NSW Ports and Patrick Terminals are collaborating on a A$190 million project to work on double on-dock rail infrastructure capacity at Port Botany’s Patrick Terminals – Sydney AutoStrad in Australia, boosting the supply chain.
The project aims to decrease the trucks on roads around the port, NSW Ports CEO Marika Calfas stated.
Our goal is to move 3 million TEUs by rail by 2045, because for every 1 million TEU on rail we reduce the number of trucks on the roads around the port by 900 per day
Moreover, the project will provide a capacity to handle 1 million TEUs on rail and enhance train turn-around times by 33%. During the project’s commence, the rail operation at the terminal will continue so that the terminal’s traffic won’t be disrupted.
The new project will increase the daily train windows at the Patrick Terminal from 8 to 12, with an open window to increase the daily windows to 24, when more Automated Rail Mounted Gantries are installed. It will provide the capacity to double the number of daily trains to Port Botany from 16 to 32 and double annual Port Botany portside total rail capacity from 750,000 TEU to 1.5 million TEU .
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According to the statement, this project is part of a NSW Ports’ overarching program to increase on-dock rail capacity at each of its three Port Botany container terminals, which will deliver a total of three million TEU rail capacity at the port. Also, the project is in line with other important rail investments including the Port Botany freight line duplication (Commonwealth Government funding) and NSW Ports’ $250 million development of its Enfield Intermodal Logistics Centre, which includes an intermodal terminal and logistics warehouses connected by dedicated freight rail to Port Botany.
