PROJECTS

Rolling Stock Replacement and Expansion

MARKET RAIL  |  SECTOR MINING

Origin(s)

London, ON, Canada 
Muncie, IN, USA

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Destination(s)

Customer Rail Yard,

Port Hedland, Australia

Project

Rolling Stock Replacement and Expansion

Equipment

Over 90 x heavy haul locomotives

Total Volume

35,000+ cbm

Total Weight

18,000+ mt

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Heaviest Lift

200 mt

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Year

2010 – current

PROJECT OVERVIEW

Westlink managed the full end-to-end logistics management for the delivery of new locomotives from various factory locations in Canada and USA to landing the locomotives on track in Port Hedland, Western Australia.

SCOPE

• Pre-shipment quarantine inspection and cleaning of locomotives

• Rail haulage – locomotive factories in Canada and USA to Port of Norfolk

• Heavy Lift Vessel (HLV) – Norfolk, USA to Port Hedland, Australia

• Heavy haulage – from vessel hook to customer’s Port Hedland rail yard

• Craneage – lifting and landing of locomotives from heavy haul trailers to rail head

Mining Specific Logistics

HIGHLIGHTS

• Zero LTIs

• Over 90 locomotives

• 50 locomotives delivered in consecutive shipments for one major project

• Over 10 years of service

• Used/reconditioned and new locomotive deliveries

• Heavy lifting and haulage – each locomotive weighing 200 metric ton (mt) each

• Site management including rail network control

• Holistic logistics management from locomotive factory to rail yard

GALLERY