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Transport & Logistics
Close-up: Colin Tutt
With almost 40 years' industry experience, Colin Tutt has an extraordinary knowledge and insight of grain supply chains, particularly in Western Australia. Commencing as a CBH Receival Point Operator, Mr Tutt was appointed General Manager Operations in 1995. His responsibilities include overseeing CBH's world-class storage and handling operations including grain receivals; road and rail transportation;…
10 Jun 2013, by Informa InsightsTransport & Logistics
Project update: Regional Rail Link
With a host of transport projects under construction in Victoria, we’ve put the spotlight on the Regional Rail Link to see what benefits it will bring. We spoke to Robert Macey, the Director for Commercial and Legal issues at Regional Rail Link Authority. Coined the landmark infrastructure project for Victoria, Regional Rail Link is due…
7 Jun 2013, by Informa InsightsTransport & Logistics
Insights: Driving the cost out of rail manufacturing
By Gary Stewart, Managing Director, Lean Design Australia, Email: Firstly, let’s start at the end point. Case study 1 – A $20m manufacturer reduced his P&L costs by 36% ($7m) and then spent 15% ($3m) of that on Innovation, R&D, Marketing, and Sales, and grew his business by more than 50%. Previously each $1 increase in revenue at…
7 Jun 2013, by Informa InsightsTransport & Logistics
Collaboration and communication key to continuous improvement in rail safety
Rail Safety 2013 brought together national decision-makers with the aim of delivering new ideas and developing innovative and progressive ways to meet customer expectations of safety. The customer, be they a passenger, a freight customer or a maintenance supplier, is at the centre of everything we do as an industry. We have summarised some of…
5 Jun 2013, by Informa InsightsTransport & Logistics
Workshop outcomes: Towards zero harm at railway level crossings
The rail industry has set the ambitious objective of zero harm at railway level crossings by 2025 and as a consequence, Rail Safety 2013 started with a comprehensive half-day workshop on level crossing safety. The industry is certainly quite passionate about level crossing safety management and the workshop brought together national and international experts, operators…
30 May 2013, by Informa InsightsTransport & Logistics
Sharing heavy haul expertise in Jakarta
By Nick Kingsley Senior Editor, Railway Gazette International Delegates gathered at the Hotel Borobudur in Jakarta on May 15-16 for Informa’s inaugural Heavy Haul Rail Indonesia conference, supported by the Australasian Railway Association. Central to the two days of debate were two key themes — how safety and technical standards might be developed to help…
27 May 2013, by Informa InsightsTransport & Logistics
Transport industry responses to the Victorian budget
The release of the Victorian budget has brought about much debate on government priorities for the coming year. Two opposing projects have caused a stir within the federal budget released earlier this month and the Melbourne Metro Rail Tunnel and the East-West Link also seem to be taking much of the spot light in the…
23 May 2013, by Informa InsightsTransport & Logistics
Close-Up: Rachel Johnson
With 17 years executive management experience, Rachel Johnson has worked extensively within the freight industry building towards efficient and productive logistics solutions. Ms Johnson was appointed the Deputy Director General of the Freight and Regional Development Transport for NSW in 2011, and we recently spoke to her about her major career achievements. Her experience and…
22 May 2013, by Informa InsightsTransport & Logistics
South Australia’s transport infrastructure in focus
South Australia is enjoying tremendous economic growth and is currently attracting both local and foreign investment. Transport infrastructure will play a crucial role in supporting and fostering local industry into the future. An expert panel discussed the state current transport capabilities at the South Australian Transport Infrastructure Summit in 2012. We have made the following…
22 May 2013, by Informa InsightsTransport & Logistics
Is the NSW State Government backing the right transport projects to break Sydney free from its congestion woes?
With an array of projects being implemented by the NSW Government in the NSW Long Term Transport Master Plan, we ran a poll to see if the projects being prioritised were most likely to help reduce the grid lock in Sydney. The Informa poll conducted over the last month revealed that 37 out of 42…
21 May 2013, 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.
