Pacific National

Fast Facts

• Location – 85 locations across in NSW, Victoria, Queensland, South Australia, Western Australia, Northern Territory and Tasmania
• Key Operations –
  • Bulk Services – specialist operator of transport of containerised freight and bulk commodities, including coal grain and bulk industrial products
  • Intermodal Services – rail freight services to freight forwarders and steel manufacturers
• Fleet – Over 600 locomotives and 14,000 wagons
• Revenue – $1.5 billion*
• Number of Employees – over 4,000*

* 2007 figures

Summary of Operations

Bulk Services

Coal

• Second largest coal haulage operator in Australia
• Transports around 95 million tonnes of coal by rail to domestic and export markets each year

Grain

• Primary bulk grain haulage operator in South Eastern Australia
• Bulk grain haulage to the export and domestic grain industry in NSW and Victoria

Industrial

• Bulk rail-based logistics services for energy, mining, agricultural and construction industries
• Contracts are primarily exclusive agreements over 3 to 5 years for distinct point-to-point movements

Intermodal Services

• Australia’s largest interstate rail freight carrier
• The only rail operator with operations in all Australian states and territories
• Provides rail-based, interstate logistics services for steel manufacturers throughout Australia
• Provides line-haul services of containerised freight for Australia’s largest freight forwarders and logistics providers and international shipping companies
• Comprises a significant fleet of rolling stock – 234 locomotives and 4,800 wagons