Toll Group and DP World in talks over Port Botany project
Toll Group and DP World Australia have agreed to progress plans that could see more freight delivered by rail into and out of Port Botany, Australia. The proposed 50/50 joint venture will connect a dedicated container staging zone at Port Botany to an intermodal freight terminal in Villawood, 25km west of Sydney to deliver an improved service for importers and exporters.
Toll Group Managing Director Brian Kruger said the JV could move around 180,000 twenty foot equivalent units (TEUs) a year on the rail shuttle.
“A rail shuttle running between Port Botany and Villawood on the Southern Sydney Freight Line will remove around 100,000 plus truck movements off Sydney’s roads each year,” Mr Kruger said.
“That’s 100,000 fewer trucks on the already-congested roads around the port and Sydney Airport.”
DP World Australia Managing Director and CEO, Paul Scurrah, said that combining the experience and resources of both companies would see a new end-to-end service offering for customers.
The Port Botany–Villawood project is planned to start operations in 2017.
