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SCT Logistics

SCT Logistics
Industry Logistics
Founded 1974
Founder Peter Smith
Headquarters Altona
Parent Smith family
Website www.sctlogistics.com.au

SCT Logistics (Specialised Container Transport) is an Australian interstate transport company operating rail and road haulage, with facilities in Brisbane, Sydney, Parkes, Melbourne, Adelaide and Perth. The company was founded in 1974.

In the mid 1990s National Rail decided to discontinue the use of refrigerated vans, louvred vans, and boxcars on its trains. At the same time, Australia's rail network was being opened up to enable private operators the use of publicly owned railway track.

SCT had a customer base who wished to retain their use, so a number of surplus covered wagons were acquired, and hook and pull agreements were agreed with V/Line Freight (Melbourne to Adelaide) and Australian National (Adelaide to Perth) to haul the trains. In July 1995 SCT began operating a weekly service from Melbourne to Perth. The initial terminals for the service were at Dynon in Melbourne, Keswick in Adelaide and Kewdale in Perth. These were later replaced by purpose built facilities at Laverton North, Penfield and Forrestfield.

In October 2000 Freight Australia was awarded a contract to haul the services from Melbourne through to Perth with G class locomotives and specially equipped fuel tankers to replenish on the move. Crew vans were also introduced, for the accommodation of train crew on the long journey across the Nullarbor Plain. The company also owned and operated its own locomotives for shunting wagons in its terminals. In November 2006 SCT commenced running trains from a new terminal in Parkes, New South Wales to Perth.


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