Mainfreight forecasts stronger second half
Pickup after disappointing first quarter.
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NZ lags as world shipping moves to cleaner fuel
Big changes lie ahead for the logistics sector as ships move to low sulphur fuel.
Freight company fined $234K over railway safety breach
Rail wagons decoupled, rolled for hundreds of metres and derailed
Mainfreight staff share $27m bonus after record result
Auckland-based Mainfreight's net profit rose 28 per cent to $137.6m.
Revealed: The NZ air operation that's buying 10 Boeing 757s
The Auckland-based company is getting 10 Boeing 757s to expand its global operations.
Mates, meth and millions: Duo face jail for $50m drug import
It was Trotting Cup day - one offender was partying in his pool when arrested.
Inside Emirates: Massive airlift moves everything from gold to thoroughbreds
The world's biggest airline cargo operation handles four parcels a second through Dubai.
Freightways lifts first-half profit to $33m
Freightways posted a half-year profit of $33.4 million.
Comment: New inter-island ferries will take trains
Comment: KiwiRail's next inter island ferries will be able to carry trains.
AI computer to deliver real time GDP data
Massey University has today launched a world leading real time GDP tracker
ASB claims blockchain first with meat export deal
Pair say a transaction normally taking four days was wrapped up in an hour.
Qantas Dreamliners beat marathon flight time
Four out of five non-stop Perth to London flights are arriving ahead of schedule.
Truck fire closes Waikato expressway at Rangiriri
Southbound lanes likely to be closed until 8.30am or 9.30am.
Board wants container trucks out of residential suburbs
Transport officials unmoved on plea to ban container trucks from passing through Ōrākei
Simon Wilson: Airport trams or trains is the wrong question
COMMENT: Debate about trams or trains to the airport misses the point entirely.
Captain Kiki Culler: Why more women can fly
Kendall 'Kiki' Culler got a break 34 years ago and now an Airbus A330 is her office.
Safety shares top spot in new transport priorities
Safety, public transport and freight are the Government's new transport priorities.
Air NZ fined $16.3m in price-fixing cartel case
Long-running action against the airline around the world has reached an end.
Company fined $506,000 for worker death
The death of the "much loved father and grandfather" was preventable, WorkSafe says.
Fast, safe, flexible road freight streets ahead of rail and sea
The Government has been talking about getting freight off the country's roads.
12 Questions: Ports of Auckland chairwoman Liz Coutts
Ports of Auckland chair says board diversity is improving but it takes time to change.
Frontline in the war against the stink bug
A report from the front line in campaign to keep the brown marmorated stink bug out of NZ.
Hopes high for Gisborne rail to be back on track
Will the regional fund reopen East Coast rail? Made with funding from NZ On Air.
Grant McLachlan: Rail a saga of missed opportunities
COMMENT: Rail has to pay for itself and routes must have multiple uses.
David Aitken: Truckers know we need rail too
Trucking companies recognise that railways are needed as well as roads.
Local Focus: Wall of Wood arrives
Dubbed 'The Wall of Wood' the majority goes to China. Made with funding from NZ On Air.
Qatar Air eyes new 747 deal
Doha-based carrier makes good on ambition to become the world's largest cargo operator.
Limited opportunity for lower freight emissions
Coastal shipping and rail have less potential in the drive to reduce carbon emissions.
Quake-hit rail line to reopen
Quake-hit rail line between Picton and Christchurch set to reopen.
Bridges rubbishes Labour's rapid passenger rail plan
Transport Minister rubbishes Labour's rapid rail bid for Tauranga, Hamilton and Auckland.
Freightways buys Australian medical waste service
Freightways has snapped up Australian State Waste Services and its related entities.
Freightways shares fall 2pc despite robust earnings
Concerns of mounting pressure on earnings margins for the company.
Student from Russia goes on to build NZ cargo firm
Max Sherstobitov, co-owner of freight forwarding company Easy Freight, talks business.
Devonport a delivery 'black hole' due to congestion
"They send a truck in there and it never seems to come back out again."