Asciano’s Pacific National Coal haulage business has entered into a new train services contract with natural resources company BHP Billiton Mitsubishi Alliance (BMA).
The contract will provide the support functions of maintenance and daily servicing for the four BMA train sets planned for use in the Goonyella coal system to the BMA owned Hay Point coal terminal.
Asciano will use its newly constructed train support facility at Nebo to provide locomotive and wagon maintenance functions for BMA.
“We are extremely pleased to have signed this long term agreement with BMA and we look forward to the arrival of the first train set in the second half of 2013,” Asciano CEO, John Mullen said.