Western Sydney Aerotropolis: 300 hectare Integrated Logistics Hub to be built at airport
A specialist hub to ship Australian products across the globe in under 36 hours has been earmarked to neighbour the Western Sydney Airport. SEE THE PLANS FOR THE CENTRE HERE.
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Western Sydney will be home to a logistics hub the size of 560 football fields proposed to neighbour the Western Sydney Airport, providing a “new global gateway” to freight Australian products across the world.
A report released exclusively to NewsLocal revealed the State Government’s intention for the world-class Integrated Logistics Hub, which is being touted as a safe, secure and seamless way for “speed-to-market delivery of products”.
Western Sydney and Jobs Minister Stuart Ayres said the new state-of-the-art facility would be built by the time the first flights take off from the Western Sydney International Airport in 2026.
“The combination of an Integrated Logistics Hub in the Aerotropolis with the recently announced Mamre Road freight precinct and the St Marys Intermodal will turn Western Sydney into a global logistics powerhouse,” Mr Ayres said. “The hub in the Aerotropolis will be a crucial link for freight into the new airport and will be one of the pillars which underpins the success of the Agribusiness Precinct and the Aerotropolis more broadly.”
Mr Ayres said a 300-hectare site would be needed to ensure the facility was big enough to handle future demand.
“We are doing our homework to make sure we get this facility right because it is ultimately what will make it possible for produce to be exported from a Western Sydney paddock to an international plate in under 36 hours,” He told NewsLocal.
“The next step will be the creation of a delivery strategy for an Integrated Logistics Hub which will enable the safe, secure and seamless movement of products through the airside operations at the neighbouring Western Sydney International Airport.
The Western City and Aerotropolis Authority commissioned the scoping study alongside Deloitte into the multibillion-dollar hub to identify the location, scale and opportunities of the Integrated Logistics Hub.
“The ILH has the potential to provide the Western Sydney community, and already established businesses, with further jobs growth in support of the target for 200,000 jobs identified in the Western Sydney City Deal,” a Deloitte spokesman said.
“Through the stakeholder engagement process industry and supply chains told us, that to improve the global competitiveness of Australian businesses they need improved connectivity between local producers and manufacturers and overseas markets — particularly in South East Asia, proximity to the airside operations, technology to help support supply chains and connectivity to the rest of the network, including importantly to Sydney existing Kingsford Smith Airport.”
The study found products such as chemicals and pharmaceuticals, commodities, food and drink, clothing, technology and vehicles could be shipped from the logistics hub at Western Sydney Aerotropolis to the world.