Farmers in NSW and Queensland are calling it the worst drought in living memory. A week ago the NSW government said “100 per cent” of the state is now in drought with a quarter of the state in intense drought.

In response, 22 hay-loaded road trains headed east on Monday morning. They’re travelling towards Ceduna through to Port Augusta before stopping in Condoblin NSW. The hay was purchased through charitable donations from Australia and around the world.

Centurion’s Executive General Manager Operations West, Gary Nurick says the company was glad to be able to support the initiative.

“We were amazed by the relief operation organised by the Rapid Relief Team [RRT] in less than a week. A few of our drivers were quick to volunteer their time and they’ve done a fantastic job of supporting the effort to help out the farmers who are going through a tough time at the moment.”

Drivers Barrie Chilton and Peter Jewell both have a link to the farming community. “I’ve been involved with agriculture before and I know how hard it can be” said Peter. “Barrie also used to be a farmer so he knows first-hand what it’s like so we both were happy to volunteer.”

Barrie has been blown away by the support they’ve received along the journey.

“Everyone’s on the radio saying good job, people are waving and flashing their lights,” he said.

“We’re thankful to everyone along the way who’s helped us out and fed us. The RRT has run it really well, it’s been a great effort by everyone involved,” added Barrie.

The convoy is due to arrive on Friday. It will be distributed to farmers in Condoblin, Tullamore, Tottenham, Nymagee, and Lake Cargelligo and used to feed approximately 1000 cows or 20,000 sheep for 20 weeks.

The trucks are currently in Port Augusta.

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Centurion’s Adelaide team was recently involved in a major logistical effort transporting an 8.3 metre wide and 32 metre long  ESP support frame from Edinburgh to Olympic Dam.

Safety was the number one priority for the heavy haulage logistics effort and so daybreak saw a Toolbox meeting conducted for all people involved including breath testing. The journey on day one involved two police escorts and three pilots for the entire trip. Centurion’s Freight Liner prime mover, six line extendible platform low loader trailer and cargo weighed in at more than 100 tonnes. The initial 11 kilometre movement took three hours as the load negotiated roundabouts while tree trimming and traffic sign removal was required. Another challenge occurred at Rocky River with traffic stopped in both directions in order to get the 8.3 metre wide load across the narrow 8.3 metre wide bridge.

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293 kilometres and 11 hours after departure the crew arrived in Port Augusta at sunset. The journey continued the next day with the load departing at sunrise and arriving in Olympic Dam just before 2pm. South Australian police stated that Centurion’s logistics effort was one of best moves they had been involved with and the professionalism of all parties resulted in a totally smooth operation.

Centurion South Australia State Manager Brad Busch said he was impressed with how the operation unfolded and the commitment and focus shown by everyone involved.

“This was an exciting and challenging exercise. The great result shows Centurion’s capacity to take on further specialised transport work and our commitment to finding a flexible solution for our customers,” he said.

Centurion has extensive experience in transport and logistics, particularly heavy haulage and following the recent expansion into the Queensland and South Australian markets, this successful operation demonstrates Centurion’s ability to perform not only in Western Australia but nationwide.

Centurion now has distribution centres in Adelaide, Mackay, Emerald and Brisbane as well as 10 branches throughout Western Australia and the Northern Territory.

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The partnership brings together Ramco’s technical expertise with Centurion’s supply chain and logistics capability.

As part of the partnership a new semi-automated pipe care unit (PCU3) has been commissioned by Ramco at Centurion’s new Gap Ridge facility in Karratha.

The PCU Type 3 is a state of the art internal and external cleaning and treatment of Oil & gas tubular for the industry.

The plant is considered to be the only automated plant of its type in Australia leading to improved cleaning, significant efficiencies during processing and costs reductions.

The PCU Type 3 will be operated by Ramco while Centurion will look after transport logistics, handling and supply base capability for the pipe.

Centurion Executive General Manager Justin Cardaci said the partnership was a unique opportunity for both companies.

“This is an exciting venture for Centurion because it allows us to combine our business’ core capabilities with Ramco’s technical expertise to produce what we believe is a safer, low cost, more efficient and higher quality way of processing OCTG pipe.

“This is at a time when oil and gas companies are looking to markedly reduce their costs,” Mr Cardaci said.

Ramco CEO Derek Smith said the strategic partnership was a perfect platform for Ramco to enter the Australian market.

“We bring 30 years’ worth of international experience to this partnership as well as state of the art technology, having processed and inspected more than 6 million joints worldwide”.

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