with Australia Post, over freight delivery across three Western Australian regions.

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Aurizon Holdings is planning 200 job cuts across its rail business after taking several hits over the past year, including a big fall in bulk haulage volumes in WA.

The Aboriginal-owned hire car company is poised to grow its Pilbara operations thanks to a new partnership with SIXT.

Qantas has been forced to divert its Perth to London QF9 Boeing 787 nonstop flight to Male in the Maldives due to a medical emergency.

In a major boost for WA’s global connectivity, Qantas has unveiled two new international routes, linking Perth directly with Auckland and Johannesburg from December 2025.

The US Navy has developed new funding and training solutions as it seeks to lift shipbuilding capability.

Emirates is set to transform the travel experience for Perth passengers, as it adds its newly refurbished A380s to the Perth-Dubai route from October.

Infrastructure WA has endorsed the business case for Westport but flagged that the megaport’s $7.2 billion price tag could be subject to change.

A re-elected Albanese government would splash $60 million on expanding Perth’s ferry network following Premier Roger Cook’s promise to build two new terminals.

Planning is under way to enable the Pilbara’s landside logistics industry meet demand as the region’s industrial cargo trade grows.

WA’s logistics network is evolving rapidly to meet demand for different goods

State-owned ports are investing in physical and digital infrastructure to meet the demands of modern trade.

One of the country’s biggest trucking companies is poised to grow its clout in the booming WA horticulture sector.

Perth has bucked the trend among several major airports across the country, being the only one to recover its passenger numbers to pre-pandemic levels.

Middle East logistics giant DP World’s push to grow its presence in Fremantle via the acquisition of Silk Logistics has raised eyebrows at the nation’s competition watchdog.

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Virgin Australia Regional Airlines is set to complete its transition to the most modern and youngest fleet in WA by replacing its Airbus A320s with a higher performance Boeing 737-8.

A Goldfields iron ore junior will more than double its exports after bringing a new deposit online and signing a fresh rail access deal.

The Public Transport Authority has awarded Rail Systems Australia a contract over a high-capacity signaling project to replace a Transperth rail network system.

ANALYSIS: A tie-up between Virgin Australia and Qatar Airways will offer an additional 28 weekly flights between Perth, Brisbane, Sydney and Melbourne and Doha.

The state’s political leaders have debated the implications of WA’s transport network for property development.

One of Australia’s largest trucking companies has boosted its toehold in Western Australia via the acquisition of a Donnybrook freight company and construction of a Perth logistics hub.

Qantas Airways has boasted strong half-year results amid increased competition in the skies, with the approved Qatar-Virgin deal set to bring in more flights between Australia and Doha.

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Proponents of a $400 million Exmouth deepwater port have reduced its footprint and begun rattling the tin to bring investors on to progress the project.

Shipping business Wellard has posted a US$2.3 million (A$3.6 million) loss as it prepares to wind up its dwindling livestock carrier business.

Perth Airport is smashing records with more than 1.56 million passengers travelling through its terminals in January, delivering the airport’s busiest month ever in terms of passenger numbers.

SOUTH WEST: A southern port is planning to add infrastructure to cater to the impending limitation of a metropolitan harbour.

The competition watchdog has flagged its approval over an alliance between Virgin and Qatar Airways, which includes new weekly flights between Doha and Perth.

A legal dispute between a luxury boat hire service and Andrew and Nicola Forrest’s marine maintenance company has finally progressed in the Federal Court.

A Pilbara ammonia upstart has struck a deal with Pilbara Ports to probe exporting ammonia from the Port of Dampier.