Transport & Logistics

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.

More than 20,000 electric vehicles were sold in Australia this past year, with EVs accounting for about two per cent of new car sales.

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.

Logistics company ASCO Australia has secured two contracts associated with the $768 million expansion of the Waitsia gas field in the Perth Basin.

MCS Services has acquired Carlisle-based Highways Traffic for an initial estimated $2 million in a move to diversify from its WA security offerings.

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.

BHP plans to acquire and trial four battery electric locomotives for its iron ore rail network in WA, following suit from fellow mining giants.

BHP's South Flank mine site will transition to autonomous haulage, less than a year after the site's first production of iron ore.

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.

New vehicle sales in Western Australia are up 18.7 per cent for 2021 with SUVs taking a majority chunk of the market.

The state has just more than a month to prepare for multi-million dollar supply chain disruptions similar to those hitting Australia's east coast.

Fortescue Metals Group has bought two new electric locomotives in a bid to trim emissions across its mine sites.

Australia's competition regulator has granted interim authorisation allowing manufacturers to work together to address looming shortages of AdBlue.

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.

Travel provider Webjet has reduced its first-half losses as people resume travelling again in the pandemic.

Another round of industrial action is set to hit the delivery sector as the Transport Workers Union plans rolling strikes in Western Australia and NSW starting Monday.

Fortescue Metals Group will supply two helicopters to the Royal Flying Doctor Service of WA in a bid to speed up hospital-to-hospital transfers across Western Australia.

Kwik Transport & Crane Hire has gone into administration after losing two big contracts but related company Kwik Haul continues to trade.

Jandakot-based Dunn Aviation has landed a five-year contract from the state government to assist with bushfire control across four regions.

A cloud-based logistics platform aims to improve recycling rates of building waste as regulatory and cost issues persist in the sector.

Family-owned CFC Group has reported a solid increase in profit and dividends as executive chairman Philip Cardaci and his brother's widow Mae Cardaci continue their legal fight.

A consortium including Perth-based Clough has secured work on the $255 million Stephenson Avenue extension, as part of stage two of the project.

Industrial action that threatened to restrict access to goods ahead of Christmas has been subdued ahead of a meeting between Fremantle Port Authority and the national maritime union.

Strike action at Fremantle Port has been temporarily suspended following a move this morning by the federal government to intervene, it is understood.

Qantas will use a $802 million land sale to reduce debt and may yet move its headquarters to the same divested property.

A charter flight departing from the Busselton-Margaret River airport to Fortescue Metals Group's Pilbara operations marked the first of its kind for the company's regional fly-in, fly-out workers.