Freight and Logistics News and Articles

All the latest news, articles, and interviews, on end-to-end freight solutions, optimisation of the complete supply chain, better interaction between road, rail, shipping and air components, and ways in which to monitor the movement of individual goods in real time, and more.

Plan and funding for Australian Freight Data Hub design announced

Freight and Logistics10 July, 2019

The Australian Department of Infrastructure, Transport, Cities and Regional Development has announced its plan to design a national freight data hub.

Aerial view of the Port of Fremantle, Western Australia

The short-haul urban intermodal freight landscape: Lessons for Perth

Freight and Logistics12 June, 2019

Overview of the Australian short-haul urban intermodal freight landscape, with a particular focus on Perth, and the work of PATREC.

National Freight Data Hub to increase efficiency and productivity

Freight and Logistics8 April, 2019

iMOVE’s Freight Data Requirements Study is a blueprint for the ways technology can increase efficiency in Australia’s freight and logistics sector.

Daimler unhitches from truck platooning

Freight and Logistics14 January, 2019

Daimler’s Head of Trucks and Buses has used his CES keynote address to say that the company sees no current business case for truck platooning.

Scania Autonomous truck test Rio Tinto Western Australia

Scania autonomous truck test in WA

Freight and Logistics7 January, 2019

Rio Tinto is already well into using autonomous trains in its mining operations. Now it and Scania are trialling an autonomous truck in Western Australia.

Freight data study – have your say

Freight and Logistics16 November, 2018

iMOVE and the Department of Infrastructure, Regional Development & Cities (DIRDC) have launched a major new project to investigate & improve freight data.

ALC call for adoption of Global Data Standards

Freight and Logistics25 October, 2018

Ahead of the release of Australia’s National Freight and Supply Chain Strategy, the ALC has looked at how we collect and use data in the supply chain.

ALC puts its considerable clout behind adoption of global data standards

Freight and Logistics23 August, 2018

After a successful 2016 trial of the GS1 data standards system, the Australian Logistics is now backing its adoption by the Australian logistics industry.

NSW Freight Signal Priority trial – trucks talking to traffic lights

Freight and Logistics21 June, 2018

In a 3-month trial more than 100 heavy vehicles in Sydney will communicate with traffic lights, with the aim of reducing traffic congestion.

Inquiry into National Freight and Supply Chain Priorities – final report

Freight and Logistics5 June, 2018

The Inquiry into National Freight and Supply Chain Priorities final report contains recommended priorities and critical action areas ahead of the Federal Government’s National Freight and Supply Chain Strategy release in late 2018.

Australian Logistics Council Supply Chain Technology Summit report

Freight and Logistics22 May, 2018

ALC’s inaugural Supply Chain Technology Summit looked to identify key industry priorities to more effectively use technology in supply chains to improve their efficiency and safety. iMOVE was there, and here’s what was discussed.

Blockchain and the supply chain

Freight and Logistics22 May, 2018

Blockchain was the first topic discussed at the Australian Logistics Council’s inaugural Supply Chain Technology Summit. Here’s a short report on what was said.

Australia’s freight performance – numbers, assessments, solutions

Freight and Logistics3 May, 2018

‘Fixing Freight: Establishing Freight Performance Australia’, has compiled statistical information from submissions to the Federal Government’s Inquiry into National Freight and Supply Chain Priorities, along with assessments of the country’s freight strategies.

Where’s my box? The case for improved supply chain visibility. Now!

Freight and Logistics5 April, 2018

Australia’s freight and logistics systems have been under great stress for decades, and of late that stress has increased with the sweeping popularity of online shopping. What is needed, and needed now, is supply chain visibility.

2018 Australian Logistics Council Forum report

Freight and Logistics9 March, 2018

Notes from the two-day, 2018 Australian Logistics Council Forum, held in Randwick NSW.