The company’s mandate is centred on the strategic value of port infrastructure in providing access to international markets. IPL is of the view that there is a significant infrastructure investment shortfall that has been compounded over the last twenty years, constraining new entrants into the market and increasing the costs of passing coal through Australia’s port infrastructure. As a consequence, demand for Australia’s coal exports has outstripped supply allowing other coal producing nations to meet some of the overflow.
Principally focused on the coal sector in the eastern seaboard, IPL is currently developing a number of opportunities in ports with strategic investors to improve existing access and to provide opportunities for new mine promoters to obtain access to port capacity.
The leadership of the company has deep knowledge of the sector and has been responsible for the management of and construction of major port facilities in Australia and abroad. These skills provide IPL with a competitive advantage in terms of the design and efficiency from a cost to develop perspective and operational excellence.
