FREIGHT
transport
INFRASTRUCTURE

IPG's primary endeavour is known as Project Velocity — a privately financed, fully integrated port-to-rail-to-inland logistics system designed to transform Gladstone and the regional economy. Working closely with local landowners and stakeholders across all levels of government, Project Velocity is seeking to utilise proven and aligned capability to expand Australia's eastern seaboard container capacity without transferring congestion, cost or operational risk to surrounding communities.

IPG's rail-first, demand led operating model is designed to deliver high berth productivity, safe and consistent operations, and low on wharf container dwell times. By structurally decoupling landside logistics from waterfront operations, the model improves throughput reliability and reduces variability for shipping lines.

It does this while providing an alternative east coast container gateway that strengthens national supply chain resilience and disaster recovery capability. This approach unlocks untapped regional freight potential across agriculture, mining, manufacturing, and energy precincts, lowering logistics costs for exporters and importers and improving the competitiveness of Central Queensland supply chains.

Australian ports are facing long-term structural challenges in container capacity, driven by growing freight volumes, larger vessel sizes, labour constraints and infrastructure that is increasingly operating at or near design limits. Forecast growth of more than three million TEU on the east coast over the next decade will place further pressure on existing port, rail and road networks unless new, structurally integrated capacity is developed.