China visit sparks trade

Nine delegates have returned from the CILTA North Queensland Trade Delegation to China sporting benefits from increased friendship and awareness to new trade deals.

An initiative of the Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport Australia's (CILTA) North Queensland Division, the delegates were on a mission to form a better understanding of China as a destination for north Queensland’s mining and minerals products.

The delegates, representing a diverse range of interests from Queensland Rail, Xstrata Copper, Northern Stevedoring Services to the Port of Townsville spent ten days in late July visiting Shanghai Port, the Yantai-based builders of the world’s largest gantry crane and Mag Lev Train, the world’s fastest train.

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