Australia’s definitive freight transport event
3-4 September 2008 | Hilton on the Park Melbourne

Who will you hear at AusIntermodal 2008?

  • The Hon Patrick Conlon MP, Minister for Transport, Infrastructure and Energy,
    South Australia

  • The Hon Tim Pallas MP, Minister for Roads and Ports, Victoria

  • The Hon Joseph Tripodi MP, Minister for Ports and Waterways, New South Wales

  • Charles de Trenck, Analyst and Founding Partner, Transport Trackers, Hong Kong

  • Jean Trestour, Head of Maritime Transport Policy, European Commission

    • AusIntermodal 2008

    Lloyd’s List DCN is proud to host The 8th Annual AusIntermodal on the 3rd and 4th of September 2008 at Hilton on the Park, Melbourne. The summit will bring together Government officials, the CEOs of Australia’s major ports, freight operators, shipping lines, rail companies, stevedores, and infrastructure companies to discuss the future of Australian freight.

    View the official agenda and speaker line-up here


    What to expect this year?

    Australia’s buoyant economy, driven largely by thriving exports, depends on continued and accelerated investment in freight transport infrastructure. The Australian Federal and State Governments are spending on transport infrastructure at unprecedented levels. A recent study for the Victorian Government highlights a need to spend $18 billion to improve transport links across Melbourne, which includes a network of intermodal facilities across the city.

    With the launch of Infrastructure Australia, the new Federal Government plans to free up port, road and rail bottlenecks and address the nation’s future infrastructure needs. The National Transport Commission is implementing a national approach to transport policy, and each Minister has been allocated specific responsibilities with regard to developing aspects of the National Transport Policy Framework.

    Over two days, AusIntermodal 2008 will address the most pressing issues of the freight transport sector:

    DAY ONE DAY TWO

    National freight transport plans

    The role of Infrastructure Australia

    Update of the National Transport Policy Framework The Federal

    Government’s intermodal outlook

    Objectives and plans for Port of

    Melbourne and Sydney Ports

    Global shipping outlook

    Conference dinner at MCG

    Solutions for blockages in the supply chain

    Intermodalism in road and rail

    The role of the transport industry in reducing greenhouse gases

    Half day tour of Port of Melbourne