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Technology | Transport & Logistics
Why should we all care about human factors in rail?
Recent updates to the Australian rail industry standard AS 7470 have sparked up fresh conversations around human factors in rail. But what exactly is ‘human factors’, and why should we all care? Gareth Hughes of Transport for NSW, says human factors is a science that helps us to understand how and why people behave the…
16 Apr 2025, by Amy SarcevicTransport & Logistics
Increasing rail’s share of inter-capital freight – ideas from Anna Dartnell
The rail freight industry has a crucial role to play in meeting Australia’s freight task, but according to data, the sector is under-utilised. On the country’s busiest freight corridor from Sydney to Melbourne, rail accounts for just two percent of inter-capital freight, claiming eleven percent in the Eastern Seaboard, and 28 percent between Melbourne and…
21 Jan 2025, by Amy SarcevicTransport & Logistics
A better way to increase the performance of railway turnouts
Maintaining a railway turnout – both correctively and preventatively – can be a costly business. Bearing significant weight and high dynamic forces, turnouts can incur damage more rapidly than other railway equipment. This risk increases the safety margin, translating to more maintenance demands, renewals, downtime, and costs. Reducing the risk Thankfully, advanced technologies are helping…
21 Jan 2025, by Amy SarcevicTransport & Logistics
How Pilbara Ports is helping customers achieve their sustainability goals
Last financial year, 758.3 million tonnes of trade passed through the Pilbara Ports’, cementing a major year for the company, in which it handled more than 80 percent of Western Australia’s iron ore trade, and 43 percent of global iron ore exports. Valued at around $173 billion, the trade - which was primarily handled by…
3 Jan 2025, by Amy SarcevicTechnology | Transport & Logistics
Unlocking the full potential of rail in New Zealand
Rail transport holds immense promise for New Zealand, offering a sustainable and efficient solution to the country’s most pressing challenges. As its cities grow and traffic congestion intensifies, rail has the potential to provide a high-capacity, low-emission alternative to road transport. Not only does this reduce the nation’s carbon footprint, but it also creates economic…
14 Oct 2024, by Informa InsightsTransport & Logistics
How KiwiRail is optimising funding to improve the New Zealand rail network
With its fast-growing urban centres, challenging geology and topography, the case for developing New Zealand’s rail network is growing. But with a shallow industry resource pool, what will it take to expand the ageing network and see it moving more people and freight? Peter Reidy of KiwiRail says that with much of the infrastructure -…
24 Sep 2024, by Amy SarcevicTransport & Logistics
Overcoming disruption fatigue on New Zealand transport networks
In recent years, cities throughout Aotearoa New Zealand have undergone a series of major transport upgrades, as part of a multi-billion-dollar budget package for rail, roads and transport. The upgrades are improving transit in rapidly expanding cities, like Auckland, which is projected to grow by 6.2 million people over the next thirty years; and where…
16 Sep 2024, by Amy SarcevicTransport & Logistics
The key to a more sustainable New Zealand rail sector
Of a $2.68 billion budget package for roads, rail and transport, New Zealand’s rail sector is set to receive hundreds of millions over the next four years, to maintain, upgrade, and deliver new networks. However, with roads taking the lion's share of funds at $1billion - and with a lack of bipartisan support for rail…
13 Sep 2024, by Amy SarcevicTransport & Logistics
A glimpse into Pacific National’s climate action strategy
As Australia’s largest provider of diversified rail freight, Pacific National is well aware of its environmental and social responsibility. With 12700 active wagons across 70 locations, the operator has more than 700-weekly services, transporting millions of tonnes of resources around the country each year. With such scale, ESG Principal, Anitra Hobby, says decarbonisation will be…
29 Jul 2024, by Amy SarcevicTransport & Logistics
How can rail operators combat cyber threat?
In the wake of cyberattacks in Iran and Belarus, concern is growing around the security of Australian railways systems, which – amid the uptake of new technologies - are increasingly vulnerable to threat actors. While rail signalling systems such as Communications-Based Train Control (CBTC) enhance safety and prevent collisions, their reliance on interconnection (between locomotives,…
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