Intermodal Logistics and Sustainability

This assignment examines intermodal logistics solutions for addressing challenges in the Southern Highlands region of Sydney, Australia. It emphasizes sustainability by efficiently utilizing land resources. The report analyzes improvements within the Moss Vale enterprise zone, highlighting how these advancements benefit existing logistics operations and contribute to sustainable development aligned with government initiatives.

Report

Contents
Introduction......................................................................................................................................1
Problems of the NSW......................................................................................................................2
Measures for solving the issues of NSW.........................................................................................4
Government Initiatives for the improvement..................................................................................5
Conclusion.......................................................................................................................................7
References........................................................................................................................................8

Introduction
The report is about the supply chain trends issues which are being seen to be faced by the
different retailers and the other operations of the logistics. This includes the positions of the
NSW and how the different studies that are being conducted based on the indication of the ports
with congestion. It includes the congestion of the ports with the other adjoining areas for the
NSW like the Port Botany, Kembla and Jackson. The study is based on handling the capacity of
the materials with the practices of the state which includes the increased cost mainly due to the
congestion and handling the routes on the traffic. The lack of the availability of land in the
Western Sydney has been a major problem for the people which requires the improvement of the
different logistics infrastructure (Spooner et al., 2001). This is the major concern for the study
that is in accordance to the company case study of Qube Holding Ltd., where Kiosk Zara supply
chain operations and the other organisation are facing the similar issues. The case is about the
different issues which are common to the companies. The trends suggest about how Zara is
facing the issues with the declining of the customer quality and the services. The focus of the
report is to handle the different concerns where the relation is to the supplies who tend to breach
the code of conduct with the fast fashion supply chain. The operations of the logistics are
operated in Moore bank in Western Sydney where the potential and the problems of the different
facilities are related to work on the contribution to the infrastructure development with the
market development in the Brookfield infrastructure (Andrew et al., 2000). There are different
issues related to the search and handling the system contribution of the government for a better
improvement and the standards presented with the situations of the logistics issues. The
operational sustainability is based on the different standards and the studies which are conducted
on the different platforms.

Problems of the NSW
As per the research, it has been seen that there are different problems which are being faced by
the Western Sydney and have different issues related to the scattering of the terminal points as
well. The control of the logistics operations of the state and the other guideline standards is for
demand of the materials that are not set in line with the timely supply of the different material. It
has been seen that there is a major lack of the stakeholder attention which affect the companies
that are involved in the functioning of the business (McKeown, 2017). The Government is
working on the different issues with the port operations and the optimised forms of the usages
that are available for the land area. This includes the scope of the rail routing near the port of
Kembla.
As per the analysis, there are companies like Qube Holdings which have been able to take the
initiatives about the intermodal standards at the Moore bank, where the companies are working
over handling the different challenges on the network routing system. This also affects the
interruption of the trading route with the inland passenger rail service that comes from the
Melbourne to Brisbane (King, 2015). The standards are defined to take hold of the company
transhipment of material with the questions about the intermodal terminal services. One needs to
handle the delivery of the open-ended logistics solutions with different objections that have been
by the Liverpool Council and relates to the potential that includes the hazard of the health and
the carbon emissions.
There are companies like the Zara supply chain operations which focus on the breaching effects
with the supply chain practice. The company has been able to take control of the different
products till it has been delivered to the end of the customer. Some of the unethical practices are

related to the operations with the rise in the ethical issues and the needs of the company. The
improvement of the social and the working conditions are considered as the important priority
for the employees (Webb et al., 2015).
Any of the unavailability of the different numbers of the stevedoring companies is also
considered to be the major issues. It is important to take hold of the tenants who are near the area
of the port. This will handle the situations for the companies like Brotherson Dock and Container
Terminals in Australia to work on the different annual demands of the people.
The annual airport terminals are also facing the issues related to the increase in the traffic in the
air with the other route connections that have been in the Wester Sydney Freight line. The
increased level of the cargo operations and the ecommerce development has been the major
issues for the traffic handling (Chojenta et al., 2014). There are different action plans that have
been taken by the government to make sure that the company is able to meet the requirements of
the people.
The long-term planning has been mainly affected by the increased concern that relates to the
different issues of the health and the environment. The government need to focus on the issues
and the problems which includes the lack of the availability of the free land system in NSW.
Hence, for this, there is a need to focus on how the trading routes could be improved with easy
handling of the facilities or the conflicts which are related to the transit of the materials. The
additional route for the rail has been introduced and worked upon the year 2013, by the
government (Higgins et al., 2015).
As per the KPMG model, it has been seen that there are certain issues which are related to the
labour handling as well with the entry of the new trust drivers that tend to increase with the

change in the market pricing. There is a major lack in the handling of cargo systems with the
party logistics operators who add the conditions of the present situation. The skills are based on
upgrading and working over the leadership and management skills with improved operations.
Measures for solving the issues of NSW
To work on the development of the different infrastructure patterns, the companies are coming
with improvement in the operation of the Port of Patrick Port division of Assiano. There are
different solutions to the problem to meet the issues of the higher demands of the logistics along
with the other networking standards (Dahlen et al., 2014). The need is to handle the
augmentation with the focus on the different rail routes and the increased handling of the flowing
operations. The service speed with the other problems are generally related to work on the
intermodal hub system which need to be addressed and handled through the logistics which are
delivered in the southern highland system. The portions are depending upon the regions which
have been able to produce and set a better rail route system with the reduction in the congestion
of the traffic of the road transiting points. It includes the handling of situations related to the
Moor bank and Port Botany. Here, the study is about working over the different amount of the
potential with the connections of the West line M7 with the connections that are done to the
motorway routing of the western Sydney. The Government also need to focus on the tremendous
potential with the roadways that lead to handle the Hume Highway via Wilton. The rail route of
the Port Kembla is seen to be likely less disrupted by the transhipments through the route of the
rail (Dahlen et al., 2014). The access to the Sydney intermodal and the other M7 route could be
found important for the improvement in the services in the logistics hub of Sydney. The linking
routes are generally seen where NSW works on the improvement with the handling of the
transportation through the different types of the route systems of the rail.

There are different issues related to the working and the workforce problems that could easily be
managed and handled through the Transport for the New South Wales (TFNSW) where the
organisation also need to focus on the presentation of the different delivery cycles and then
handling the improvement of the customer services as well. The planning and the transport is
based on working over the logistics and the development that is through the TFL in New South
Wales. The assess is based on the presentation of the requirement with the aid to find the
shortage related to the industrial requirement and transportation.
Zara focus on the presentation of different operations for the logistics which takes hold of the
leveraging factors as well (Vaneckova et al., 2014). Here, the company has been able to make
sure of the different investments with the production and the other facilities of the distribution. It
includes the supply activities and then working over the responsive factors, where Zara includes
the investments for the larger amount of the money and handling the increased speed of the
supply chain operations.
Government Initiatives for the improvement
As per the research, there is a need to focus on the improvement measures which will include not
only the system measures but also include the improvement mainly through the system standards
and the Public private partnership initiatives. The improvement of the supply operations for the
Qube Holdings is based on the setup where the transportation is mainly done through the
intermodal transport where the connections are for the Pot Botany with the Suburbs of South
Australia. The project is not aimed for the location of the imports and the exports rather the
selection is based on the improvement of the trading route of the NSW. (Juraskova et al., 2013)
There are different forms where the site selection is done with building all the important

requirements that will lead to the improvement of the failing demands. The improvement of the
logistics operations and then working over the proposed intermodal measures is important as per
the chairman of Qube logistics Maurice James. Here, NSW also need to focus on the major
impacts with the facilitations that are based on handling the route of the transport from the
Moore bank to the port of Botany. The site selection for the building of the different logistics is
found to be primarily more than 240 hectares of the free land. The development and the storage
with the supply chain operations is based on the issues which relate to the warehouse manager
and the tenants who will be able to suffice a demand for the better services. To meet the demands
of the present scenario, the focus is on handling the failure of the demands of any rail route
service along with aiming to improve the different operations of the logistics. The tenants of the
warehouse and the other logical operators need to work on the improvement of the situations
from the proposed intermodal project. The NSW Government has been able to fund the project
with $250 Million in the time of the 5 years with the focus that included the category of the
different open access regimes with better policies for the pricing (Vaneckova et al., 2014).
The Government has been able to take the initiatives that include the different third-party
operators with the opportunity to easy access the Moore bank. The mechanism is based on
ensuring all the policies of the government and making sure of the processes to handle the gain
through a proper setup of the intermodal standards. The benefits are not only observed but
involves the distribution of the logistics services through the handling of the railway services
which is set in cooperation to the other models of the facilities for the transport.
There are different initiatives which include the development with easy specialisation of the
grain product handling. The state government has been also able to focus on the refined formats

with the operations that include the details of the Intermodal logistics centre along with handling
the terminals of the rail, and Port Botany.
There are different issues related to the government action plans with the suggestion by the
Government that aim to expand and work on the terminal spacing of the Jackson port. The aim is
to build the new port facility at Botany with easy carrying out of the dredging activity with
accommodation to the increased demands. The Government initiatives works on the new road
terminal points with the improvement of the container operations that are set at the port Botany.
The Government need to focus of the expansion with the handling of the different limited
distributed operations (Higgins et al., 2015). There are initiatives that are based with the
Government like the incorporation of the Warfare at Port will promote the growth with
international tourism along with the operations of the supply chain development.
Conclusion
According to the extensive analysis and the patterns, Qube Holdings and Zara is working on the
handling of the rail networks with easy congestion processes that are done in NSW. With this,
there other tools that related to the implementation to improve the efficiency of the present
situation. The Public Private partnership has been able to involve the solutions to address the
issues which are related to the intermodal logistics. The report focusses on the sustainability with
the easy and the proper utilisation of the resources of land. The logistics centre with the Southern
Highlands of the southern Sydney, where the Government initiatives also focus on the
sustainability for the operational development (Dahlen et al., 2014). There is different analysis
with the improvement in the Moss Vale enterprise zone that will lead to the beneficiary standards
and facilitating the current logistics operations.

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