Efficiency-focused freight management group Coda is on the move again, adding rail to its Savill Drive hub in Auckland.
Coda – formed as a joint venture between Ports of Tauranga and Kotahi – itself a partnership between Silver Fern Farms and Fonterra – was created to increase efficiency in the national supply chain.
Chief executive Scott Brownlee, who previously ran transport and logistics specialists DTL, says the expansion at Savill Drive turns it into one of the country’s biggest intermodal freight hubs
“Achieving rail connectivity at Savill Drive is a key milestone in the development of a more efficient transport network for the North Island,” said the former Olympic Rower.
“Traditionally separate, these three flows of cargo will now come together for the first time in one place and link to multiple transport modes including road, rail and coastal shipping,.
“The intermodal freight hub and supporting network also increases the landside logistics capability required to service larger ships that will soon visit New Zealand.”
The access to rail was possible with the development of a new 10,000 sqm intermodal yard.
Work will soon start on a 4,950 sqm warehouse extension and a 6,500 sqm freight canopy with a second rail siding.
Brownlee said the Coda intermodal freight hub will provide a consolidation point to bring together export, import and domestic cargo flows into one single location.
