Australia’s leading rail freight company Aurizon has partnered with leading shipper ANL for the integration of a landbridging supply chain solution for Asia Pacific container traffic through the Port of Darwin.
The partnership is set to strengthen multimodal supply chains around Australia, with customers now offered shipping from Asia Pacific ports to Darwin with a direct rail connection to Adelaide and other southern Australian destinations.
Every ANL sailing into Darwin since November 2024 has included landbridging containers for the southern states.
Aurizon developed the landbridging solution off the back of its 2022 acquisition of the 2200-kilometre Tarcoola to Darwin railway and terminal and stevedoring assets at Port of Darwin.
“Aurizon saw an opportunity to offer another service – an alternate supply chain for shippers and freight customers – in addition to the existing business that was already operating on this rail corridor,” Aurizon Group Executive Containerised Freight Gareth Long says.
“This leverages the existing assets of efficient track infrastructure and double-stacked container freight trains, integrated with Aurizon’s port and terminal facilities in Darwin.
“Aurizon is delighted to establish a regular schedule service with global shipping line ANL into Darwin, and we see strong opportunities to grow volumes as we demonstrate to customers the benefits of the ocean and rail services.”
The integrated shipping-rail solution is available from a range of ports across the Asia-Pacific region including direct connection from Singapore.
With the use of transshipment, it is available from Shanghai, Shekou and Qingdao (China), Port Kelang (Malaysia), Laem Chabang (Thailand), Mundra (India), Busan (Korea) and other Asian and Indian Sub-Continent ports.
The service offers an average potential time saving of ten days for freight arriving into Adelaide across these ports.
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