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[email protected] w: sclaa.com.au In this edition • 2017 ASCL Awards - Call for submissions • Divisional reports • Straight Talking • Product Lifecycle Management and the Cloud 2017 Australian Supply Chain & Logistics Awards Call for Submissions Now Open Join the SCLAA For more information on how to join the SCLAA go to www.sclaa.com.au or follow us: SCLAA National Chairwoman - Amanda O'Brien Amanda O'Brien is the National Chairwoman of the SCLAA. Amanda is a Transport & Logistics Professional and the CEO and Managing Director of Australian Worldwide Logistics Pty Ltd trading as Xtreme Freight with head office based in Melbourne. It has been another busy month for the provided advice to the Victorian Government to go West and Board and committees of the Supply Chain build Melbourne’s next port when Port of Melbourne reaches approximately 8 million TEU which is likely to be around 2055. & Logistics Association of Australia. Did you Bay West is the preferred location for a second major container know that approximately 63 events have port because it has strong transport, land use, environmental been held to date across Australia and we and amenity advantages, when compared to Hastings. Bay West are only just getting started! There is no lack is a good option for catering to container demand once capacity of enthusiasm or thirst for new content from at the Port of Melbourne has been exhausted and is also well suited to becoming Melbourne's future container port in the our members and partners with plenty more long term.