What PRASA is doing to improve the passenger rail service in the Western CapeTristan Wiggill
A presentation by Mr Eddie Chinnappen (GM in the office of the GCEO: PRASA) at the Transport Forum special interest group proudly hosted by TCT in Cape Town on 10 December 2015.
The theme for the event was: "Encouraging Public Transport". The topic of the presentation was: "What PRASA is doing to improve the passenger rail service in the Western Cape".
More like this on www.transportworldafrica.co.za
The Deputy Director General (Transport Projects) of Transport for NSW gave this presentation at our 2012 Rail Logistics Workshop.
The information was correct at March 19, 2012.
What PRASA is doing to improve the passenger rail service in the Western CapeTristan Wiggill
A presentation by Mr Eddie Chinnappen (GM in the office of the GCEO: PRASA) at the Transport Forum special interest group proudly hosted by TCT in Cape Town on 10 December 2015.
The theme for the event was: "Encouraging Public Transport". The topic of the presentation was: "What PRASA is doing to improve the passenger rail service in the Western Cape".
More like this on www.transportworldafrica.co.za
The Deputy Director General (Transport Projects) of Transport for NSW gave this presentation at our 2012 Rail Logistics Workshop.
The information was correct at March 19, 2012.
Lunsford Group E. Africa Railway Project 01 2010Bernard Moon
Our firm's cause-related project in East Africa faced what many companies encountered. Our team really wanted to do good and help create change in East Africa, but this became a dead deal.
Transnet freight rail corridor development programme and road to rail strategyTristan Wiggill
A presentation by Ms Nisha Jones (General Manager: Commercial: TFR) at the Transport Forum special interest group in collaboration with MCLI in Mbombela on 4 February 2016.
The theme for the event was: "Transport Corridors". The topic of the presentation was: "Transnet Freight Rail Corridor Development Programme and Road-to-Rail strategy."
Find more like this on www.transportworldafrica.co.za
Pitch made by Dr Massimo Fiorentini, Associate Research Fellow, Sustainable Buildings Research Centre, University of Wollongong on Day 2 of ISNGI 2016.
Lunsford Group E. Africa Railway Project 01 2010Bernard Moon
Our firm's cause-related project in East Africa faced what many companies encountered. Our team really wanted to do good and help create change in East Africa, but this became a dead deal.
Transnet freight rail corridor development programme and road to rail strategyTristan Wiggill
A presentation by Ms Nisha Jones (General Manager: Commercial: TFR) at the Transport Forum special interest group in collaboration with MCLI in Mbombela on 4 February 2016.
The theme for the event was: "Transport Corridors". The topic of the presentation was: "Transnet Freight Rail Corridor Development Programme and Road-to-Rail strategy."
Find more like this on www.transportworldafrica.co.za
Pitch made by Dr Massimo Fiorentini, Associate Research Fellow, Sustainable Buildings Research Centre, University of Wollongong on Day 2 of ISNGI 2016.
Pitch made by Dr Tom Dolan, Centre Coordinator and Research Associate, International Centre for Infrastructure Futures, University College London on Day 2 of ISNGI 2016.
A presentation conducted by Professor Toshiyuki Yamamoto, EcoTopia Science Institute, Nagoya University. Presented on Wednesday the 2nd of October 2013.
Transport system is one of the fundamental infrastructures, and a significant source of energy consumption and environmental load. Electric vehicles are expected to reduce the latter negative effects, and improve the functionality of the transport system. However, the limited driving mileage of the electric vehicles requires different electric charging system than gasoline refueling system, and the lower driving performance might potentially
cause negative effects on traffic flows. An electric charging behavior model is developed and the efficiency in battery
capacity usage is investigated in this study. We also developed a simulation system to investigate electricity demand distribution across time of day and space within urban area considering charging behavior of electric vehicles. In addition, the effects of introducing electric micro-cars into traffic are investigated by microscopic traffic
simulations considering lower maximum speed of the micro-cars. These modeling and simulation tools enable rigorous evaluations of future transport system.
The ISG Outsourcing Index (formerly the TPI Index) provides a quarterly review of the latest sourcing industry data and trends for clients, service providers, analysts and the media. For more than a decade, it has been the authoritative source for marketplace intelligence related to outsourcing transaction structures and terms, industry adoption, geographic prevalence and service provider performance.
The global outsourcing market is constantly evolving. Keep pace with the change and capitalize on the latest trends with the ISG Outsourcing Index.
A presentation conducted by Professor Edward J Blakely, Honorary Professor, Urban & disaster recovery expert, United States Studies Centre, University of Sydney.
Presented on Thursday the 3rd of October 2013.
What we term infrastructure today is the built up environment created in the last 100 years to move people and commerce, heat and cool. This infrastructure was created as a buttress against nature. It was built to be solid and immoveable. It also had to be upgraded and repaired in the same places to perform the same functions. Future function were merely linear projections of the past. But the past is no longer prologue. Too much of what we term infrastructure today is not useful for solving today’s problems let along tomorrows. Would we ever create cities on the ocean’s edge, if we knew of sea-level rise? Would we ever create massive non adaptable fixed power stations if we knew fuels would dwindle and centralized systems would be dangerous and unsustainable? We know the answers. But we continue to march backward to the future. In this talk I want to look back to ancient times where cities failed because they were not adaptable and project a future where we will have to create re-generative infrastructure that adapts to its environment and settlement systems that are light on the
environment rather than fixed and heavy. This approach calls for a total re-thinking of urban settlement systems and a new generative infrastructure to support them.
A presentation by SMART Infrastructure Facility Research Director Dr Pascal Perez to the 11th International Multidisciplinary Modeling and Simulation Multiconference (I3M), Bordeaux, September 2014.
Working in synergy with neighbouring countries to seamlessly transport coal o...Tristan Wiggill
Working in synergy with neighbouring countries to seamlessly transport coal on a national and international scale. Presented by Kgomotso Modise at the 2nd Annual Coal Transportation Africa Summit on 19 May 2015.
The paper addresses managing the land transport effects of population growth and network congestion in Australia, this paper outlines the need by the mid-to-late 2020s for new major urban rail capacity projects to be completed such as Melbourne
Metro and new rail crossings of Sydney Harbour and the Brisbane River. For freight, it makes the case for constructing an inland railway between Melbourne, Parkes and Brisbane and improving the East-West rail corridor to North American Class I railroad standards. Regional rail networks linking grain areas to ports will also need upgrading, and more gauge standardisation will be needed. The benefits of new and improved rail
infrastructure will include less road congestion, improved safety, reduced dependence on imported oil and fewer greenhouse gas emissions.
A paper I presented at the CORE 2016 Conference in Melbourne and co-authored with A/Prof Philip Laird.
Transportation vancouver island economic loss dec 02 2013P. Anna Paddon
Transportation. Happy Sir John A. MacDonald Birthday. This is a Victoria, BC, confederation promise slide show. I have included two US World Globalization writers, Renner and Gardner, they propose that the US achieve the new open trade contracts from China. This is a slideshow that I am editing.
A presentation by Dr Andrew Shaw (Associate Director: PWC) at the Transport Forum SIG 21 April 2016 hosted by T-Systems SA Pty)Ltd. The theme for the event was: "Innovation in Transnet" and the topic of the presentation was: "Innovation in Transnet"
Unleashing infrastructure synergies across sectorsAbu Saeed Khan
Presented it at the "Expert Consultation on the Asian Information Superhighway and Regional Connectivity" during 3 - 4 December 2013, Baku, Azerbaijan. It was organized by ESCAP.
Bringing HSR a step closer: Building a Railway for the 21st CenturyScott Martin, CMILT
This paper explores an incremental approach to providing a Medium Speed Rail (MSR) network with trains operating up to 200km/h. This will allow progressive enhancements toward a HSR solution rather than the currently recommended ‘big bang’ approach. The paper identifies changes required to produce a healthy intercity rail network to complement a successful HSR network using the Sydney-Canberra corridor as a case study.
Expert insights on Port Trends were presented at the 11th international Intermodal Conference in Port Elizabeth, South Africa in November 2013.
Presented by Siyabulela Mhlaluka, General Manager; Eastern Cape Region, for Transnet Port Terminals, this presentation offers critical insights into the Maritime Logistics industry.
Richard Skarbez presented a seminar titled "Cognitive Illusions in Virtual Reality: What do I mean? And why should you care?" as part of the SMART Seminar Series on the 4th March 2019.
More information:
https://news.eis.uow.edu.au/event/cognitive-illusions-in-virtual-reality-what-do-i-mean-and-why-should-you-care/
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Dr Ricardo Peculis presented a seminar titled "Trusted Autonomous Systems as System of Systems" as part of the SMART Seminar Series on 19th February 2019.
More information:
https://news.eis.uow.edu.au/event/trusted-autonomous-systems-as-system-of-systems/
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David Kennewell presented a seminar titled " "The Evolution of the Metric System: From Precious Lumps of Metal to Constants of Nature" as part of the SMART Seminar Series on 1st November 2018.
More information:
https://news.eis.uow.edu.au/event/the-evolution-of-the-metric-system-from-precious-lumps-of-metal-to-constants-of-nature/
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Dr Ilya Budovsky presented a seminar titled "The Evolution of the Metric System: From Precious Lumps of Metal to Constants of Nature" as part of the SMART Seminar Series on 1st November 2018.
More information:
https://news.eis.uow.edu.au/event/the-evolution-of-the-metric-system-from-precious-lumps-of-metal-to-constants-of-nature/
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Dr Johan Barthelemy presented a seminar titled "Using AI and edge computing devices for traffic flow monitoring" as part of the SMART Seminar Series on 11th October 2018.
More information: https://news.eis.uow.edu.au/event/using-ai-and-edge-computing-devices-for-traffic-flow-monitoring/
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Prof Willy Susilo presented a seminar titled "Blockchain and its Applications" as part of the SMART Seminar Series on 20th September 2018.
More information: https://news.eis.uow.edu.au/event/blockchain-and-its-applications/
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Prof Theirry Monteil & Fabian Ho presented a seminar titled "From an IoT cloud based architecture to Edge for dynamic service" as part of the SMART Seminar Series on 24th August 2018.
More information: https://news.eis.uow.edu.au/event/from-an-iot-cloud-based-architecture-to-edge-for-dynamic-service/
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Dr Bobby Du and Paul-Antonin Dublanche presented a seminar titled "Is bus bunching serious in Sydney? Preliminary findings based on Opal card data analysis" as part of the SMART Seminar Series on 2nd August 2018.
More information: https://news.eis.uow.edu.au/event/is-bus-bunching-serious-in-sydney-preliminary-findings-based-on-opal-card-data-analysis/
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Dr Nicolas Verstaevel presented a seminar titled "Keep it SMART, keep it simple! – Challenging complexity with self-organising software" as part of the SMART Seminar Series on 24th July 2018.
More information: https://news.eis.uow.edu.au/event/keep-it-smart-keep-it-simple-challenging-complexity-with-self-organising-software/
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Dr Boulent Imam presented a seminar titled "Risk-based bridge assessment under changing load-demand and environmental conditions" as part of the SMART Seminar Series on 17th July 2018.
More information: https://news.eis.uow.edu.au/event/risk-based-bridge-assessment-under-changing-load-demand-and-environmental-conditions/
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Dr Rohan Wickramasuriya presented a seminar titled "Deep Learning: Fundamentals and Practice" as part of the SMART Seminar Series on 29th May 2018.
More information: http://www.uoweis.co/event/deep-learning-fundamentals-and-practice/
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Dr Sarah Dunn presented a seminar titled "Infrastructure Resilience: Planning for Future Extreme Events" as part of the SMART Seminar Series on 12th April 2018.
More information: http://www.uoweis.co/event/infrastructure-resilience-planning-for-future-extreme-events/
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Dr George Grozev presented a seminar titled "Potential use of drones for infrastructure inspection and survey: as part of the SMART Seminar Series on 27th March 2018.
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Professor Timoteo Carletti presented a seminar titled "A journey in the zoo of Turing patterns: the topology does matter as part of the SMART Seminar Series on 8th March 2018.
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Dr Carole Adam presented a seminar titled Human behaviour modelling and simulation for crisis management as part of the SMART Seminar Series on 1st March 2018.
More information: http://www.uoweis.co/event/human-behaviour-modelling-and-simulation-for-crisis-management/
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Professor Graham Harris presented a seminar titled Dealing with uncertainty: With the observer in the loop as part of the SMART Seminar Series on 13th February 2018.
More information: http://www.uoweis.co/event/dealing-with-uncertainty-with-the-observer-in-the-loop/
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Senior Professor Pascal Perez presented on Smart Cities; The Good, The Bad & The Ugly as part of the SMART Seminar Series on 30th January 2018.
More information: http://www.uoweis.co/event/smart-cities-the-good-the-bad-the-ugly/
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Visiting PhD student, Morgane Dumont presented on how to improve the order of evolutionary models in agent-based simulations for population dynamics as part of the SMART Seminar Series on 15 December 2017.
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Professor Tierry Monteil, professor in computer science at INSA – University of Toulouse and researcher at LAAS-CNRS presented on OneM2M and the interoperatbility of the IoT as part of the SMART Seminar Series on 13 December 2017.
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Professor Peter Bridgewater, Chair of Landcare ACT and Adjunct Professor in Terrestrial and Marine Biodiversity Governance at the University of Canberra, presented on blue-green vs grey-black infrastructure and which is the best way forward, as part of the SMART Seminar Series on 24 November 2017.
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Francesca Gottschalk - How can education support child empowerment.pptxEduSkills OECD
Francesca Gottschalk from the OECD’s Centre for Educational Research and Innovation presents at the Ask an Expert Webinar: How can education support child empowerment?
Model Attribute Check Company Auto PropertyCeline George
In Odoo, the multi-company feature allows you to manage multiple companies within a single Odoo database instance. Each company can have its own configurations while still sharing common resources such as products, customers, and suppliers.
2024.06.01 Introducing a competency framework for languag learning materials ...Sandy Millin
http://sandymillin.wordpress.com/iateflwebinar2024
Published classroom materials form the basis of syllabuses, drive teacher professional development, and have a potentially huge influence on learners, teachers and education systems. All teachers also create their own materials, whether a few sentences on a blackboard, a highly-structured fully-realised online course, or anything in between. Despite this, the knowledge and skills needed to create effective language learning materials are rarely part of teacher training, and are mostly learnt by trial and error.
Knowledge and skills frameworks, generally called competency frameworks, for ELT teachers, trainers and managers have existed for a few years now. However, until I created one for my MA dissertation, there wasn’t one drawing together what we need to know and do to be able to effectively produce language learning materials.
This webinar will introduce you to my framework, highlighting the key competencies I identified from my research. It will also show how anybody involved in language teaching (any language, not just English!), teacher training, managing schools or developing language learning materials can benefit from using the framework.
Macroeconomics- Movie Location
This will be used as part of your Personal Professional Portfolio once graded.
Objective:
Prepare a presentation or a paper using research, basic comparative analysis, data organization and application of economic information. You will make an informed assessment of an economic climate outside of the United States to accomplish an entertainment industry objective.
Normal Labour/ Stages of Labour/ Mechanism of LabourWasim Ak
Normal labor is also termed spontaneous labor, defined as the natural physiological process through which the fetus, placenta, and membranes are expelled from the uterus through the birth canal at term (37 to 42 weeks
June 3, 2024 Anti-Semitism Letter Sent to MIT President Kornbluth and MIT Cor...Levi Shapiro
Letter from the Congress of the United States regarding Anti-Semitism sent June 3rd to MIT President Sally Kornbluth, MIT Corp Chair, Mark Gorenberg
Dear Dr. Kornbluth and Mr. Gorenberg,
The US House of Representatives is deeply concerned by ongoing and pervasive acts of antisemitic
harassment and intimidation at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). Failing to act decisively to ensure a safe learning environment for all students would be a grave dereliction of your responsibilities as President of MIT and Chair of the MIT Corporation.
This Congress will not stand idly by and allow an environment hostile to Jewish students to persist. The House believes that your institution is in violation of Title VI of the Civil Rights Act, and the inability or
unwillingness to rectify this violation through action requires accountability.
Postsecondary education is a unique opportunity for students to learn and have their ideas and beliefs challenged. However, universities receiving hundreds of millions of federal funds annually have denied
students that opportunity and have been hijacked to become venues for the promotion of terrorism, antisemitic harassment and intimidation, unlawful encampments, and in some cases, assaults and riots.
The House of Representatives will not countenance the use of federal funds to indoctrinate students into hateful, antisemitic, anti-American supporters of terrorism. Investigations into campus antisemitism by the Committee on Education and the Workforce and the Committee on Ways and Means have been expanded into a Congress-wide probe across all relevant jurisdictions to address this national crisis. The undersigned Committees will conduct oversight into the use of federal funds at MIT and its learning environment under authorities granted to each Committee.
• The Committee on Education and the Workforce has been investigating your institution since December 7, 2023. The Committee has broad jurisdiction over postsecondary education, including its compliance with Title VI of the Civil Rights Act, campus safety concerns over disruptions to the learning environment, and the awarding of federal student aid under the Higher Education Act.
• The Committee on Oversight and Accountability is investigating the sources of funding and other support flowing to groups espousing pro-Hamas propaganda and engaged in antisemitic harassment and intimidation of students. The Committee on Oversight and Accountability is the principal oversight committee of the US House of Representatives and has broad authority to investigate “any matter” at “any time” under House Rule X.
• The Committee on Ways and Means has been investigating several universities since November 15, 2023, when the Committee held a hearing entitled From Ivory Towers to Dark Corners: Investigating the Nexus Between Antisemitism, Tax-Exempt Universities, and Terror Financing. The Committee followed the hearing with letters to those institutions on January 10, 202
Exploiting Artificial Intelligence for Empowering Researchers and Faculty, In...Dr. Vinod Kumar Kanvaria
Exploiting Artificial Intelligence for Empowering Researchers and Faculty,
International FDP on Fundamentals of Research in Social Sciences
at Integral University, Lucknow, 06.06.2024
By Dr. Vinod Kumar Kanvaria
Operation “Blue Star” is the only event in the history of Independent India where the state went into war with its own people. Even after about 40 years it is not clear if it was culmination of states anger over people of the region, a political game of power or start of dictatorial chapter in the democratic setup.
The people of Punjab felt alienated from main stream due to denial of their just demands during a long democratic struggle since independence. As it happen all over the word, it led to militant struggle with great loss of lives of military, police and civilian personnel. Killing of Indira Gandhi and massacre of innocent Sikhs in Delhi and other India cities was also associated with this movement.
How libraries can support authors with open access requirements for UKRI fund...
Rail Directions Workshop: ARTC
1. Rail Challenges
Rail Research Directions
March 2012
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John name
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Chief job title
ARTC, A STRONG, EFFICIENT, SUSTAINABLE RAIL LINK IN THE NATIONAL LOGISTICS CHAIN
2. This Presentation
1. ARTC Background
2. ARTC Business Strategy
3. Key Challenges
4. Imperatives for Success
5. Summary
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3. Business Snapshot
• ARTC established in 1998 as a rail track infrastructure business owning and operating the
interstate rail network in SA
• Over past 10 years has progressively expanded network to include the majority of the
interstate network under long term lease arrangements. This includes the Hunter Valley
coal network
• Owns or leases over 8,500 route km of track
• Corporations Law Company with 100% of shares owned by the Australian Government
• Charges access fees to train operators and other customers for use of the rail Brisbane
network
Perth
ARTC Network Sydney
Adelaide
Melbourne
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4. ARTC Business Network
Primarily supports
coal transport
Hunter Valley:
Brisbane
Increase capacity to meet port
allocations & domestic coal
requirements
Perth Interstate Network – East West:
Increase rail volume above Sydney
economic growth Adelaide
Melbourne
Primarily supports
general freight Interstate Network – North South:
transport Increase rail volumes through
significant growth in rail’s share of
freight transport market
ARTC, A STRONG, EFFICIENT, SUSTAINABLE RAIL LINK IN THE NATIONAL LOGISTICS CHAIN
5. Business Structure
Total staff : 830 employees
Total FY11 revenue : $652 million ARTC
HUNTER VALLEY INTERSTATE
Provision of network Provision of network
services to support coal services to support
delivery and other general freight delivery
commodities on the and other commodities on
Hunter Valley rail the interstate rail
network network
1336 route kilometres 6175 route kilometres
Access revenue $280m Access revenue $254m
ARTC, A STRONG, EFFICIENT, SUSTAINABLE RAIL LINK IN THE NATIONAL LOGISTICS CHAIN
6. Interstate Network:
East West Corridor
• East-West corridor is a vital logistics connection to and from WA
• Mature market characterised by high rail share
• Rail largely meets market requirements on this corridor
• More than competitive with road
• Transit times are oriented around a late evening cut off in Melbourne for an early morning
arrival in Perth
B ris
ban
• Total Major Works - $1.3 Billion e
19%
(S-B)
Perth
81%
(E-W) Sydney
Adelaide
ARTC Network
(With rail share of the land transport market) Melbourne 11%
(M-S)
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7. Interstate Network:
North South Corridor
• Significant market opportunity but corridor has seen a steady erosion of rail’s market share
since 1960’s
• ARTC initiated an improvement strategy in 2004 following 30 years of under-investment
along this corridor
• Objective in taking up the NSW and standard gauge Qld network was to create opportunity to
turn around rail’s competitiveness by focusing on transit time, reliability and capacity
improvement
(Rail share of
• Total Major Works - $2.8 Billion land transport
Brisbane market)
<10%
(S-B)
Perth Parkes
Sydney
Adelaide 24%
(M-B)
Melbourne <10%
(M-S) 1
ARTC, A STRONG, EFFICIENT, SUSTAINABLE RAIL LINK IN THE NATIONAL LOGISTICS CHAIN
8. Hunter Valley
• Latest ARTC strategy the 2011 – 2020 Hunter Valley Corridor
Capacity Strategy has been released and is the fifth edition
• Coal volumes expected to double over the next 5 years from
100 mtpa to >200 mtpa. Beyond that Terminal 4
• Strategy is designed to ensure capacity is kept ahead of
contractual demand
• Future network infrastructure investment value in excess of
$800 million (excluding T4)
• HV Coal Chain Coordinating (HVCCC) group represents all
participants in the coal supply chain to ensure optimal
performance
• New ACCC Access Undertaking effective from July 2011
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9. ARTC Business Strategy
• Provide safe, seamless and efficient access to users of the rail
network
• Pursue a growth strategy for interstate rail through improved
efficiency, reliability and competitiveness
• Seek to keep network capacity ahead of demand
• Improve the rail network through better asset management, capital
investment and technological improvement
• Develop a customer service culture and work in partnership with
industry participants including end users, freight logistics companies,
train operators and other stakeholders to position rail as a vital and
valued component of the transport supply chain
ARTC, A STRONG, EFFICIENT, SUSTAINABLE RAIL LINK IN THE NATIONAL LOGISTICS CHAIN
10. Commodity Mix
Revenue (% )
100.0% 4.9%
5.5%
7.2% 7.7%
7.3% 7.1%
80.0%
60.0%
45.6% 47.5%
40.0%
20.0%
34.5% 32.8%
0.0%
2009/10 2010/11
Intermodal Coal Steel Bulk Passenger
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11. Interstate Network:
Corridor Intermodal Freight Users
The table below illustrates current rail corridor users -
North South East West
Pacific National x x
Rail Operator
QR National x x
SCT Logistics x
Freightliner x
Toll Group ^ x
Linfox ^ x
Sadliers Transport ^ x
Freight Forwarder
K&S Corporation ^ x
Simon National Carriers x
Rand Refrigerated x
Ron Finemore Transport ^
TNT ^ x
Woolworths ^ x
AMCOR x
Lion Nathan x
Coles ^ x
Fonterra ^ x
Colgate Palmolive x
End User
Coca-Cola Amatil x
Murray Goulburn ^
Fosters ^ x
BlueScope X x
Bunnings ^ x
Toyota ^ x
Holden ^ x
^ - Part TimeARTC, A
Rail Users
Opportunity
STRONG, EFFICIENT, SUSTAINABLE RAIL LINK IN THE NATIONAL LOGISTICS CHAIN
X – Regular Rail Users
12. Interstate Network:
The North South Problem
• Road infrastructure on North South corridor has been vastly superior to rail reflecting the
disparity in the levels of past investment and corridor alignment between the modes
• Transit time and reliability has heavily favoured road in a market where reliability seems to
be the dominant factor of choice
• Sydney metropolitan bottleneck severely impacts rail’s ability to deliver
• Rail has had insufficient network capacity at market preferred times
• Road is considered more convenient to use and is perceived to be more flexible, innovative
and customer friendly
• Access to rail infrastructure and terminal facilities is considered a major constraint in using
rail
• Price differentials between road and rail not well understood
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13. Interstate Network:
Overview of Rail Challenges
• Rail is not considered the land transport mode of first choice for high volume
intermodal freight in many parts of Australia on many corridors despite rail’s
inherent advantages – policy failure
• Rail needs to play a bigger role in an expanding transport market to drive
national productivity improvement, increase our international competitiveness
and drive growth in our economy
The fact is the 21st century will deliver increasing population, environmentally
conscious governments, communities and business, and a desire and need to raise
living standards through increased national productivity, competiveness and efficiency
• Investment in intermodal infrastructure, introduction of new technology,
productivity improvement, ongoing regulatory and policy reform must
continue to allow the most efficient and least polluting means of transport to
continue its development.
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14. The Five Imperatives for Intermodal Rail
Imperative 1
Deliver Network Performance
• Safe Investment
Condition monitoring
• Reliable
HOW Analysis
• Cost effective
Optimisation
• Efficient Continuous improvement
Imperative 2
Become an active and informed member of customer supply chains
• Focus on the customer and improve service
• Understand customer needs and rail’s impact on supply chains
• Present as a unified transport mode (freight forwarder, train operator, track owner)
• Strive for continuous improvement
Analysing customer needs
Supply chain costing across modes
HOW
Performance standards
Operational coordination
Inventory control
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15. The Five Imperatives for Intermodal Rail
Imperative 3
Become hard-wired to the supply chain through effective linkages and integration
• Develop intermodal terminal precincts characterised by efficient train loading and unloading
facilities, adjacent warehousing and distribution centres and nearby access to rail and freeway
corridors
• Deployment and integration of advanced technology
• Make rail more convenient and easier to use
• Sell the benefits
Future land use planning and development
Joint road and rail infrastructure planning
HOW Common user intermodal terminals
Integration of technology
Freight consignment tracking
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16. The Five Imperatives for Intermodal Rail
Imperative 4
Attract and retain the best people
• Make rail an employer of choice in the transport sector to drive performance improvement
Imperative 5
Regulatory and Policy Reform
• Strive to achieve competitive neutrality between road and rail infrastructure to foster optimal
investment programs across transport modes – value for transport investment dollar
• Reduce the regulatory burden
• Promote the environmental, social and productivity advantages of rail as economic advantages
and stimulants
Single regulator models
Common standards
Incentives for using low carbon transport modes
HOW
Recognition that road congestion and safety are economic
impediments and that alternatives should be actively
promoted through policy decisions
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17. Intermodal Terminals
There is evidence of a strong need
for substantially increased
Darwin
intermodal terminal capacity in the
capital cities, especially Sydney &
Melbourne
There is a need for an effective
interface between road & rail at
Alice Springs
critical locations to ensure supply
chain efficiency
Brisbane
Brisbane
(Bromelton)
Tarcoola
Kalgoorlie
Broken Hill Werris Creek
Pt Augusta
Perth Whyalla
Crystal Brook
Kwinana
Parkes
Sydney Newcastle
Sydney
Adelaide Cootamundra (Moorebank)
Macarthur
Port Kembla
Albury
Wolseley
Melbourne
(Western
Geelong
Melbourne
Melbourne)
Whilst there are private intermodal terminals in
Australia, including some owned by the major rail
transport operators, governments need to develop a
position on the location, ownership & operation of the
future network of multi-user intermodal terminals
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(National Land Freight Strategy, Feb 2011)
18. Summary
• There are significant growth prospects for rail with large potential on the North South
corridor
• ARTC North South investment program will deliver significant improvements
• Improving reliability is key
• New focus on growth, business development and industry cooperation
• In the Hunter Valley, challenge is to keep capacity ahead of rapidly growing demand
• Increased intermodal terminal capacity is vital to meet future growth demands
• Safety performance is a key challenge
• ARTC and the rest of the industry need to enhance and maintain a customer focus, and
work collaboratively to meet customer needs
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