I can't understand why the Webb Dock expansion was allowed to proceed without a rail link.
Well actually I can given the track record of this State.
Rail's market share of freight containers into the Port of Melbourne has plummeted to a new low of just over six per cent, according to the latest figures from the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission.
It's now dropped from nearly 14 per cent in 2013-14 to 6.1pc last financial year, down from 7.5pc the previous financial year.
The ACCC's annual Container Stevedoring Monitoring Report 2020-21 shows throughput at Australian ports has grown at an average rate of over five per cent a year in the past 20 years.
"If throughput continues to rise at such rate, then by 2030-31, it will grow to around 13 million TEU," the report found. But it said most freight was being carried by trucks.
There is nothing more important in Victoria than:I can't understand why the Webb Dock expansion was allowed to proceed without a rail link.
Well actually I can given the track record of this State.
My sources advised the development requested the Webb dock line be activated by the government would not permit it.
There is nothing more important in Victoria than:I can't understand why the Webb Dock expansion was allowed to proceed without a rail link.
Well actually I can given the track record of this State.
My sources advised the development requested the Webb dock line be activated by the government would not permit it.
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This reads as "We want you to spend all the money for us so we dont have to pay a cent towards something we want"I can't understand why the Webb Dock expansion was allowed to proceed without a rail link.
Well actually I can given the track record of this State.
My sources advised the development requested the webb dock line be activated by the government would not permit it.
Might have been due to the fact Australias spat with China made exports of hay, logs and food products drop....Ok, do the numbers - show us what the effect of this is vs the drop in rail freight overall.
Port of Melbourne and Patrick have agreed to construct a new rail terminal at Patrick’s Logistics Park to enable more freight to be delivered by rail. The Port of Melbourne is currently investing $125 million towards on-dock rail to increase efficiency by enhancing terminal capacity and improving rail terminal operations. This includes building infrastructure such as a new rail terminal interface with the container terminal at Swanson Dock East. This will lower the cost of transferring containers between rail and ships. By allowing longer trains, it will also provide greater operational flexibility in accessing the port. Port of Melbourne will commence construction of the on-dock rail at Swanson Dock in 2021–22 and plans to complete it by mid-2023.250 Although Webb Dock is not currently serviced by rail, Port of Melbourne plans to develop the Webb Dock Freight Link in the next 5 years.251 Port of Melbourne is also investing in the Port Rail Shuttle Network aimed at improving rail connection between the port and other major freight hubs, reducing the cost to use rail freight.252
The log train from Bordertown to PoM that ran a handful of times (was meant to be several times a week) was canned, and hasn't there been countless posts here about how the various hay containerisation people were affected by the dispute?Might have been due to the fact Australias spat with China made exports of hay, logs and food products drop....Ok, do the numbers - show us what the effect of this is vs the drop in rail freight overall.
Happy to be educated but i do like data to back up arguments when possible.
The log train from Bordertown to PoM that ran a handful of times (was meant to be several times a week) was canned, and hasn't there been countless posts here about how the various hay containerisation people were affected by the dispute?
I'd also like to see the statistic of the freight not flowing through POM and directly transferring elsewhere too.
Trade dispute with China. They banned the importation of timber logs from Australia.The log train from Bordertown to PoM that ran a handful of times (was meant to be several times a week) was canned, and hasn't there been countless posts here about how the various hay containerisation people were affected by the dispute?
I'd also like to see the statistic of the freight not flowing through POM and directly transferring elsewhere too.
What was the dispute please?
In some good news, Swanson Dock has begun to be used again. QUBE have been doing container shuttles to DP world quite regularly in recent weeks.As the trucks that run that traffic are doing the job of the Maryvale while the occupations are happening.
......Even though the Maryvale ran yesterday and there was also a train in Swanson DockIn some good news, Swanson Dock has begun to be used again. QUBE have been doing container shuttles to DP world quite regularly in recent weeks.As the trucks that run that traffic are doing the job of the Maryvale while the occupations are happening.
Really I cannot see the strategy to turn around the drop.Presumably they will help because the majority of goods at the port are coming to or from the metro area, not from the regions. There is probably more low hanging fruit in the regions since it's harder for rail to compete over short distances within Melbourne (and it would be nice to see some movement from the government on addressing that), but the port shuttles are attempting to tackle the really big traffic generators. That seems like a worthwhile endeavour, and all we can do is hope that the operators of the new terminals can make them an attractive proposition.
How will Port Shuttles really help when the goods could be placed on rail in regional centres.
Well this is interesting news. PN to build a big intermodal at Little River...PN doing something to benefit the rail industry? Surely not.... strange times, and (if it actually happens) I love it
https://www.bay939.com.au/news/local-news/130747-little-river-freight-jobs-bonanza