Sixty new train drivers are poised to graduate from BHP’s Pilbara Rail Academy Traineeship Program, created last year to meet the growing skills shortage in Western Australia.
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Freight group issues election priorities
The industry group representing Australia’s largest rail freight operators and infrastructure owners has released its policy priorities for the forthcoming Federal election.
Freight on Rail Group (FORG)
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Logistics trial to reduce freight costs in NW Queensland
The Queensland Government is funding a $1.8 million trial aiming to reduce costs and increase efficiencies for commercial freight users on the Mount Isa Line rail corridor.
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Higher vaccination priority needed for transport workers
The Rail, Tram and Bus Union (RTBU) has joined the calls for freight workers to be given higher priority in the Federal Government’s COVID-19 vaccine rollout program.
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CBH Group adds locomotives, wagons, and drivers to move grain crop
Two locomotives, 48 wagons, and drivers are on loan from Aurizon to CBH Group to help the grain handler get a record braking harvest to port.
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Using the lessons of the past to drive innovation for the future: Peter Smith of SCT Logistics
Recognising a career of over 40 years in the rail freight industry, in November this year SCT Logistics founder and current director Peter Smith was awarded the Australian Freight Industry Award for Personality of the year. To mark the accolade, Rail Express sat down with Peter to hear how the company emerged from humble beginnings to where it stands today.
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New freight data standard reinforces need for data accuracy
The Australian Logistics Council (ALC), in partnership with GS1 and Transport Certification Australia, has released the Single Freight Data Standard.
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Going off-road: Policy shift needed to get freight on rail
Policy settings undermining the shift from road to rail mean communities miss out on the benefits of freight rail, writes Caroline Wilkie, CEO of the Australasian Railway Association.
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High Court puts end to Acacia Ridge litigation
The High Court of Australia has dismissed the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission’s (ACCC) application for special leave to appeal the Federal Court’s decision on the sale of the Acacia Ridge intermodal terminal.
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First Northern NSW winter grain crop railed to Port of Newcastle
The first of what is tipped to be a bumper winter wheat harvest has been transported by rail to the Port of Newcastle.
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