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Global logistics company DHL has tapped several local companies to upgrade sorting technologies at its Express U.S. hub at the Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport (CVG). The $12.5 million project will upgrade many existing hardware and software applications running its auto-sort system, with the goal of improving the speed and reliability of shipment scanning and sorting as volumes grow at the Cincinnati airport.

Transport planning in NSW is compromised by the NSW government’s unwillingness to consider the option of expanding Sydney Airport into the Port Botany Container Terminal site. Although ministers and bureaucrats say there are no alternatives to their recent transport proposals, the Port Botany terminal can easily be relocated to the best deep-water port on Australia’s eastern seaboard, Newcastle. Port Botany container terminal is the sacred cow of NSW transport policy.

Sydney Airport has unveiled Australia’s first electric airport bus, as part of a $5 million investment in environmentally friendly ground transport technology.

The Electric Blu bus is the first of a fleet of six electric buses to be operational by the end of this year, replacing the airport’s existing diesel bus fleet servicing the shuttle route between the T2/T3 terminal precinct and the Blu Emu Car Park.

“We’re proud to be the first Australian airport to introduce electric buses to our Parking and Ground Transport operations, which will reduce our carbon footprint and enhance the passenger experience,” managing director and chief executive officer Kerrie Mather said.