HOME ABOUT US ADVERTISE SUBSCRIBE SITEMAP HELP CONTACT WORK FOR US   Tuesday 7 September 2010 Make SCLN my HomePage    INFRASTRUCTURE STORIES [ 406 Results - Showing Results 1 to 30 ] Infrastructure investment a priority: QTA (Friday, 6 March 2009) IN THE lead-up to the Queensland state government election, the Queensland Trucking Association has called on opposing political parties to continue prioritising infrastructure investment, regardless of which party is elected into office. Full Story... UNDER CONSTRUCTION: Time for heavyweights to pay their way (Friday, 6 March 2009) PROGRESS has undoubtedly been made in improving the quality of many of Australia’s major arterial roads, but what about the urban blacktop? Well, noises are being made that it is now their turn for some long overdue refurbishment. Full Story... Thailand, Laos open first rail link (Friday, 6 March 2009) THE first-ever rail link connecting Thailand and Laos has been officially opened after 20 months of construction at a cost of approximately 197 million baht ($A8.5 million). Full Story... Daimler creates 1100 jobs in Mexico (Monday, 2 March 2009) TRUCK manufacturer Daimler AG has opened a new $US274 million ($A431.5 million) plant in Mexico, generating up to 1100 jobs in the process. Full Story... Vic hands rail car contract to Bombardier (Friday, 27 February 2009) THE Victorian government has awarded Bombardier Transportation the contract to build the next tranche of its regional rail fleet, handing the German giant a $148 million contract for 32 VLocity DMU cars. Full Story... United Group finalises $620m Airport Link alliance (Wednesday, 25 February 2009) DIVERSIFIED construction and engineering major United Group said today it has finalised arrangements for its part in Queensland’s $4.8 billion Airport Link road project, announcing plans to deliver $620 million of work as part of an alliance with Thiess John Holland. Full Story... Building slightly less of Australia (Wednesday, 25 February 2009) The federal government may slash spending from its Building Australia Fund, admitting yesterday that there may be only $12.5 billion available from the original $20 billion announced in May last year. Full Story... Swan enters, Stage 3 (Monday, 23 February 2009) TREASURER Wayne Swan has promised more money for major infrastructure projects in a “stage 3” federal stimulus package later this year. Full Story... State conference to debate $38B transport plan (Monday, 23 February 2009) A VICTORIAN Transport Infrastructure conference will be held in mid-May to encourage public discussion into the delivery, funding and supply-chain issues of Victoria’s $38 billion transport plan. Full Story... Mermaid enjoys favourable currents (Friday, 20 February 2009) MERMAID Marine has posted a 63% increase in net profit to $A12.2 million for the half-year ending December 31, 2008, over the corresponding period in 2007. Full Story... Oil up on surprise US inventory drop (Friday, 20 February 2009) OIL prices reversed a fair bit of the losses taken this week after a weekly US Energy Department report showed an unexpected drop in crude inventories last week. Full Story... Traffic dropoffs at Asian ports (Friday, 20 February 2009) THE sustained rise to the Baltic Dry index over the last two months may not mean that international trade is genuinely picking up, with ports in Asia reporting significant falls in container traffic during January. Full Story... China targets Australian rail, roads, ports (Wednesday, 18 February 2009) CHINA’S sovereign investment fund may seek to buy Australian transport infrastructure, according to overnight media reports. Full Story... Queensland coal port could face delays (Wednesday, 18 February 2009) A CONSORTIUM of coal companies could reportedly delay the Wiggins Island Coal Terminal development off Gladstone in Queensland for 12-18 months. Full Story... Rain washes out Rio’s rail (Wednesday, 18 February 2009) RIO Tinto has suspended work at a number of its Pilbara mines after flooding from heavy rain had a “significant impact” on the miner’s operations. Full Story... Canberra Airport campaigns to become Sydney’s second airport (Monday, 16 February 2009) CANBERRA Airport has launched a campaign to become the site of Sydney’s second airport, declaring Canberra Airport will play a key role in meeting the needs of the Sydney Basin with existing infrastructure that will lower costs to the Commonwealth. Full Story... NTC urges fast action to reform nation’s transport sector (Monday, 16 February 2009) THE National Transport Commission has recommended swift action and the formation a 30-year national transport plan to tackle increasing problems such as traffic congestion and a failing transport system. Full Story... Brisbane, Darwin airport expansions given green light (Monday, 9 February 2009) THE federal government has given the go ahead to the $500 million Brisbane domestic airport upgrade, which is expected to create around 6000 jobs. Full Story... South African export hurdles (Monday, 9 February 2009) INADEQUATE infrastructure spending could threaten South Africa’s coal exports, according to Anglo American South Africa chief executive Ben Magara. Full Story... Second Mid West rail system hits roadblock (Monday, 9 February 2009) YILGARN Infrastructure’s new plan for a second Mid West rail system has already copped a roadblock from Western Australia’s state government, but the company says jobs and royalties are at stake and the government needs to give the plan proper consideration. Full Story... $309M Sydney freight rail upgrade begins (Monday, 9 February 2009) THE $309 million upgrade to the Southern Sydney freight line between Macarthur and Chullora has begun, and is expected to create 2000 jobs, according to federal Infrastructure Minister Anthony Albanese. Full Story... Rio rail lines back in business (Friday, 6 February 2009) RIO Tinto’s parallel rail lines in the Pilbara have resumed normal services after being damaged when a train carrying iron ore derailed last Thursday evening. Full Story... Port of Brisbane gets new $65M container berth (Wednesday, 4 February 2009) TRANSPORT Minister John Mickel yesterday commissioned the Port of Brisbane’s seventh dedicated container berth, Berth 10, which will allow at least six container vessels to be accommodated simultaneously by the two major stevedores, Patrick and DP World Brisbane. Full Story... Central Coast to get helping hand from ARTC (Friday, 30 January 2009) AUSTRALIAN Rail Track Corporation chief executive David Marchant has said that the missing freight link between Sydney and Gosford is the highest priority upcoming rail project, and once complete would also free up 100 passenger trips to and from Sydney every day. Full Story... Freight train derails, explodes in the UK (Wednesday, 28 January 2009) AN INVESTIGATION is to take place into an incident which saw a fuel-laden freight train derail and explode into a fireball in Ayrshire in the United Kingdom. Full Story... Time to spend more on road maintenance: ATA (Friday, 23 January 2009) AUSTRALIAN Trucking Association chairman Trevor Martyn says the nation’s government needs to spend more on road maintenance as it works to boost the economy, as opposed to trying to bring forward more new road projects. Full Story... UNDER CONSTRUCTION: Call for WA to spend up to preserve jobs (Friday, 23 January 2009) INFRASTRUCTURE and mining-reliant Western Australia must follow Queensland’s lead in fast-tracking public infrastructure projects in order to boost confidence in WA’s now-struggling jobs market, says the state opposition. Full Story... $30M Tasmanian rail upgrade gets under way (Wednesday, 21 January 2009) WORK has begun on the $30 million rail upgrade on Tasmania’s North-West Coast, as part of the government’s initiative to boost the state’s economy via infrastructure renewal and a trained workforce. Full Story... Northern Busway workers upskill for the future (Wednesday, 21 January 2009) ATTEMPTING to combat the tight civil construction labour pool, the Abigroup-headed Northern Busway alliance has committed to upskilling its employees on the Northern Busway project in Brisbane, with employees completing 50,000 training hours by the end of last month. Full Story... Cathay Pacific announces HK terminal delay (Monday, 19 January 2009) ASIAN airline Cathay Pacific has announced that it is to delay the completion of its new $HK4.8 billion ($A911 million) Hong Kong terminal by up to 24 months due to the current economic slowdown. Full Story... 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