The rail terminal at Sydney’s Port Botany is set to be extended following the agreement of a $400 million co-investment deal by NSW Ports and DP World.
NSW Ports is contributing $148 million towards the new facility, which will service both the container terminal and the logistics park. The project will comprise of the addition of five new rail sidings to accommodate 600-metre-long regional trains.
The upgrade will more than double the annual rail capacity of DP World’s Port Botany terminal from 400,000 TEUs to one million TEUs and remove trucks from Sydney’s roads.
“This collaboration with DP World to deliver a new, enhanced rail terminal continues the growth of on-dock rail capacity at Port Botany to service the state’s import and export trade,” CEO of NSW Ports Marika Calfas says.
“This new rail terminal will enable more containers to be moved by rail, reducing the growth of trucks on roads and will deliver greater efficiency for the state’s container supply chains.
“Port Botany is uniquely the only port in Australia with on-dock rail within each container terminal, connected to an extensive network of metropolitan and regional intermodal terminals including by dedicated rail freight.”
DP World operates the 20-hectrare Sydney Logistics Park within Port Botany, and partners with Stockland to operate a contract logistics hub at Yennora Intermodal Terminal.
The announcement of the improved rail scope at the port comes after DP World launched its new rail service at the terminal, enabling it to offer a fully integrated supply chain to its customers.
Port Botany handles a total of 2.8 million TEUs annually.
“Our investment in this new port-centric logistics infrastructure will deliver more capacity, superior agility, seamless integration of processes, increased productivity and added reliability,” DP World Executive Vice President, Oceania Nicolaj Noes says.
“We cannot wait for our present and future customers to reap the benefits of this world-class facility, which accelerates the shift of freight from road to rail while reducing carbon emissions.”
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