Transport & Logistics

The state government has awarded $1.3 billion in contracts to public transport operator Transdev to continue operating Transperth buses.

Welshpool-based company VDM Engineering and its director have been hit with a $460,000 fine after a worker was crushed to death.

Qantas will launch direct flights from Perth to Johannesburg and Jakarta as Western Australia continues its reopening after years of border closures.

The Environmental Protection Authority has approved an additional five years extension for the Albany Port Expansion Project to start.

Structural Monitoring Systems has initiated a board restructure, cost cuts and a rebrand as part of a bid to commercialise its aircraft testing technology.

Global helicopter operator PHI will shift its Asia-Pacific headquarters to West Perth in July, just months after securing a lucrative contract with Woodside.

The state government has released the results of a three-month community consultation over a proposed trench on West Coast Highway, with a majority of survey participants backing the idea.

The state government has awarded KPMG a $500,000 contract to investigate a faster rail service between Perth and Bunbury.

One of the state’s largest logistics operators is facing allegations of negligence over the mysterious disappearance of $1 million in silver bars it had been contracted to transport.

A $23 million freight and logistics warehouse proposal as part of Hesperia's $500 million Roe Highway Logistics Park was approved in 10 minutes by an assessment panel.

Perth Airport has partnered with local tree farming company Carbon Neutral, as it looks to emulate other airports that have made more progress on reducing their carbon emissions.

Global supply chain company Mainfreight is proposing to build a $23 million warehouse in Kenwick as part of Hesperia's $500 million Roe Highway Logistics Park.

Opposition spokesperson Tjorn Sibma has expressed doubts about the government’s ability to deliver Metronet, as the package’s cost passes $9 billion.

A Dampier Port redevelopment designed to facilitate Perdaman’s $4.3 billion urea project and tipped to diversify trade has been referred to the environmental watchdog.

Fremantle’s Victoria Quay is set for a transformation with the government investing in other opportunities while flagging the relocation of the livestock and motor vehicle trade.

The state government will allocate nearly $60 million in the upcoming state budget to prepare for the "rapid uptake" of electric or hydrogen fuel vehicles, including $36.5 million for rebates.

The price tag of the Bunbury Outer Ring Road will hit $1.25 billion, with the state government to pledge a further $80 million in the upcoming budget.

Alliance Aviation Services and Qantas have agreed for the latter to fully take over the leading contract and charter flights operator.

The Perth-based marine services company is set to pocket $US15 million (A$21.3 million) from the sale as it seeks to shed non-core assets.

A $22 million warehouse proposal at the Sadleirs Logistics site has been given the green light as Queensland-based transport company Lindsay Australia aims to expand its WA operation.

The City of Stirling and the state government are still at odds on ways to combat traffic in Scarborough, with the council recently reaffirming its preference for a tunnel.

Analysis: High mining royalties may provide a windfall for the state government, but a portion of the cash will likely be needed to fund rising infrastructure project costs.

Preliminary plans for an east-west road corridor to service the proposed container port in Kwinana have been revealed by the state government.

A trackless tram will be coming to Perth as part of an ongoing City of Stirling project, the first trial of the technology in Australia.

Perth-based marine business MMA Offshore has sold one of its vessels to Fortescue Future Industries to be converted into a green ammonia-powered ship.

The $165 million Stephenson Avenue extension project to shave minutes off workers' daily commute has entered its final phase.

Fortescue Future Industries and Williams Advanced Engineering have started developing a regenerating battery electric train as one of the first projects under their new partnership.

Perth has the most expensive public transport of all Australian capital cities.

Perth Airport has won its lengthy court bid to retrieve aeronautical fees from Qantas Airways, with the airline expected to pay more than $9 million following a court decision this morning.

The competition watchdog has given freight companies special permission to cooperate to get groceries into WA and the NT, after supply chains broke down.

The government is keen to push local content for the Metronet railcar build, but details are hard to come by.

The rail line between WA and the east coast is open after being closed for a record 24 days, but supermarket shelves could take four to six weeks to be restocked.