Transport & Logistics

Western Australia's Caratti and Cardaci families have featured for the first time in BRW's rich families list, while the Buckeridge family has been ranked as the state's wealthiest.

Local manufacturer Civmec has announced plans to further diversify its services, with the formation of a new defence business unit and a $30 million spend to expand its Henderson facilities.

The state government has invited the public to have a say on red tape reform through its #ShredTheRed campaign, while highlighting a number of efficiency improvements in the transport sector.

Developers should consider funding transport infrastructure as an essential component of new estates, enabling them to charge a higher price for housing product, according to a Perth property obser

Motorsport in WA faces a pivotal moment next month when the WA Sporting Car Club holds an extraordinary general meeting.

Swan Taxis has launched an update for its app, which now allows customers to book a cab ride and make automatic cashless payments with the use of a credit card, similar to the service offered by competitor Uber.

The Town of Port Hedland is poised to complete Western Australia’s biggest privatisation in 15 years, with a consortium led by AMP Capital set to pay $165 million for a 50-year lease over the town’s airport.

Cabcharge is working frantically to get its taxi payment app off the ground in the next six months.

Logistics company Qube Holdings has written down the value of its port assets at Utah Point and Dampier by $38.5 million, after reviewing the outlook for the iron ore and oil and gas sectors.

Emeco Holdings managing director Ken Lewsey has resigned as the company continues to push towards profitability.

Passengers have been evacuated from a bus in Perth's CBD, after smoke started billowing from the rear of the vehicle.

Local technology firm DTI Group has won a contract to supply its video surveillance systems for new buses in the US, for an undisclosed amount.

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Rideshare giant Uber has announced it will increase fares 10 per cent while it battles the Australian Taxation Office’s recent GST ruling in the Federal Court.

Transport Minister Dean Nalder said today the government was still working out how it would handle an expected doubling in truck movements around Fremantle, but has ruled out one option – sinking a tunnel under the Swan River.

Services on the famed Perth-to-Sydney train, the Indian Pacific, will be cut and pensioner ticket prices hiked as its operator tries to make up for a $9 million federal budget cut.

Raw Hire will close its Pilbara vehicle hire operations in response to the mining slow down.

Fremantle-based marine services company MMA Offshore has announced that it expects to make a $120 million non-cash impairment for the 2015 financial year.

Mining giant BHP Billiton has announced plans to construct a new eight-pen tug harbour at Hunt Point in Port Hedland, as well as purchase six additional tugs, for $US240 million ($A326 million).

Taxi and Uber drivers are set to compete on a level playing field after Transport Minister Dean Nalder revealed the state government’s green paper into the industry.

A blaze on the same model of bus involved in a spate of fires in Perth two years ago was an isolated incident, the Public Transport Authority says.

The state government is softening its stance on ride-sharing service Uber, but won't drop prosecutions against drivers accused of breaking the law, Premier Colin Barnett says.

Solutions to Perth's growing traffic congestion look set to be a main theme of the 2017 state election, with the WA government changing its tune on the MAX light rail project.

Brookfield Asset Management is seeking to add ports and rail operator Asciano to its expansive Australian interests, which already include Brookfield Rail, construction giant Brookfield Multiplex, half of oil and gas producer Quadrant Energy, and multiple city office towers.

Sadleirs Logistics, a subsidiary of Western Australia’s oldest family-owned business, has won a contract to supply mainland transport services to Chevron’s operations in the Pilbara for an undisclosed sum.

The state government has announced plans to construct 15 new passing lanes along the Great Eastern Highway, with the project to cost $48 million.

Plans by Emeco Holdings to diversify and accelerate its growth through M&A deals have come to naught, after the mining equipment supplier announced today its agreed takeover of Perth company RentCo and its merger discussions with Queensland competitor Orionstone had both been terminated.

MMA Offshore has won a contract to supply its marine logistics and supply base services for Chevron’s operations in the north-west, in a deal worth $100 million.

A change of leadership at Swan Taxis is part of a strategy to shake up the company’s image, but there will be a tough fight ahead.

The state government is providing $10 million to fast-track the replacement of a traffic bridge over the Murray River south of Pinjarra.

Shipbuilder Austal has won a $26 million contract to build a high-speed catamaran crew boat for an unnamed operator based in South-East Asia.