[vc_row full_width=”stretch_row_content” content_placement=”middle” css_animation=”fadeIn” css=”.vc_custom_1558913062224{margin-top: 100px !important;padding-right: 80px !important;padding-left: 80px !important;}”][vc_column css_animation=”none”][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1558913368614{margin-bottom: 0px !important;}” el_class=”font-24 blue-highlight font-uppercase”]Freight & Logistics[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1558913379381{margin-bottom: 15px !important;}”]
R J Lincoln
[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_section full_width=”stretch_row” css=”.vc_custom_1558048027878{margin-top: 30px !important;margin-bottom: 100px !important;}” el_id=”contentsection”][vc_row full_width=”stretch_row_content” gap=”35″ css=”.vc_custom_1558048131408{margin-bottom: 50px !important;}”][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1558913386693{margin-bottom: 20px !important;}” el_class=”font-30″]Tokoroa’s central location and proximity to the ports of Tauranga and Auckland means it has always had big potential as a logistics and distribution hub. [/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1558913401089{margin-bottom: 20px !important;}”]A few years ago, a couple of local businesspeople decided to take that potential to the next level.[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1558913416182{margin-bottom: 20px !important;}”]Raymond Lincoln and Gavin O’Donoghue run R J Lincoln, a Tokoroa-based freighting and logistics company. With over 60 years combined experience in transport, they clearly saw how Tokoroa could provide local businesses with easy access to domestic and international markets without the high cost of being located in the major cities.[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1558913424822{margin-bottom: 30px !important;}”]All it required was some smart thinking and investment in infrastructure.[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1558913432073{margin-bottom: 30px !important;}”]Together with the South Waikato District Council they spearheaded the Tokoroa Road Rail Terminal.
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Public-Private partnership gets results
[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1558913461156{margin-bottom: 20px !important;}”]The Council faciliated relationships with other key stakeholders including KiwiRail and the New Zealand Transport Agency. The organisations worked closely together to streamline the whole operation and proved that public-private partnerships are not only achievable, but far superior to working in isolation.
[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1558913469093{margin-bottom: 20px !important;}”]The Tokoroa Road Rail Terminal was offically opened in 2015. Within just six months of becoming operational, the line had seen over 2000 containers pass through it.[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1558913473632{margin-bottom: 20px !important;}”]“The Tokoroa Road Rail Terminal is a modern logistics solution that ticks all the boxes for exporters and importers,” Gavin O’Donoghue says. “It doesn’t add cost to anyone’s operation, and in some cases it saves costs. It definitely saves time and money in efficiencies. ” [/vc_column_text][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_single_image image=”786″ img_size=”full” image_hovers=”false” css=”.vc_custom_1561613444726{margin-bottom: 30px !important;}”][/vc_column][/vc_row][/vc_section][vc_section disable_element=”yes” css=”.vc_custom_1579474252139{margin-top: 100px !important;margin-bottom: 100px !important;}” el_id=”contactus”][vc_row full_width=”stretch_row_content” equal_height=”yes” content_placement=”top” el_id=”contactus” css=”.vc_custom_1552109065026{margin-top: 100px !important;margin-bottom: 100px !important;}”][vc_column width=”1/3″][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1552464792885{margin-bottom: 15px !important;}”]
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