Transport & Logistics

The state government is lobbying Qantas to get on board a terminal move that would bring it closer to the $1.9 billion Airport Link, a plan the airline resisted in its stoush with Perth Airport.

State government decisions to sign two new Metronet contracts despite the projects failing economic and social benefit assessments were “extravagant and vain”, the opposition says.

Perth Airport is taking government-owned corporation Airservices Australia to federal court over alleged chemical contamination ongoing since 1995.

Perth Airport's recovery from the fallout of COVID could take up to 18 months, chief executive Kevin Brown told a Business News event this morning.

Qantas' $614 million takeover of resources sector charter flights provider Alliance Airlines could be heading into turbulence.

Ammonia's potential as a fuel for ships docking in Western Australia will be assessed by Yara and the Pilbara Ports Authority.

Bis chief executive officer Brad Rogers will leave the mining logistics company after 14 years for a new role with ASX-listed Jupiter Mines.

Queensland-based cargo handler Swissport has been hit with a $110,000 fine after a worker fell from a baggage cart at Perth Airport and was left with serious head injuries.

There's hope that families and small businesses could soon get a reprieve from high petrol prices, with Commsec predicting a 19 cent per litre drop ahead.

Rex has acquired the fly-in, fly-out arm of Cobham Aviation for $48 million, a move it hopes will help it become a premier operator in the lucrative resources sector.

Regional Express appears to have its sights set on a foray into the fly-in fly-out sector, entering a trading halt after revealing it was vying for a slice of Cobham Aviation's operations.

The state government has awarded $1.3 billion in contracts to public transport operator Transdev to continue operating Transperth buses.

Welshpool-based company VDM Engineering and its director have been hit with a $460,000 fine after a worker was crushed to death.

Qantas will launch direct flights from Perth to Johannesburg and Jakarta as Western Australia continues its reopening after years of border closures.

The Environmental Protection Authority has approved an additional five years extension for the Albany Port Expansion Project to start.

Structural Monitoring Systems has initiated a board restructure, cost cuts and a rebrand as part of a bid to commercialise its aircraft testing technology.

Global helicopter operator PHI will shift its Asia-Pacific headquarters to West Perth in July, just months after securing a lucrative contract with Woodside.

The state government has released the results of a three-month community consultation over a proposed trench on West Coast Highway, with a majority of survey participants backing the idea.

The state government has awarded KPMG a $500,000 contract to investigate a faster rail service between Perth and Bunbury.

One of the state's largest logistics operators is facing allegations of negligence over the mysterious disappearance of $1 million in silver bars it had been contracted to transport.

A $23 million freight and logistics warehouse proposal as part of Hesperia's $500 million Roe Highway Logistics Park was approved in 10 minutes by an assessment panel.

Perth Airport has partnered with local tree farming company Carbon Neutral, as it looks to emulate other airports that have made more progress on reducing their carbon emissions.

Global supply chain company Mainfreight is proposing to build a $23 million warehouse in Kenwick as part of Hesperia's $500 million Roe Highway Logistics Park.

Opposition spokesperson Tjorn Sibma has expressed doubts about the government's ability to deliver Metronet, as the package's cost passes $9 billion.

A Dampier Port redevelopment designed to facilitate Perdaman's $4.3 billion urea project and tipped to diversify trade has been referred to the environmental watchdog.

Fremantle's Victoria Quay is set for a transformation with the government investing in other opportunities while flagging the relocation of the livestock and motor vehicle trade.

The state government will allocate nearly $60 million in the upcoming state budget to prepare for the "rapid uptake" of electric or hydrogen fuel vehicles, including $36.5 million for rebates.

The price tag of the Bunbury Outer Ring Road will hit $1.25 billion, with the state government to pledge a further $80 million in the upcoming budget.

Alliance Aviation Services and Qantas have agreed for the latter to fully take over the leading contract and charter flights operator.

The Perth-based marine services company is set to pocket $US15 million (A$21.3 million) from the sale as it seeks to shed non-core assets.

A $22 million warehouse proposal at the Sadleirs Logistics site has been given the green light as Queensland-based transport company Lindsay Australia aims to expand its WA operation.

The City of Stirling and the state government are still at odds on ways to combat traffic in Scarborough, with the council recently reaffirming its preference for a tunnel.