# Pacific National: Wheels in motion - The Australian Mining Review

> Pacific National, an Australian interconnected rail freight operator, is pursuing growth under new chief executive Dean Dalla Valle after recent worker strikes over employment conditions. The company has bought Aurizon's Acacia Ridge terminal and agreed to take over the Aurizon Queensland Intermodal business with Linfox.

- Date: 2017-11-20 · published 2017-11-20T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: logistics · region Australia · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/67991-pacific-national-wheels-in-motion-the-australian-mining-review
- Commodities: [Barge Freight (St. Louis)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/BARGE.md), [Ocean Grain Freight](https://feedsoft.ai/c/OCEANFRT.md), [Wheat (SRW)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/WHEAT.md)

## Why it matters

This is corporate news about a rail operator's expansion and has little direct effect on grain or feed supply and prices.

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| WHEAT | 2017-11-02 | [Australian rail union suspends industrial action in Pacific National dispute - World Socialist Web Site](https://feedsoft.ai/events/67995-australian-rail-union-suspends-industrial-action-in-pacific-national-dispute.md) | +0.3% | -1.5% |
| WHEAT | 2017-04-27 | [Pacific National industrial action costing Victorian grains sector millions \| The Border Mail \| Wodonga, VIC](https://feedsoft.ai/events/71506-pacific-national-industrial-action-costing-victorian-grains-sector-millions-the.md) | +3.4% | +1.8% |
| WHEAT | 2018-01-08 | [Australian rail union collaborating with Pacific National to impose sell-out agreement - World Socialist Web Site](https://feedsoft.ai/events/67001-australian-rail-union-collaborating-with-pacific-national-to-impose-sell-out.md) | -0.4% | +3.1% |
| WHEAT | 2017-10-27 | [Strike to hit Pacific National coal and grain trains \| Newcastle Herald \| Newcastle, NSW](https://feedsoft.ai/events/68476-strike-to-hit-pacific-national-coal-and-grain-trains-newcastle-herald-newcastle.md) | -4.0% | -5.9% |
| WHEAT | 2017-10-20 | [Pacific National coal, grain train drivers on strike across much of NSW \| Newcastle Herald \| Newcastle, NSW](https://feedsoft.ai/events/68477-pacific-national-coal-grain-train-drivers-on-strike-across-much-of-nsw.md) | -0.0% | -3.1% |

## Sources

- australianminingreview.com.au: https://australianminingreview.com.au/features/pacific-national-wheels-in-motion/

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