Challenges and Strategies for Qube Logistics in New South Wales

Qube Logistics
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Table of Contents
Introduction......................................................................................................................................3
Features of Qube Logistics in New South Wales............................................................................3
Problems faced by the Logistics Network.......................................................................................4
Multi-Modal Transport Access........................................................................................................4
Conflict of Inland Depot..................................................................................................................5
Asset Privatization and Recycling...................................................................................................5
Commodity Market Downturn........................................................................................................6
Risk of Acquisition..........................................................................................................................6
Weather Conditions.........................................................................................................................6
Logistics Management Strategy......................................................................................................6
Strategies for solving the problems.................................................................................................7
Steps that the government need to take...........................................................................................9
Recommendation...........................................................................................................................10
Conclusion.....................................................................................................................................10
Reference list.................................................................................................................................11
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Introduction
The largest export/import service provider in logistics, functioning in the Australian market is
Qube, which was founded in 2010. The Qube logistics is a part of the organization, which
provides several services namely road and rail, container parks, transport and distribution,
warehousing and others; if these services are not provided individually it will fail to meet the
needs of the customers (Qube, 2018). Over the last four years, this organization has expanded
much and became the largest logistics service provider in Australia. The logistics of Qube
contributes approximately 45 % of the total revenue of the country. It has massive control over
the road and rail transportation services of the containers. Bulk and Port contributes about 50 %,
which embarks on stevedoring. The components of Strategic Assets are tactical land holdings in
Sydney and it chips in about 5 % of the total earnings (Qube, 2018).
Qube logistics of the New South Wales (NSW) is functioning in:
- Port Botany Empty Park
- Macarthur Intermodal Terminal
- Port Botany Freight Terminal
- Yennora Intermodal Terminal
Features of Qube Logistics in New South Wales
The New South Wales Qube Logistics is considered as the largest export and import service
provider of logistics in the region. The Qube follows a strategy, according to which integration
of the small companies along with the domestic logistics can create and consolidate another
efficient and effective organization. According to the records, in the past few years, Qube has
added several other companies to its own networks and thus undergone acquisitions in order to
become more efficient among other companies. Qube offers heavy competition to other
companies in the current market (Black et al., 2018).
- Qube is the parent company and it is functioning throughout the nation
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- It functions in the Warehousing, Freight Depots, Empty container parks and others
- The size of the rail fleet is around 750 wagons and 65 locos
- Qube has the largest network of rail terminals in the New South Wales
- Around 320,000 TEU is passed by Port Botany per annum on rail
- Qube also possesses a quality management team
- Under the services of supply chain management, Qube has around 17 % generation of revenue
from the retail goods
- Value of the customers is generated with the help of reliability and high-speed delivery
Problems faced by the Logistics Network
Although the Qube logistics has achieved a lot of success in the industry, but the market in which
the organization functions, is highly competitive and unpredictable. Several numbers of factors
affect the logistics industry that lie outside or within the organization and challenges the efficient
functioning of the company (Christopher, 2016). In the current times, the NSW logistics is also
facing several issues such as strategies and national policies. Some of the issues are caused due
to regional planning, development policies and regulations, regional planning of transport,
strategies of state transport and costs involved in the infrastructure. In the past years, issue of
different policies led to several problems that affected the logistics supply chain either directly or
indirectly. Some of these issues are evident and require taking proper actions (Rodrigue and
Notteboom, 2017).
Multi-Modal Transport Access
The relocation of port activities from Port Jackson to Port Botany has led to modification in the
containers of modal split that move across the port. The design of Port Botany was such that the
transportation in that region was done with the help of trucks (Litman, 2017). The containers that
were carried to Port Jackson by rail were in turn shifted to the trucks to be further carried to Port
Botany. After this, the trucks loaded with the containers were directed to take the route through
Rockdale to head westwards as all other routes were inconvenient and blocked due to heavy
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