Australia
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Air Cargo
Investors circle Hobart Airport
The Tasmanian airport is gearing up to become a cargo hub.
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Maritime
Port Report: Shipowners call for end to tension after Iranians seize another oil carrier (with video)
The Port Report focuses on another vessel being seized in the Strait of Hormuz.
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Australia
Competition watchdog worries over USD$248 million sale of liquids terminals
Australia’s competition watchdog, the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC), has expressed competition fears over the acquisition of the wharf-side GrainCorp Liquid Terminals by independent…
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Asia-Pacific
Port Report: Strikes intensify as Australia braces for more longshoreman unrest
Waterfront tensions are increasing as the Maritime Union of Australia declares more wharfside strikes around the country.
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Asia-Pacific
Suicide caused shutdown of Patrick ocean container terminal
Patrick Terminals in Sydney, Australia, shut down for about 19 hours over Monday, July 8 and Tuesday, July 9 after a worker tragically committed suicide.
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Australia
DOWN UNDER TRUCKING: massive multi-vehicle truck crash leaves two dead
Elderly driver charged following fatal truck collision and car explosion left two dead; competition law woes in hostile takeover; heavy vehicle roadworks and access; smart…
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Australia
DOWN UNDER TRUCKING: drug-driving kills truckers; court orders re-hire of dodgy truck loader; speeding trucker wins US$12k compensation
Smoking crystal meth directly led to a fatal crash that killed two truckers; meanwhile, dead kangaroos, speeding, and dodgy crane operators feature in two labor-law…
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Australia
Down Under Trucking: Oops! Bayswater Bridge claims another victim
Notorious bridge claims victim; freight road upgrades; truck company director fined after trucker deaths; horror crashes in good driving conditions continue; drayage gets an over-mass…
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Asia-Pacific
Government Minister wants to shift cargo from trucks to rail
Trade growth, demography and land use changes in the city of Melbourne, Australia, have made necessary a shift of freight from truck to rail, according…
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Australia
DOWN UNDER TRUCKING: murder-suicide probe into deadly head-on truck/car crash
Deadly crash treated as a potential murder/suicide; Mainfreight reports US$1.93 billion of revenues; druggy truckie gets 14 months; freight costs revealed.
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