DCN May Edition 2019

CONTAINER SHIPPING & LOGISTICS
An aerial view of the LINX CC intermodal facility at Enfield
FACT BOX
“What we have seen in Australia for the last five to 10 years is
one government with a focus on rail and that has been the New
South Wales government,” Mr James told an Australian Logistics
Council gathering in Melbourne earlier in the year.
“What we’ve seen in New South Wales is a number of initiatives
to improve modal share in our ports driving the infrastructure and
encouragement of infrastructure in intermodals in Sydney.”
This prompted discussion about how Victoria could increase its
rail freight share and Mr Cutinelli agreed “it was time for some
action” and that LINX was “actively engaged with a number of
parties including the [Victorian] government to see where that next
intermodal terminal for us is”.
But returning to the topic of Enfield, Mr Cutinelli says taking
over the lease reflected the needs of customers.
“It is all about going where our customers go and it is about
partnering with our customers,” he said.
ENFIELD INTERMODAL TERMINAL
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• The terminal is in Sydney’s west, about 18km from
Port Botany
• The terminal is a 15.1ha lease from NSW Ports, with
terminal capacity of 300,000 TEU annually
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LINX Cargo Care Group took over the lease from Aurizon in
April 2018
The terminal has a dedicated freight line to Port Botany
and direct access to the interstate mainline corridor
“We’ve got huge growth expectations, population growth
[leading to increased freight volumes]. There are huge predictions
so far as container volumes in the next 10 to 15 to 20 years.
“We see it as a good strategy from a growth point of view to
build our rail capability.”
KENWICK INTERMODAL TERMINAL
Switching from the east side of the continent to the west, LINX
is heavily involved with the Kenwick Intermodal Terminal in the
south east of Perth.
Network operator Arc Infrastructure recently announced the
Kenwick Intermodal Terminal would be built alongside the newlyopened
Roe Highway Logistics Park, an industrial estate developed
at the centre of Perth’s major arterial road network.
Arc Infrastructure chief executive Paul Larsen said the new
terminal would help connect the Logistics Park with the North
Quay Rail Terminal at Fremantle.
“Development of the terminal will support the government’s
policy of increasing containers through North Quay on rail,” Mr
Larsen said.
By the end of 2020, LINX is set to provide rail and terminal
services between North Quay Rail Terminal and Kenwick.
Capacity throughput is expected to be in the order of 200,000
TEU equivalent, with the facility also having empty container
park capacity.
“The [WA container] market is growing well. Container
numbers from Fremantle Port, both import and export volumes are
growing,” Mr Cutinelli says.
“I think if you look at the congestion that will be faced in the
future this is part of a future proofing strategy.
Andrew Linturn and ironmedia.com.au
44 May 2019
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