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ALC rapt with modal shift in budget announcement

The Australian Logistics Council stresses the importance of intermodal freight options

The Australian Logistics Council (ALC) welcomes the Federal government’s additional budget commitment to investing in intermodal freight infrastructure.

In a pre-budget submission, the ACL called for a national approach to planning and developing Australia’s freight and logistics infrastructure, with a strategic focus on the future freight requirements and intermodal systems.

The ALC supports the increasing focus on the important role intermodals play in the movement of freight, to achieve end-to-end supply chain efficiency, to improve sustainability and to ease road congestion.

The ALC welcomes the Melbourne intermodal terminal package and says this investment in new freight terminals would help achieve modal shift from road to rail and facilitate a nationally connected, efficient and productive freight and logistics sector.

“Investment in intermodal infrastructure is critical to the national economic interest,” ALC CEO Brad Williams says.

“Modal shift is changing the way freight is moved in Australia, including doubling the volume of freight transported on rail between Melbourne and Brisbane from 30 per cent to 62 per cent by 2050 and maximising the efficiency gains from the Inland Rail’s operation.”

The ALC says a coordinated and centralised approach, through the National Intermodal Corporation, would be critical to ensuring access for multiple supply chain participants and helping to drive increased efficiency and productivity across all freight modes.


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“This budget commitment is an important step in modernising Australia’s freight network and maintains the focus on delivery of the National Freight and Supply Chain strategy,” Williams says.

“The ALC looks forward to all governments working together to deliver new intermodal infrastructure to address the challenges and opportunities of growth over the coming 20 years.”

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