LINX Cargo Care Group comprises five separate businesses - LINX, Autocare Services, C3, Pedersen Group and GeelongPort. This group of businesses was formerly known as Patrick Bulk and Automotive Port Services prior to the sale of the BAPS assets to a Brookfield Asset Management led consortium as part of the $9.05 billion Asciano Limited transaction in August 2016. BAPS was rebranded as LINX Cargo Care Group following the Asciano transaction. Patrick Bulk Port Services, part of the BAPS business, was rebranded LINX. Patrick Autocare was re-branded Autocare Services. C3 and GeelongPort maintained their branding post-transaction. LINX Cargo Care Group acquired Pedersen Group in August 2018. LINX, Autocare Services, Pedersen Group and C3 are wholly owned entities of LINX Cargo Care Group, while GeelongPort is a joint venture.
Business Units
LINX Cargo Care Group comprises LINX, Autocare Services, C3, Pedersen Group and GeelongPort.
Linx
The LINX business provides road transport and rail services, stevedoring services and bulk storage and handling solutions.
Autocare Services
Autocare operates a national network of finished vehicle logistics and related services across every Australian state and the Northern Territory, handling and processing more than 500,000 vehicles annually and employing more than 800 personnel. Autocare was founded in 1961, acquired by Patrick in 1996 and is now part of LINX Cargo Care Group following the completion of the Asciano transaction in August 2016.
C3 specialises in forestry and logistics in Australia and New Zealand, handling more than 16 million tonnes of cargo annually, including paper products, pulp, steel, wood processed products, and bulk cargo such as fertiliser, general cargo and logs.
Pedersen Group
LINX Cargo Care Group, and its subsidiary C3 Limited, announced 24 July 2018 that it was successful in its bid to acquire Pedersen Group, a market leading provider of wood chipping and woodyard management services to pulp and paper mills, and forest owners in Australia and New Zealand. Pedersen Group handles over 8.3 million tonnes per annum of wood fibre across its operations, in the form of logs, wood chip and hog fuel. The company employs 140 people across Australia and New Zealand and has an existing joint venture with C3 Limited, which provides wood yard management services to customers. The purchase agreement was finalised in August 2018.
On 20 February 2018, NSW Ports announced that LINX Cargo Care Group had been successful in its bid to takeover the Enfield Intermodal Terminal in Western Sydney from Aurizon. Linx Cargo Care Group leases and operates the NSW Ports-owned intermodal terminal located 18 kilometres from Port Botany. Enfield's location is a strategic staging ground for container imports from Port Botany and exports from regional New South Wales. As of March 2018, LINX was working with NSW Ports and Goodman Group to support the development of a freight hub on the land surrounding the Enfield Intermodal Terminal. On 2 April 2018, LINX Rail commenced operating rail services from Port Botany via the Enfield Intermodal Terminal to Toll Holdings' Carrington terminal after purchasing two G class locomotives and 34 container wagons from Aurizon. These are assisted by hired in CFCL Australia traction as required.
