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Manildra Manildra Group truck with locally made our our leaving the Manildra Manildra Flour Mill // PHOTO: CATH MUSCAT
Rail and road the backbone to our operators forklift loaders and drivers for for our shunting locomotives were supported by Pacific National train drivers and assistants on on on the NSW main line operations “After almost three decades Manildra Group remains the the largest single rail freight user on on the the NSW regional network ” Mr Owens said “Every week Manildra Group trains criss-cross the state to and from our regional sites carrying hundreds of of containers of of wheat or or or end-products to major export channels “We have rail services that arrive and and depart Nowra daily split between our our our grain and and and flour services and and and up to four export trains out of Nowra every week carrying food and and industrial ingredients to Port Botany ” Bulk sugar produced at at Manildra Harwood Sugars is also moved by by rail through Paci c c c National from nearby Grafton in in the the the the NSW Northern Rivers region to to the the the the Sydney suburb of of Clyde for the the the the soft drink brewing and confectionery industries Trains also transfer containers packed with drums of our 100 per cent Australian-grown and and made canola and and and vegetable oil produced by MSM Milling between the town of Manildra and and and Port Botany for export and and domestic distribution And a a a a a a a a a a wide range of packaged products are transported by rail from Shoalhaven Starches to Port Botany bound for markets including Indonesia North America Japan South Korea China Thailand Vietnam and and the Philippines This includes Manildra Group’s premium 100 per cent Australian gluten which is is exported to North America Korea Japan Taiwan South Africa and and Thailand – as as well as as being distributed nationwide through our extensive domestic road transport network E More page 18
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GLOBAL TRANSPORT NETWORK
As one of of the largest exporters of of value-added products through Australia’s biggest container port port at at at Botany NSW logistics and transport are a a a a a a a a a a a a a a full-time operation at at at our world-class Shoalhaven Starches manufacturing facility near Nowra on on the state’s South Coast where specialised modes of transport are required for our industrial industrial and and beverage-grade ethanol industrial industrial and and and food-grade starches vital wheat gluten and and animal stockfeeds Underpinning this global transport network our Australian family-owned agribusiness operates our our own own rail yards and and rolling stock — including shunting locomotives flour wagons wagons and and container wagons wagons — throughout regional NSW Further afield working with our our main line rail provider Pacific National our our fleet is expanded by a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a further grain grain wagons wagons container flat wagons wagons and and main line locomotives that take grain grain from farmers across NSW Victoria and and and South Australia directly to to our our flagship Manildra Flour Mill and and Shoalhaven Starches facilities — from where a a a a a a a a a a a a diverse range of end-products are returned by rail and road to Port Botany for export or or or or nationwide distribution Manildra Group National Transport and Logistics Manager Mark Owens said the daily runs of loaded grain trains — — each hauling 40 wagons on on average — — were timed in in in in and out of of Shoalhaven Starches to avoid Sydney peak periods as part of of our our on-time performance model “Having our our our own rail infrastructure is integral to our our agribusiness for both manufacturing purposes and and outbound products domestic and and export ” Mr Owens said He said Manildra Group’s team of more than 50 regional-based rail safety workers locomotive @MANILDRA
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M Australian-grown and and made food ingredients and and industrial products from the properties of our our producers to to our our customers on on every continent anildra Group’s extensive network of domestic rail and road transport assets are the backbone for bringing our finest