Italian rail freight in four-year downturn, the industry writes to prime minister, Giorgia Meloni

The operator said the terminal is designed to increase capacity and improve reliability for services between Perth, Kalgoorlie and the east coast.

The company is routing traffic through Baltic and Romanian ports as transit times fluctuate from one day to up to a week.

The project returns steel scrap from Volvo Cars’ body components plant in Olofström to Salzgitter Flachstahl for remelting and reuse in flat steel production.