qr annual report 2007 - 2008.pdf - Queensland Rail

The year in review
QR
Freight
QRNational Intermodal offers a national network for
freight transport from Cairns to Perth for containerised freight,
together with value added customer solutions such as rail
based warehousing and specialised customer solutions.
With access to more than 50 terminals and depots, we link
businesses together right across Australia.
Building partnerships for a new QR
Through acquisitions and strategic partnerships, including an alliance with P&O, the intermodal business is well positioned
for long term growth.
Our long term strategy recognises the need for new inland terminal capacity and new rail connections to truly capitalise on the
expected growth of the $10 billion a year national general freight market. This is expected to double over the next 20 years.
HIGHLIGHTS
In 2007/08, QRNational Intermodal hauled
639,000 tonnes of retail freight and 1.9 million tonnes
of wholesale freight across its national network.
A new east west general freight service between
Melbourne and Perth was launched in November
2007, significantly expanding QR’s freight footprint.
The Acacia Ridge interstate
terminal in Queensland
was developed into a multi
user facility supporting
QRNational Intermodal’s
move to position itself as
a viable interstate freight
transport alternative.
Niche freight
forwarder, Golden
Bros, was acquired
to provide dangerous
goods transport
services to national
customers.
QR LIMITED ANNUAL REPORT 2007/08
INITIATIVES
National expansion continues with an investment of $30 million in the
new Moorebank Intermodal facility in western Sydney. QR is partnering
with property group Stockland and logistics experts Kaplan Funds
Management to create the new $300 million facility, formerly the
Department of Defence National Storage and Distribution Centre.
QRNational Intermodal is
continuing to forge strategic
alliances and relationships for
terminal developments at
Yennora in Sydney, as well as
terminal operations in North
Dynon Melbourne.
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