By: AGBI

The project will extend the rail terminal at the port with the addition of five new rail sidings to accommodate 600-metre-long regional trains. 

Expected to start in June, it will take two years to complete, DP World said. 

“Our investment in this new port-centric logistics infrastructure will deliver more capacity, superior agility, seamless integration of processes, increased productivity and added reliability,” said Nicolaj Noes, executive vice president, Oceania at DP World.

NSW Ports will provide $92 million for the new facility which will service both the container terminal and the 20-hectare Sydney logistics park which is operated by DP World. 

Marika Calfas, CEO of NSW Ports, said: “Port Botany is uniquely the only port in Australia with on-dock rail within each container terminal, connected to an extensive network of metropolitan and regional intermodal terminals including by dedicated freight rail.” 

The investment will more than double the rail capacity from 400,000 twenty-foot equivalent units (TEUs) to 1 million TEUs. It will also reduce emissions by shifting freight from road to the rail. 

Port Botany has Australia’s largest common-user bulk liquids facility. It handles 2.8 million TEUs annually and it contributes $6.6 billion to NSW’s GDP each year.