A six per cent reduction in annual truck movements is a key expectation of the new partnership between Visy Logistics and Coopers Brewery announced today.
Visy Logistics has been chosen at the Adelaide-based brewery’s sole linehaul provider, charged with taking the Coopers’ products to key markets around Australia.
The contract covers more than 2,000 interstate freight movements a year, with the savings to come from an investment in new assets and improved scheduling, and use of different modes of transport to Western Australia.
Visy Logistics president Wayne Boxshall says the partnership is a win for both organisations.
“Visy Logistics is excited to partner with a great Australian business built on quality, family values, and generations of experience,” Boxshall says.
“By finding a way to meet Coopers’ Australia-wide distribution network with less truck movements, Visy Logistics has found a solution the takes trucks off the road, facilitates future growth and saves money for an iconic Australian brand.”
Visy Logistics has invested in 32 new assets, including prime movers and B-double combinations, and created 17 new roles across South Australia, including experienced linehaul drivers, administrative and supervisory positions.
The national linehaul partnership includes:
- modern trailer configurations that safeguard product quality in all weather conditions
- enhanced safety technologies, including roll stability systems, guardian seeing machines, and retractable trailer stairs
- improved payload capacity, with 36-pallet trailer configurations replacing the standard 34-pallet equivalent—a 6 per cent increase in product on every trip that reduces the number of journeys required
- Euro 6 prime movers that reduce fuel use by 5 per cent compared with previous-generation Euro 5 vehicles
- rail and coastal shipping services into Western Australia – cutting transport emissions with fewer trucks and reducing the number of kilometres travelled.
Coopers Brewery managing director Michael Shearer says the contract will help meet demand for the brewery’s products.
“Coopers beer sales are growing right across Australia and this partnership with Visy Logistics will help ensure our product continues to reach local bottleshops, pubs, clubs and the end consumer as efficiently and reliably as possible,” Shearer says.