Transport & Logistics

Western Australia’s unfair and inefficient taxi industry has unnecessarily cost consumers hundreds of millions of dollars, according to a leading economist commissioned by motorist advocacy group RAC

Work has begun work on upgrades to the Roe Highway-Berkshire Road interchange in Forrestfield, under a deal worth $46.2 million.

Automotive Holdings Group has walked away from a potential sale of its Covs Parts business to Burson Group, which hoped to use the 25 stores as an entry into the WA market.

A subsidiary of Wesfarmers, liquefied natural gas supplier EVOL LNG, has won a deal with Saracen Mineral Holdings to supply 7,000 tonnes of the resource per year to its Carosue Dam operations north of Kalgoorlie for an undisclosed amount.

Electric and motor scooter manufacturer and distributor Vmoto says it will purchase Nanjing Haiyong Electronic Technology for an undisclosed amount, overwriting an earlier proposal to enter into a joint venture arrangement with the China-based tech firm in October last year.

Perth-based trucking firm CTI Logistics held its profit largely steady over financial year 2013-14, even as the company lodged an 11 per cent uptick in revenue.

The nation’s biggest car dealer network, Perth-based Automotive Holdings Group, has shrugged off slowing automotive sales to lodge a record net profit result of $78.5 million.

Charter vehicle company Uber is consciously breaking Western Australian laws in what it has described as an act of ‘civil disobedience’.

AngloGold Ashanti Australia has signed a $140 million agreement with natural gas infrastructure company APA Group for the transportation of natural gas to the Sunrise Dam and Tropicana gold mines in Western Australia.