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08 August 2013

Australian Logistics Council Managing Director, Michael Kilgariff, told delegates at the NSW Transport Infrastructure Summit today (8 August) that it was time to deliver on five key initiatives to improve supply chain efficiency in the state, particularly in Sydney.

“Sydney is the most critical link in Australia’s domestic and international supply chains, with most of our freight either originating, passing through or ending up in Sydney,” said Kilgariff.

 â€œWhen Sydney doesn’t work, Australia doesn’t work and the implications hit the freight logistics industry up and down the supply chain.

“Today I outlined five key measures to regain NSW’s position as the ‘premier state for freight’ and in so doing, improve productivity, efficiency and safety in the industry.

“Firstly, ALC would like to see the timely release of the Final NSW Freight and Port Strategy to improve freight efficiency in the state."

Kilgariff continued: “Second, we encourage the NSW Government to progress a trial of High Productivity Vehicles on the Hume Highway."

For his third point, Kilgariff called on the state and federal governments to progress a second airport in Sydney at Badgery’s Creek; and his fourth rallying call was for the "expeditious" development of the Moorebank Intermodal Terminal.

“Moorebank is a priority infrastructure project,' said Kilgariff, "and its timely development is critical to boosting efficiency and increasing productivity in the Sydney freight market."

Kilgariff concluded: "Five, ALC encourages the NSW Government to invest money raised from recycled infrastructure assets into logistics infrastructure to further improve freight productivity.

“ALC congratulates the NSW Government on the steps it has taken to recycle infrastructure assets, such as Port Botany and Port Kembla, and we encourage it to use the proceeds from future recycled assets to invest in logistics infrastructure."

The full text of Kilgariff’s speech ‘Investing in infrastructure to improve supply chain efficiency’ is available on the ALC website. Click here to access.

Informa, the organizer of the NSW Transport Infrastructure Summit, and indeed some of the show attendees have been posted regular tweets about the proceedings of the two-day conference, which drew to a close today. You can read the tweets by using the hashtag #NSWTransport13.

 

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