Fortescue Future Industries and Williams Advanced Engineering have started developing a regenerating battery electric train as one of the first projects under their new partnership.
Perth Airport has won its lengthy court bid to retrieve aeronautical fees from Qantas Airways, with the airline expected to pay more than $9 million following a court decision this morning.
The competition watchdog has given freight companies special permission to cooperate to get groceries into WA and the NT, after supply chains broke down.
The rail line between WA and the east coast is open after being closed for a record 24 days, but supermarket shelves could take four to six weeks to be restocked.
Shortages on Perth supermarket shelves could last until late March, although the reconnection of the state’s rail link with the east is now expected next week.
BHP has welcomed MV Mount Tourmaline to its fleet, the world’s first LNG-fuelled Newcastlemax bulk carrier which will start transporting iron ore between Western Australia and Asia this year.
Perth-based Centurion Transport has expanded its Western Australian operations by acquiring the company behind South West Express and Great Southern Express.
WA shoppers will be subjected to product limits at major supermarkets after floods in South Australia disrupted supply chains, leaving some shelves empty.
Perth Airport has been forced to close some of its terminals temporarily in a bid to keep costs down, as the pandemic continues to smash passenger numbers.
The state government is expecting to implement a ‘land bridge’ in coming days to transport products from the east coast to WA after railways in SA were damaged by floods.
Food suppliers and supermarkets are scrambling to find ways to get produce to WA, after it was announced flood-damaged rail lines in SA could take at least 12 days to be repaired.
The state government has cracked down on councils obstructing the around-the-clock delivery of goods to supermarkets, as concerns mount about supply chain disruptions.
Rio Tinto has joined fellow Pilbara miners Fortescue Metals Group and Roy Hill Holdings in acquiring battery-electric locomotives as part of plans to curb carbon emissions.
Australia has struck a deal to increase the local manufacturing of urea amid a global shortage, but Western Roads has expressed concerns that WA could be left out.
Northfleet Transport says it is on track becoming one of WA’s largest bus, truck and transport companies after acquiring privately owned business JSS Logistics.
Melbourne’s lockdowns have continued to impact Wilson Parking’s operations, with the Perth-founded business' revenue down 10 per cent to $849 million in the year to June.
Half of the state’s heavy vehicle fleet could be brought to a standstill in a matter of weeks amid a global shortage of high-grade urea, WA’s peak trucking body has warned.
Perth-based transport company CTI Xpress has lodged plans to build a $15 million depot and office building in Perth’s east, a proposal which has received the support of the City of Swan.
Osborne Park-based Northfleet Transport has bought Kwik Logistics less than two weeks after the transport and crane hire business fell into the hands of administrators.
