❓ The Minister outlines successes in shifting freight from road to rail and shipping, highlighting increased cargo on the MV Kimberley, more freight trains to Fremantle, and a new contract for rail transport of fertiliser.
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Will the minister enlighten the House on successful examples of the Government’s policy for increasing the share of the freight task carried by rail and shipping in this State? Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN
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I thank the member for the question and for the very positive role that he continues to play as chairman of the local impact committee in ensuring that this State has a more sustainable freight system. We came to government with a very strong commitment to reverse the decline in coastal shipping and rail freight that had occurred in the previous decade. Freight is growing in this State at more than seven per cent per annum. It is simply unsustainable for all that freight to be accommodated by road. If the Government, in conjunction with the private sector, had not taken some serious steps to reverse that decline, we would have been in real trouble. I am pleased to say that we have achieved some considerable success. In particular, I note that in the past 12 months the MV Kimberley , which is the ship that we are subsidising, has increased its cargo and is now carrying the equivalent of 1 500 fully loaded B-double trucks. The Government has further cause to celebrate because the ship recently won a contract to carry 10 000 tonnes of cement from Kwinana to the north west markets, primarily the Pilbara; that is, a capacity equivalent to approximately 150 fully loaded B-double trucks. Likewise, the target for the freight network strategy, which the Government developed and on which the member for Riverton actively worked, was to increase from three per cent to 30 per cent the number of boxes going into Fremantle harbour by rail. I am pleased to report that the increase in the past six months has been 100 per cent. There has been an increase from five trains a week to 10 trains a week going into the Fremantle port and inner harbour area, which is an equivalent and quite significant reduction of between 200 and 300 truck movements. This is just the beginning. Today I was very pleased to announce with the new general manager of Australian Railroad Group Pty Ltd that ARG has won a contract from CSBP to cart fertiliser from Kwinana to Picton. That is a major breakthrough, which will result in fertiliser moving back onto rail after 10 years of road transport. The member for Bunbury will be very interested to know that the contract - Mr D.F. Barron-Sullivan: It is in my electorate actually. Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: It affects anyone who uses the South Western Highway. That contract, which is for 50 000 tonnes per annum, will result in 2 000 fewer road train movements a year - a considerable reduction. The Government acknowledges that the road transport industry will continue to be the primary mode of freight transport in this State. However, it is absolutely committed to getting a mode shift in freight transport to ensure a sustainable pattern of freight transport into the future.
Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN replied: I thank the member for the question and for the very positive role that he continues to play as chairman of the local impact committee in ensuring that this State has a more sustainable freight system. We came to government with a very strong commitment to reverse the decline in coastal shipping and rail freight that had occurred in the previous decade. Freight is growing in this State at more than seven per cent per annum. It is simply unsustainable for all that freight to be accommodated by road. If the Government, in conjunction with the private sector, had not taken some serious steps to reverse that decline, we would have been in real trouble. I am pleased to say that we have achieved some considerable success. In particular, I note that in the past 12 months the MV Kimberley , which is the ship that we are subsidising, has increased its cargo and is now carrying the equivalent of 1 500 fully loaded B-double trucks. The Government has further cause to celebrate because the ship recently won a contract to carry 10 000 tonnes of cement from Kwinana to the north west markets, primarily the Pilbara; that is, a capacity equivalent to approximately 150 fully loaded B-double trucks. Likewise, the target for the freight network strategy, which the Government developed and on which the member for Riverton actively worked, was to increase from three per cent to 30 per cent the number of boxes going into Fremantle harbour by rail. I am pleased to report that the increase in the past six months has been 100 per cent. There has been an increase from five trains a week to 10 trains a week going into the Fremantle port and inner harbour area, which is an equivalent and quite significant reduction of between 200 and 300 truck movements. This is just the beginning. Today I was very pleased to announce with the new general manager of Australian Railroad Group Pty Ltd that ARG has won a contract from CSBP to cart fertiliser from Kwinana to Picton. That is a major breakthrough, which will result in fertiliser moving back onto rail after 10 years of road transport. The member for Bunbury will be very interested to know that the contract - Mr D.F. Barron-Sullivan: It is in my electorate actually. Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: It affects anyone who uses the South Western Highway. That contract, which is for 50 000 tonnes per annum, will result in 2 000 fewer road train movements a year - a considerable reduction. The Government acknowledges that the road transport industry will continue to be the primary mode of freight transport in this State. However, it is absolutely committed to getting a mode shift in freight transport to ensure a sustainable pattern of freight transport into the future.
I thank the member for the question and for the very positive role that he continues to play as chairman of the local impact committee in ensuring that this State has a more sustainable freight system. We came to government with a very strong commitment to reverse the decline in coastal shipping and rail freight that had occurred in the previous decade. Freight is growing in this State at more than seven per cent per annum. It is simply unsustainable for all that freight to be accommodated by road. If the Government, in conjunction with the private sector, had not taken some serious steps to reverse that decline, we would have been in real trouble. I am pleased to say that we have achieved some considerable success. In particular, I note that in the past 12 months the MV Kimberley , which is the ship that we are subsidising, has increased its cargo and is now carrying the equivalent of 1 500 fully loaded B-double trucks. The Government has further cause to celebrate because the ship recently won a contract to carry 10 000 tonnes of cement from Kwinana to the north west markets, primarily the Pilbara; that is, a capacity equivalent to approximately 150 fully loaded B-double trucks. Likewise, the target for the freight network strategy, which the Government developed and on which the member for Riverton actively worked, was to increase from three per cent to 30 per cent the number of boxes going into Fremantle harbour by rail. I am pleased to report that the increase in the past six months has been 100 per cent. There has been an increase from five trains a week to 10 trains a week going into the Fremantle port and inner harbour area, which is an equivalent and quite significant reduction of between 200 and 300 truck movements. This is just the beginning. Today I was very pleased to announce with the new general manager of Australian Railroad Group Pty Ltd that ARG has won a contract from CSBP to cart fertiliser from Kwinana to Picton. That is a major breakthrough, which will result in fertiliser moving back onto rail after 10 years of road transport. The member for Bunbury will be very interested to know that the contract - Mr D.F. Barron-Sullivan: It is in my electorate actually. Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: It affects anyone who uses the South Western Highway. That contract, which is for 50 000 tonnes per annum, will result in 2 000 fewer road train movements a year - a considerable reduction. The Government acknowledges that the road transport industry will continue to be the primary mode of freight transport in this State. However, it is absolutely committed to getting a mode shift in freight transport to ensure a sustainable pattern of freight transport into the future.
We came to government with a very strong commitment to reverse the decline in coastal shipping and rail freight that had occurred in the previous decade. Freight is growing in this State at more than seven per cent per annum. It is simply unsustainable for all that freight to be accommodated by road. If the Government, in conjunction with the private sector, had not taken some serious steps to reverse that decline, we would have been in real trouble. I am pleased to say that we have achieved some considerable success. In particular, I note that in the past 12 months the MV Kimberley , which is the ship that we are subsidising, has increased its cargo and is now carrying the equivalent of 1 500 fully loaded B-double trucks. The Government has further cause to celebrate because the ship recently won a contract to carry 10 000 tonnes of cement from Kwinana to the north west markets, primarily the Pilbara; that is, a capacity equivalent to approximately 150 fully loaded B-double trucks. Likewise, the target for the freight network strategy, which the Government developed and on which the member for Riverton actively worked, was to increase from three per cent to 30 per cent the number of boxes going into Fremantle harbour by rail. I am pleased to report that the increase in the past six months has been 100 per cent. There has been an increase from five trains a week to 10 trains a week going into the Fremantle port and inner harbour area, which is an equivalent and quite significant reduction of between 200 and 300 truck movements. This is just the beginning. Today I was very pleased to announce with the new general manager of Australian Railroad Group Pty Ltd that ARG has won a contract from CSBP to cart fertiliser from Kwinana to Picton. That is a major breakthrough, which will result in fertiliser moving back onto rail after 10 years of road transport. The member for Bunbury will be very interested to know that the contract - Mr D.F. Barron-Sullivan: It is in my electorate actually. Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: It affects anyone who uses the South Western Highway. That contract, which is for 50 000 tonnes per annum, will result in 2 000 fewer road train movements a year - a considerable reduction. The Government acknowledges that the road transport industry will continue to be the primary mode of freight transport in this State. However, it is absolutely committed to getting a mode shift in freight transport to ensure a sustainable pattern of freight transport into the future.
Today I was very pleased to announce with the new general manager of Australian Railroad Group Pty Ltd that ARG has won a contract from CSBP to cart fertiliser from Kwinana to Picton. That is a major breakthrough, which will result in fertiliser moving back onto rail after 10 years of road transport. The member for Bunbury will be very interested to know that the contract - Mr D.F. Barron-Sullivan: It is in my electorate actually. Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: It affects anyone who uses the South Western Highway. That contract, which is for 50 000 tonnes per annum, will result in 2 000 fewer road train movements a year - a considerable reduction. The Government acknowledges that the road transport industry will continue to be the primary mode of freight transport in this State. However, it is absolutely committed to getting a mode shift in freight transport to ensure a sustainable pattern of freight transport into the future.
Mr D.F. Barron-Sullivan: It is in my electorate actually. Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: It affects anyone who uses the South Western Highway. That contract, which is for 50 000 tonnes per annum, will result in 2 000 fewer road train movements a year - a considerable reduction. The Government acknowledges that the road transport industry will continue to be the primary mode of freight transport in this State. However, it is absolutely committed to getting a mode shift in freight transport to ensure a sustainable pattern of freight transport into the future.
Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: It affects anyone who uses the South Western Highway. That contract, which is for 50 000 tonnes per annum, will result in 2 000 fewer road train movements a year - a considerable reduction. The Government acknowledges that the road transport industry will continue to be the primary mode of freight transport in this State. However, it is absolutely committed to getting a mode shift in freight transport to ensure a sustainable pattern of freight transport into the future.
That contract, which is for 50 000 tonnes per annum, will result in 2 000 fewer road train movements a year - a considerable reduction. The Government acknowledges that the road transport industry will continue to be the primary mode of freight transport in this State. However, it is absolutely committed to getting a mode shift in freight transport to ensure a sustainable pattern of freight transport into the future.
Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN replied: I thank the member for the question and for the very positive role that he continues to play as chairman of the local impact committee in ensuring that this State has a more sustainable freight system. We came to government with a very strong commitment to reverse the decline in coastal shipping and rail freight that had occurred in the previous decade. Freight is growing in this State at more than seven per cent per annum. It is simply unsustainable for all that freight to be accommodated by road. If the Government, in conjunction with the private sector, had not taken some serious steps to reverse that decline, we would have been in real trouble. I am pleased to say that we have achieved some considerable success. In particular, I note that in the past 12 months the MV Kimberley , which is the ship that we are subsidising, has increased its cargo and is now carrying the equivalent of 1 500 fully loaded B-double trucks. The Government has further cause to celebrate because the ship recently won a contract to carry 10 000 tonnes of cement from Kwinana to the north west markets, primarily the Pilbara; that is, a capacity equivalent to approximately 150 fully loaded B-double trucks. Likewise, the target for the freight network strategy, which the Government developed and on which the member for Riverton actively worked, was to increase from three per cent to 30 per cent the number of boxes going into Fremantle harbour by rail. I am pleased to report that the increase in the past six months has been 100 per cent. There has been an increase from five trains a week to 10 trains a week going into the Fremantle port and inner harbour area, which is an equivalent and quite significant reduction of between 200 and 300 truck movements. This is just the beginning. Today I was very pleased to announce with the new general manager of Australian Railroad Group Pty Ltd that ARG has won a contract from CSBP to cart fertiliser from Kwinana to Picton. That is a major breakthrough, which will result in fertiliser moving back onto rail after 10 years of road transport. The member for Bunbury will be very interested to know that the contract - Mr D.F. Barron-Sullivan: It is in my electorate actually. Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: It affects anyone who uses the South Western Highway. That contract, which is for 50 000 tonnes per annum, will result in 2 000 fewer road train movements a year - a considerable reduction. The Government acknowledges that the road transport industry will continue to be the primary mode of freight transport in this State. However, it is absolutely committed to getting a mode shift in freight transport to ensure a sustainable pattern of freight transport into the future.
I thank the member for the question and for the very positive role that he continues to play as chairman of the local impact committee in ensuring that this State has a more sustainable freight system. We came to government with a very strong commitment to reverse the decline in coastal shipping and rail freight that had occurred in the previous decade. Freight is growing in this State at more than seven per cent per annum. It is simply unsustainable for all that freight to be accommodated by road. If the Government, in conjunction with the private sector, had not taken some serious steps to reverse that decline, we would have been in real trouble. I am pleased to say that we have achieved some considerable success. In particular, I note that in the past 12 months the MV Kimberley , which is the ship that we are subsidising, has increased its cargo and is now carrying the equivalent of 1 500 fully loaded B-double trucks. The Government has further cause to celebrate because the ship recently won a contract to carry 10 000 tonnes of cement from Kwinana to the north west markets, primarily the Pilbara; that is, a capacity equivalent to approximately 150 fully loaded B-double trucks. Likewise, the target for the freight network strategy, which the Government developed and on which the member for Riverton actively worked, was to increase from three per cent to 30 per cent the number of boxes going into Fremantle harbour by rail. I am pleased to report that the increase in the past six months has been 100 per cent. There has been an increase from five trains a week to 10 trains a week going into the Fremantle port and inner harbour area, which is an equivalent and quite significant reduction of between 200 and 300 truck movements. This is just the beginning. Today I was very pleased to announce with the new general manager of Australian Railroad Group Pty Ltd that ARG has won a contract from CSBP to cart fertiliser from Kwinana to Picton. That is a major breakthrough, which will result in fertiliser moving back onto rail after 10 years of road transport. The member for Bunbury will be very interested to know that the contract - Mr D.F. Barron-Sullivan: It is in my electorate actually. Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: It affects anyone who uses the South Western Highway. That contract, which is for 50 000 tonnes per annum, will result in 2 000 fewer road train movements a year - a considerable reduction. The Government acknowledges that the road transport industry will continue to be the primary mode of freight transport in this State. However, it is absolutely committed to getting a mode shift in freight transport to ensure a sustainable pattern of freight transport into the future.
We came to government with a very strong commitment to reverse the decline in coastal shipping and rail freight that had occurred in the previous decade. Freight is growing in this State at more than seven per cent per annum. It is simply unsustainable for all that freight to be accommodated by road. If the Government, in conjunction with the private sector, had not taken some serious steps to reverse that decline, we would have been in real trouble. I am pleased to say that we have achieved some considerable success. In particular, I note that in the past 12 months the MV Kimberley , which is the ship that we are subsidising, has increased its cargo and is now carrying the equivalent of 1 500 fully loaded B-double trucks. The Government has further cause to celebrate because the ship recently won a contract to carry 10 000 tonnes of cement from Kwinana to the north west markets, primarily the Pilbara; that is, a capacity equivalent to approximately 150 fully loaded B-double trucks. Likewise, the target for the freight network strategy, which the Government developed and on which the member for Riverton actively worked, was to increase from three per cent to 30 per cent the number of boxes going into Fremantle harbour by rail. I am pleased to report that the increase in the past six months has been 100 per cent. There has been an increase from five trains a week to 10 trains a week going into the Fremantle port and inner harbour area, which is an equivalent and quite significant reduction of between 200 and 300 truck movements. This is just the beginning. Today I was very pleased to announce with the new general manager of Australian Railroad Group Pty Ltd that ARG has won a contract from CSBP to cart fertiliser from Kwinana to Picton. That is a major breakthrough, which will result in fertiliser moving back onto rail after 10 years of road transport. The member for Bunbury will be very interested to know that the contract - Mr D.F. Barron-Sullivan: It is in my electorate actually. Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: It affects anyone who uses the South Western Highway. That contract, which is for 50 000 tonnes per annum, will result in 2 000 fewer road train movements a year - a considerable reduction. The Government acknowledges that the road transport industry will continue to be the primary mode of freight transport in this State. However, it is absolutely committed to getting a mode shift in freight transport to ensure a sustainable pattern of freight transport into the future.
Today I was very pleased to announce with the new general manager of Australian Railroad Group Pty Ltd that ARG has won a contract from CSBP to cart fertiliser from Kwinana to Picton. That is a major breakthrough, which will result in fertiliser moving back onto rail after 10 years of road transport. The member for Bunbury will be very interested to know that the contract - Mr D.F. Barron-Sullivan: It is in my electorate actually. Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: It affects anyone who uses the South Western Highway. That contract, which is for 50 000 tonnes per annum, will result in 2 000 fewer road train movements a year - a considerable reduction. The Government acknowledges that the road transport industry will continue to be the primary mode of freight transport in this State. However, it is absolutely committed to getting a mode shift in freight transport to ensure a sustainable pattern of freight transport into the future.
Mr D.F. Barron-Sullivan: It is in my electorate actually. Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: It affects anyone who uses the South Western Highway. That contract, which is for 50 000 tonnes per annum, will result in 2 000 fewer road train movements a year - a considerable reduction. The Government acknowledges that the road transport industry will continue to be the primary mode of freight transport in this State. However, it is absolutely committed to getting a mode shift in freight transport to ensure a sustainable pattern of freight transport into the future.
Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: It affects anyone who uses the South Western Highway. That contract, which is for 50 000 tonnes per annum, will result in 2 000 fewer road train movements a year - a considerable reduction. The Government acknowledges that the road transport industry will continue to be the primary mode of freight transport in this State. However, it is absolutely committed to getting a mode shift in freight transport to ensure a sustainable pattern of freight transport into the future.
That contract, which is for 50 000 tonnes per annum, will result in 2 000 fewer road train movements a year - a considerable reduction. The Government acknowledges that the road transport industry will continue to be the primary mode of freight transport in this State. However, it is absolutely committed to getting a mode shift in freight transport to ensure a sustainable pattern of freight transport into the future.
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