DCN May Edition 2019

Andrew Linturn and ironmedia.com.au
FACILITATING TRADE GROWTH
One company playing an important role in the movement of goods
around the nation is LINX Cargo Care Group (LINX CCG). Spun
off from the partitioning of the old Asciano company, LINX is
focused on developing intermodals on both sides of the continent.
It’s a theme taken up by Carlo Cutinelli, LINX CCG executive
general manager customer and business development.
Clearly passionate about his subject, Mr Cutinelli starts by
explaining progress with the Enfield Terminal in Sydney since
taking it over from Aurizon in April last year.
“When we took [Enfield] over, it wasn’t doing too much. But
we got it up to doing anywhere between 14 to 18 services per week
(from a starting point of four) into the port from Enfield and that
is straight into all three stevedores,” he says.
“We’re also now operating an empty park on site and have an
arrangement with ACFS who are an empty park operator and a
client of ours.”
The takeover by LINX CCG meant entering into a long-term
arrangement with NSW Ports (the owner of Enfield) to provide the
port with rail volumes as opposed to continuing to grow business
via road.
Mr Cutinelli says they engaged with some wharf cartage
providers that are using the Enfield site to service imports and
exports on rail.
“It has been a quick growth story for us. We are in deep
discussions with some country operators with some export trains
that will eventually call through there in the future and utilising
our empty park services as well as not having to be getting caught
up in congestion near Port Botany,” he says.
“We really see it as a decongestant from a Port Botany
perspective, but also growing that rail market share.”
Efforts to use rail as a decongestant received praise from a
competitor, Qube, whose managing director Maurice James noted
how this approach was benefitting NSW.
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