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Victoria’s new intermodal freight precincts

Bardy Bigglesworth
December 18, 2025
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The Victorian Freight Plan 2025-30: Victoria Delivers, aims to increase freight on rail and harness private and public sector investment in the state’s freight network.

New Somerton Intermodal Terminal nears completion

Bardy Bigglesworth
July 30, 2025
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The terminal will integrate with the Port Rail Shuttle Network.

How Victoria’s failed $6b pitch to Canberra put a new rail line in limbo

Bardy Bigglesworth
July 15, 2025
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Victoria sought billions for what it said was an urgently needed rail line between Melbourne’s outer north and west.

Freight empire collapses owing $116m

Bardy Bigglesworth
March 25, 2025
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Family-owned Austrans Container Services was placed into liquidation last July, but documents filed with the corporate regulator reveal Gregory O’Shea is being investigated.

In fight against trucks, there’s a battle to control trains

Bardy Bigglesworth
December 20, 2024
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Only about 6 per cent of containers move in and out of the Port of Melbourne by rail, a figure which has fallen by half since 2011.

Little River residents are fighting a proposal to build major freight terminal on their doorstep

Bardy Bigglesworth
September 3, 2024
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Residents of a small town outside Melbourne’s western edge are opposing plans by freighting giant Pacific National to build a terminal on 550 hectares of grassland.

Duisburg Gateway Terminal selects INFORM to aid sustainability strides

Nikos Papatolios
June 14, 2024
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INFORM, the AI and optimisation software leader, has been selected by Duisburg Gateway Terminal (DGT) to introduce advanced AI-based solutions to kick off terminal operations and ensure optimised conditions. This collaboration marks a significant step in enhancing the efficiency and sustainability of intermodal logistics, particularly with the establishment of Europe’s first CO2-neutral intermodal terminal in…

In Melbourne there’s a push for more freight to be moved by rail — but there’s a big thing missing

Bardy Bigglesworth
May 28, 2024
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From his home in Melbourne’s inner west, Martin Wurt can’t see the passing trucks, but he can often hear them. “Trucks have a massive, massive […]

More trucks on roads feared as long-promised freight hub in Melbourne’s west put on ice

Bardy Bigglesworth
May 28, 2024
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The WIFT received $740 million in Commonwealth funding in the budget delivered before the 2022 federal election, compared to $1.62 billion for the Beveridge option.

Linfox has been ‘let down’ by fragile rail networks

Bardy Bigglesworth
April 11, 2024
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Linfox has been “let down” by the fragility of Australia’s rail networks and some of the logistic group’s customers now refuse to put goods on trains despite the benefit of lower carbon emissions, says chief executive Mark Mazurek.