Aurizon continues to grow Containerised Freight business

Aurizon, Australia’s largest rail freight company, is continuing to grow its containerised freight business delivering the products that keep powering Australian households and the national economy.

Aurizon Group Executive for Bulk and Containerised Freight, George Lippiatt, said nearly everything in your house could be transported in containers by rail across the country.

“Everything from supermarket goods and consumer products to industrial inputs and motor vehicles moves on our interstate rail services and as the economy and consumer demand continue to grow, so too does the volume of freight we transport for our customers,” Mr Lippiatt said.

“We have a long-term contract with TGE (formerly Toll Global Express), one of Australia’s largest freight and logistics companies, providing containerised freight rail linehaul services connecting the State capitals of Perth, Adelaide, Melbourne, Sydney and Brisbane.

“Last financial year volumes for TGE grew by more than 10%. 

“This contract accounts for approximately 45% of our total containerised freight volume nationally (includes National Interstate and Central Corridor volumes). We have also seen strong growth through our other customers of more than 175% in the past financial year.

“As a result of this continued customer growth, we expect our Containerised Freight business to break even this year after only standing up the new business a few years ago.  August was already a very strong month and we are confident strong consumer demand will continue driving further growth. 

“For example, we have just expanded our service offering to support the distribution of motor vehicles with two new contracts and procurement of unique specialised rolling stock to help support the transport task.

“NYK, one of the world’s leading roll-on/roll-off shipping companies, has become the first international logistics partner to utilise Aurizon’s landbridging service via Darwin and CEVA Logistics, one of the world’s largest finished vehicle providers, is also supporting the rollout of the service across key domestic corridors with a new long-term contract. The contract covers all of CEVA’s domestic rail of motor vehicles as well as containerised freight.

“This week our new approximately $60 million Kewdale Terminal in Perth has also commenced operations. The new terminal is designed to accommodate full-length, double-stacked interstate freight trains of up to 1.8 kilometres in length providing us with the scale to support growing customer demand.

“It is part of our investment to help our customers with increased capacity, efficiency and flexibility in moving their freight nationwide, helping power Australian households and the national economy.”

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