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ATEC’s vision is to be the largest dedicated rail infrastructure company in Australia
- ATEC has potential below rail projects spanning Northern NSW coupled with regional and coastal areas of Queensland to the value of $2.7bn
- ATEC is seeking to invest in freight terminals connecting its rail projects
Below rail assets are a good long term asset class
- ATEC is only one of three privately owned rail infrastructure players, with the two other below rail entities up for sale
- Government wants more open access regimes divorced of above rail and other conflicts
- ATEC has built its project pipeline and business over a 10 year period in the rail industry
- Rail assets are a strong asset class with both regulated and ‘lightly’ regulated regimes in place, providing a base certainty of cashflows
There is a compelling need for rail infrastructure projects
- The is considerable demand for railway transportation along the east coast of Australia and this is forecast to grow substantially
- The demand is spread across a range of industries and rail and property projects are being actively encouraged by State and Federal Governments, albeit State governments are not prioritising state funds to rail projects, which opens up an opportunity for private investment in rail
ATEC aims to provide strong leverage to the mining and energy sectors
- ATEC’s first State Government mandated project, the railway from Toowoomba to Gladstone, provides strong leverage to the high growth Queensland economy. The main projected use of the Toowoomba to Gladstone railway is coal transportation
- ATEC will now leverage that model to develop further regional rail and bulk commodity rail & intermodal projects. It has already submitted a second unsolicited PPP for the rail corridor from Moree to Toowoomba.
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