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ABN 64 217 302 489
AusIntermodal 2012
Bryan Nye, ARA CEO
30 Oct 2012
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Rail Industry: Size
• Labour force: 44,210 people (+9.5%)
(+70,000 working in industries supporting rail)
• Investment Commitments in rollingstock and track
$36 billion
• Track: 44,262 km in Australia
• 725 million annual customer journeys
• 853.5 million tonnes of freight moved across the
country
• Over 1,800 locomotives and 32,000 wagons and
carriages
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Transport and rail
Freight
• 1 billion tonnes of mining product transport on rail
• The state of intermodal freight
• The uncertainty of grain freight
• 1 new train consist needed every week to handle mining growth
Moving People (intra-region)
• 770 million passenger journeys p.a.
• Over 5% growth p.a.
• 60 thousand new passenger journeys every week
• 300 new passenger cars every year
Moving People (inter-region)
• Rail needs to pick up it game in this area
• Solution: High Speed Rail
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Passengers
That means an
additional 60,000
people on our trains
every week!
Urban Passenger Rail 769.9 million journeys in 2010
(6.1% increase since 2008)
Non-Urban Passenger Rail 13.38 million journeys in 2010
(12% increase since 2008)
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Congestion in context
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Rail freight - Big picture
2008/09 2009/10 Change
Coal 282.73 318.62 12.7%
Ore 350.7 412.02 17.8%
Sugar 25.88 27.57 7.7%
Bauxite 18.03 17.91 -0.67%
Other Bulk 56.74 56.79 -
Non-Bulk 18.84 17.94 - 4.8%
Total 755.29 853.46 13.39%
* Numbers in million tones.
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Grains 3-4%
Bulk Commodities
931 million tons
Non-Bulk Commodities
20 million tons
Rail freight
Rail Freight moves nearly 1billion tons of goods p.a. (2011)
Coal
Ore
Sugar
Bauxite
Grain
Other Bulk
CoalOreSugarBauxiteGrainOther Bulk
Source: Royal Bank of Scotland Transport Equities Update (2012)
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Rail freight
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Coal and Iron Ore
Source: Royal Bank of Scotland Transport Equities Update (2012)
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1530 million
tonnes
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Freight network
Rail’s share of containerised freight
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Optimise grain lines
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Freight: A drag on our international
competitiveness
Australia’s geography and relative isolation puts us at a disadvantage in
terms of international competitiveness
The cost of our freight supply chain is extremely high compared to all other
trade oriented economies:
• Some costs can be attributed to long shipping distances on land and sea,
but equally the cost is due to inefficiencies
• We have some of the highest costs in terms of land transport to port and in
terms of costs from the port gate to shipping
50% of market price
goes to logistics
Canada does it for ½
the price despite
longer distances
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Woolworths
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Woolworths
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– Price & reliability are key drivers of choice
– Reliability for freight owners means trains meeting advertised freight availability times
– East coast needs the same reliability level as West coast
– Stock levels have been reduced in supply chains therefore companies demand a reliable
transport mode to cover this cost saving
– Some freight owners would pay a premium for reliability
– Rail needs to improve its position Melbourne – Sydney, Sydney – Brisbane in terms of
transit times and costs
– Terminal ownership and their locations can be barriers to entry
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Freight owners perspective
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– The safety and compliance offered by rail is considered an advantage by freight owners
– Some major retailers use safety, service, price as their key drivers
– Rail is very good at communicating to the freight industry during major disruptions
– Past experience influences choice
– Environmental considerations are not key drivers unless price is comparable
– Freight owners want more information about rail
– Coastal shipping is seen as a viable alternative to rail
– Regional freight opportunities exist
Freight owners perspective
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Freight: Solutions for the future
• Containerisation of grain/ changed ownership structure
• A terminals strategy and inland rail route
– Its all about reliability, the focus on transit time is just
wrong
• Pricing that actually reflects the true value of transport
choices
– We need to get smarter in how we price our transport
infrastructure
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Road / Rail Operating Cost Comparison ($ per 000 ntk)
High Scenario
Road / Rail Operating Cost Comparison ($ per 000 ntk)
Equitable Road & Rail Charges
Road / Rail Operating Cost Comparison ($ per 000 ntk)
Externalities Internalised
Road / Rail Operating Cost Comparison ($ per 000 ntk)
Equitable Road/Rail Charges & Externalities Internalised
The true value of rail!
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Freight: Solutions for the future
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Benefits
• Safety: Safest form of land transport
• Environment:
– 9 times more energy efficient
– One train, two drivers – 150 trucks & 45,000 litres
of fuel
• Efficient: rail is a cheaper mode of freight
transport than road on all inter capital
corridors
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Inland Rail
Inland Rail
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Inland Rail -Why
• Eastern Corridor: Highest freight volume in Australia
• Tripling of containerised freight by 2050 requires new freight infrastructure
• Demand supports an inland rail route (induced demand, increased market share and larger freight market)
• Use of rail benefits the Australian economy (see next slide)
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Inland Rail –State of Rail today
• Low market share on N-S (> 20%, btw10-15% for Syd-Brisand syd-Melb)
• Geographical constraints (Sydney bottleneck)
• Operational constraints (terminal access, no double stacking)
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Inland Rail: Changing the transport sector
• Increase rail’s reliability and efficiency – double stacking, longer trains,
– avoids Sydney bottlenecks
– reduce travel times by 15hrs, train speeds of 110kmph
• Increase rail’s market share – 80% on Bris-Melb
– up to 25% for shorter legs
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Inland Rail: Cost
A $4.4 billion Melbourne - Brisbane
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Inland Rail: Must haves
Must be supported by a terminal strategy- a new
terminal in western VIC and a new freight village
with terminal in Bromelton
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Inland Rail: Complications
The $2 billion cost of construction through the
Toowoomba and Little Liverpool ranges (for
environmental, cultural and engineering reasons)
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