The TWU is warning of a beer shortage over the Australia Day long weekend, as drivers from Qube Logistics down tools for 24 hours this week, the latest escalation of wage negotiations.
Shares in logistics giant Qube rose by 19 per cent early on Monday, following news it had received a $11.6 billion bid by Macquarie Asset Management to acquire the company.
WA's largest woodchip export terminal is in line for a major upgrade following a $25 million acquisition by one of the nation's biggest logistics firms.
The Pilbara port authority has struck agreements with four groups planning to use the logistics hub at its new Lumsden Point wharf while also awarding a further construction contract.
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.
Chicago food business ADM exported its first faba bean bulk cargo out of Esperance on the weekend, and used a loading system usually engaged by the resources industry.
Work at the state's biggest container port is expected to slow to a crawl in the coming weeks after Qube Ports customers were told a series of industrial actions would start from tonight.
The fallout from BHP mothballing its Nickel West operations has had a ripple effect through engineering and haulage contractors, fellow miners, airlines and power suppliers.
The $40 million-plus sale of the family-owned business marks the third major M&A deal involving a logistics company at Fremantle harbour in recent years.
The lithium hopeful has recruited Qube Holdings to transport spodumene concentrate from Kathleen Valley to the Port of Geraldton ahead of anticipated first production in mid-2024.
Qube has vowed to defend a $15.5 million lawsuit it's facing at the hands of the maritime union over claims it unlawfully docked the wages of up to 1,000 stevedores.
QUBE has sought an appeal with the Fair Work Commission after it ordered the logistics company to reinstate and back pay six workers dismissed in mid-2021.
Qube has been ordered by the Fair Work Commission to reinstate and back pay six workers who were asked to cross a picket line amid protected industrial action taken by the MUA.
Chemical manufacturer Coogee and infrastructure giant QUBE Holdings have secured grants from the federal government to develop diesel storage projects in Western Australia.
Businesses in the Pilbara will soon have better access to international supply chains after shipping company Sea Swift announced a regular, scheduled service between Singapore and Dampier.
Georgiou Group has secured $141 million worth of contracts across Australia in recent days, announcing it had been awarded major contracts in NSW and Queensland just one day after being named the preferred proponent for the City of Perth's east end revitalisation project.
Intermodal Group has announced a strategic partnership with QUBE Holdings in Western Australia, as the North Quay Rail Terminal (NQRT) goes up for tender.
SPECIAL REPORT: WA will be waiting until at least 2030 before an outer harbour development is needed, and in the meantime work is being done to evaluate the best ways to extend the life of Fremantle Port.
Primero Group has been selected as the preferred engineering, procurement and construction contractor for Adelaide-based Core Lithium's $53 million Finniss project near Darwin.
Three contractors have won work for Altura Mining's planned $140 million Pilgangoora lithium mine, as the company continues work to secure debt financing for the project.
Mount Gibson Iron will spend nearly $100 million on the redevelopment of its Koolan Island iron ore mine, with the company's board giving the green light to bring the operation out of care and maintenance.
More than $8 billion of greenfields iron ore projects are either proposed or in development, while $450 million of brownfields work is under way as the state's miners plan investments to maintain production.
Stevedoring industry veteran Chris Corrigan has announced he will retire as chairman of QUBE Holdings, saying the time is right as the logistics group enters a new phase.
The competition watchdog has waved through a $9 billion takeover of rail and ports giant Asciano, and approved Metcash's bid for Woolworths' Home Timber and Hardware business.
Rail and ports operator Asciano will sell its 50 per cent stake in the ACFS port logistics business to its joint venture partner in an effort to remove the overhang on its $9.05 billion takeover.
Women are being appointed to ASX200 boards at a faster rate than ever, but a number of major Western Australian companies remain without any female representation on their boards.
