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—OVERVIEW
A firming up of the coal price and continued
diversification on the Hunter Valley network saw
business continue to grow this year. Our network
delivered over 160 million tonnes of export coal
through the Port of Newcastle contributing in
excess of $18 billion to export revenue for the
Australian economy with new record highs for
total coal hauled in a day, a week and a month.
We’re also pleased to have seen a record year for
grain exports through the Port of Newcastle and
we were able to assist our agricultural customers
through delivering efficiency improvements.
We also reached a new approved Hunter Valley
Access Undertaking (HVAU) after an extensive
consultation process. As expected, revenue for
the year was impacted by adjustments due to the
HVAU, largely based on the commercial parameters
regarding rate of return and remaining mine life.
However, by working smarter we’ve saved millions
of dollars and improved productivity while still
being able to deliver a more reliable network for
our customers. These highlights and others are
documented in this section.
—YEAR HIGHLIGHTS
IMPROVING CUSTOMER
SERVICE
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Customers can now run faster
and heavier trains between
Muswellbrook and Turrawan after
the completion of our project to
re-rail and upgrade this section
of track, allowing 30 Tonne Axle
Load services across the entire
Hunter Valley network between
Turrawan and the port.
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Longer and heavier trains can
also be run on a key section of
the Central North West network
after our assessment of existing
infrastructure and through some
clever train planning. This resulted
in a 30 percent increase in
payload on this section.
HUNTER
VALLEY
NETWORK
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