Western Australia logistics provider Centurion invests $10 million into its Port Headland and Broome sites
April 1, 2011
Western Australia’s north west lead logistics provider Centurion will
invest $10 million into its Port Headland and Broome sites.
The upgrades at Port Hedland include a new warehouse, offices, docking facility and sealed lay-down area, to assist in improving operator safety.
At Broome, where works have already begun, Centurion is moving from a rental site into its own 10,000 square-metre facility on a property twice the size of the previous location.
Last year Centurion opened a new $40 million supply base located at Hazelmere near Perth International Airport.
The privately owned logistics business says it intends to continue its strong capital investment in support of growing infrastructure projects in the region and its existing regional operations.
Established in 1971, Centurion runs an equipment fleet of more than 750 trucks servicing metropolitan and regional WA and also has sites at Carnarvon, Kalgoorlie, Karratha, Kununurra, Newman and Tom Price.
Executive General Manager Mark Doig says the upgrade at Port Hedland and new site in Broome are strategic investments designed to support the company’s existing operations and business, as well as to prepare for significant growth in activity through the North West region.
“The Port Hedland branch services the Pilbara region, while the Broome site supports the Kimberley and particularly the increasing oil and gas activity on WA’s North West Shelf,” Doig says.
“These new developments improve our capability to support the regional communities in the Pilbara and Kimberley and the increase in infrastructure projects through the region.
“Following the impact of the global financial crisis, there has been a slow return to upgrading infrastructure through the North West area.
“There is significant project infrastructure work occurring with rail in the Pilbara and there has been a jump in tendering activity.’’
Centurion has a strong history of commitment to WA and particularly the State’s regional communities.
The company has recently been supplying food and mining supplies to Kununurra and the Argyle diamond mine in the Kimberley via one of the longest haul routes in Australia due to the flood-affected roads in the State’s north.
“The usual 6000-kilometre return trip via Broome is now a 12,000km route across to Port Augusta in South Australia and up through Alice Springs to Katherine in the Northern Territory before turning west to Kununurra,” Doig
adds.
“It is taking four days just to get the goods to the region.
“Our investment in the Port Hedland and Broome facilities also incorporates more sophisticated logistics technologies to ensure clients’ goods are moved as quickly and efficiently as possible and which allows them to monitor the progress of deliveries at every stage.”