Concerns international shippers are undercutting transcontinental rail

Andrew Miller
Updated August 3 2020 - 9:37pm, first published August 2 2020 - 5:30pm
RAIL CONCERNS: The managing director of SCT Logistics, Geoff Smith, says the company is increasingly concerned about the impact of international coastal shipping on rail freight.
RAIL CONCERNS: The managing director of SCT Logistics, Geoff Smith, says the company is increasingly concerned about the impact of international coastal shipping on rail freight.

Australia's largest private rail freight operator has warned the sector is in danger of being "disadvantaged "out of existence, due to growing competition from foreign ships.

Andrew Miller

Andrew Miller

Journalist

I'm a general reporter with Stock & Land, with a special interest in irrigation issues. I completed my cadetship, with the Age, in 1980. Over my career, I've worked for ABC radio news (Mt Isa, Qld) and at provincial and suburban newspapers.

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