The Supreme Court has ordered the winding-up of the company behind a successful, well-established trucking business after a complete breakdown in relations between founding directors Ken Shepherd and Tony Maddever.
Weaker demand for domestic flights has sent Virgin Australia to an annual loss but the airline says a recent improvement in conditions is set to continue.
Travel time estimates on Perth’s freeways will be displayed on electronic signs in real-time from today, as the state government puts the wheels in motion for about $140 million of freeway upgrades.
Bis Industries, one of the major transport players in Western Australia, will come under new ownership after a $1 billion debt-for-equity swap deal was struck with its major lenders.
Australian Road Express – a Perth-based transport subsidiary of Rivet Group (formerly known as McAleese Group) – has been put into the hands of receivers, leaving 180 jobs at risk.
Canning Vale-based Veem says it will meet its forecast net profit target of $4 million when it reveals its first full-year results as a listed company.
Brookfield Rail has changed its name to Arc Infrastructure as it looks to diversify its business beyond the state’s rail freight network into related assets like ports and intermodal terminals.
More than 300 truck drivers in Western Australia have had their licences suspended after the state government alleged they failed to pass their driving test.
Global business Siemens is expanding its footprint in the rail infrastructure sector with the acquisition of Perth-headquartered MRX Technologies for an undisclosed sum.
Marine services business Bhagwan Marine is shifting its base of operations from Geraldton to Perth as part of cost-saving initiatives in light of continued tough conditions in the offshore oil and gas market.
CTI Logistics chairman David Watson has sold down his shareholding for the first time since he founded the business in 1972, with Forager Funds Management acquiring some of his shares and investing further funds to become a substantial shareholder.
Perth-based Automotive Holdings Group will incur a $35 million write-down hit from the closure of some of its underperforming businesses, in response to the weak market for car retailers combined with recent regulatory changes by the corporate watchdog.
Perth’s public transport users are slugged more per year than commuters in any other Australian capital except for Sydney, but Perth is the cheapest city to insure two family cars, according to new data.
Virgin Australia is likely to post an annual underlying loss after a subdued domestic travel market and Cyclone Debbie contributed to an increase in its loss for the third quarter of the financial year.
Qantas has forecast a better-than-expected annual underlying pre-tax profit of between $1.35 billion and $1.4 billion, the second largest in its history, on the back of the strength of its domestic operations.
Family-owned German shipbuilder Lürssen will be setting up shop in the Australian Marine Complex through a partnership with Civmec and government-owned ASC.
South Australian charter airline Rossair Charter Services is making a push into Western Australia, as it refines operations following the recent acquisition of Perth-based Ad Astral Aviation.
Civmec has begun constructing what it says will be Australia's biggest undercover shipbuilding facility in Henderson, confident it will have enough work even before offshore patrol vessel contracts are awarded by the federal government later this year.
Logistics and car retailer Automotive Holdings Group has acquired two dealerships in Victoria for $8.5 million plus stock and assets, in the same precinct where it is building a new Jaguar and Land Rover dealership.
A taxi levy to buy back plates could be a major administrative headache for the sector and punish more efficient players, according to Ingogo chief executive Hamish Petrie.
Richard Goyder will add Qantas board membership to his chairmanship of Woodside Petroleum and the AFL Commission after he steps down as Wesfarmers managing director.
Rail freight operator Aurizon has brought in former Woodside Petroleum senior manager Tina Thomas as executive vice-president of human resources, as the company undertakes a new organisational structure.
Air travel from Perth to Broome and Perth to Karratha fell dramatically in January compared to the same month in 2016, according to the latest data by the Bureau of Infrastructure, Transport and Regional Economics.
Henderson-based shipbuilder Austal says a modification to a previously awarded contract for littoral combat ships with the US Department of Defense is worth about $US36.6 million ($A47.8 million).
