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Transport & Logistics
‘Intermodal Chain of Responsibility compliance practices need to be aligned’
In partnership with the Australasian Railway Association and Lloyd's List Australia, Informa are delighted to be running our 15th AusIntermodal Conference in Sydney in November.The agenda will cover a range of issues affecting containerised freight in Australia including; planning, funding and efficiency. One of the most important topics set to be examined during the two…
1 Oct 2015, by Informa InsightsTransport & Logistics
FTA – Supporting the international freight and trade sectors
AusIntermodal 2015 will take place at L'Aqua Sydney on the 19th and 20th November this year. As well as an outstanding line up of speakers from across the industry, we are lucky enough to have Paul Zalai, Founder and Director of the Freight & Trade Alliance on board to Chair Day two of the event.…
1 Oct 2015, by Informa InsightsInfrastructure | Transport & Logistics
Meeting Alice – the 10th largest tunnel boring machine ever built
The Waterview Connection project is New Zealand’s largest infrastructure project, currently under construction and due for completion in early 2017. At the heart of the project lie twin EPBM tunnels, currently being constructed by the Mega-TBM, known as Alice. We took the opportunity to interview Iain Simmons, Construction Director of the Well Connected Alliance, responsible…
30 Sep 2015, by Informa InsightsMining & Resources | Transport & Logistics
Low coal prices placing pressure on regional ports
Craig Doyle is Chief Executive Officer of Gladstone Ports and will be speaking at the 9th annual Regional Ports conference in Cairns, 29-30 October. Craig has transitioned to the ports and shipping industry in 2013 from the Australian sugar industry, with most of his career spent in refining, milling, marketing and ethanol production. He has…
21 Sep 2015, by Informa InsightsMining & Resources
A snapshot of the Hunter Valley Longwall conference
Longwall 2015 is Australia's premier underground coal event and in the lead up to the conference next month we asked three of the speakers to share a brief snapshot (without giving too much away!) of what they will be covering in their respective presentations. Who: Dr. Sebastian Mundry, Manager Longwall Automation & Engineering, Caterpillar Global…
21 Sep 2015, by Informa InsightsTransport & Logistics
It’s time for broadband on trains in Australia!
Informa recently held its 2nd annual Telecommunications and Train Control Forum in Sydney. Prof. Ren Ping Liu, Principal Scientist at CSIRO kicked off discussion for the two day forum addressing the topic of broadband on trains, the motivations and challenges that this presents and how we might be able to address some of these challenges…
3 Sep 2015, by Informa InsightsMining & Resources
Advanced logging tool – a game changer
By: Edward Prochon, CRCMining Electrical Engineer Advanced logging tools with the capacity to measure geological data whilst drilling are being developed for Underground In-Seam (UIS) drilling by CRCMining. The aim of the Advanced Logging Tool project is to develop a suite of Measurement Whilst Drilling (MWD) tools that can facilitate faster and more reliable holes…
2 Sep 2015, by Informa InsightsTransport & Logistics
Communication is the key
Coates Hire, Australia’s leading equipment solutions provider, is No.1 Ticket Holder for the 2015 CCF National Conference & Exhibition, to be held 14–17 October in Melbourne. Here Coates Hire’s Greg Parfitt, Executive General Manager, Sales & Product, talks about the company and some of the issues impacting the construction and infrastructure industries... Greg Parfitt knows…
1 Sep 2015, by Informa InsightsMining & Resources
Mining in the ‘Top End’ – a look into the factors impacting the industry
In the lead up to 9th Annual Mining the Territory Conference, 3 key speakers spared some time to answer a couple of questions about the factors impacting the Australia's mining industry going into the next few years. Here is what they had to say. What factors do you think will impact Australia’s mining industry heading…
19 Aug 2015, by Informa InsightsMining & Resources
What will impact Australia’s oil & gas industry heading into 2016?
We asked several key speakers at the 21st Anniversary South East Asia Australia Offshore & Onshore Conference (SEAAOC) what factors they thought would impact Australia's oil and gas industry heading into 2016/17. Here is what they had to say. What factors do you think will impact Australia’s oil and gas industry heading into 2016/17? Angus…
12 Aug 2015, by Informa InsightsInforma Connect Australia is the nation's leading event organiser. Our events comprise of large scale exhibitions, industry conferences and highly specialised corporate training.
