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Tuesday, 1 July 2014

MEDIA RELEASE
MI NI STER FOR PORTS OPENS MAERSK SHI PPI NG LI NE
NEW CONTAI NER DEPOT AT SALTA PROPERTI ES NEXUS I NDUSTRI AL ESTATE

Victorian Minister for Ports and Major Projects, the Hon. David Hodgett MP officially opened international shipping
giant, MAERSK LINEs new state-of-the-art container depot at Nexus Industrial Estate in Altona today.

Through taking over a 5ha facility, MAERSK LINE has become the anchor tenant at Salta Properties 40ha Nexus
Industrial Intermodal Terminal at Altona.

Salta Properties Executive Chairman, Sam Tarascio Snr said the new MAERSK LINE facility sets a benchmark for
container parks.

Salta Properties welcomes MAERSK LINE to Nexus Industrial and has valued the opportunity to work with the
international shipping line to develop an innovative solution to its business operations.

The wider community will also benefit from MAERSK LINE shifting to Nexus Industrial in Altona from its previous
site at Francis Street in Yarraville where traffic congestion has been an issue, said Mr Tarascio.

Salta Properties welcomed the Federal & State Governments recent contribution for the establishment of Port Rail
Shuttle Services and looks forward to the introduction of an improved containerised freight transport system
throughout Melbourne by connecting the port to major Metropolitan Intermodal Terminals by rail.

Nicolaj Noes, Managing Director MAERSK LINE, Australia and Papua New Guinea said that successful logistical
solutions are holistic solutions and that is what MAERSK has achieved at Nexus Industrial, creating a solution that
offers a platform for productivity gains for Melbourne based importers and exporters, superior turn times and access
for the transportation community.

It presents a future proof platform for a continued optimisation of metropolitan rail solutions, a safe and inspiring
work environment for the team on the ground and it is a location chosen with due consideration ensuring no
disruption to the local community.

Nexus Industrial in Altona is a new standard in depot operation in Melbourne that is future proofed while offering
immediate value, said Mr Noes.

MAERSK LINEs Container Depot houses a 20,000 litre container wash bay facility with a state-of-the-art first-flush
diversion water treatment system; a provision to pre-trip up to 180 TEU refrigerated containers prior to
distribution; a 2,500sqm container repair workshop facility plus a 1,500sqm container survey area; and a sealed yard
of 43,000 sqm.





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Anthony Randell, Operations and Customer Service Manager, MAERSK LINE Australia explains that MAERSK has
been able to configure the layout of the depot ensuring it optimises the space available, which in turn allows the
firm to cater for future volume growth in the area.

The new depot will also ensure we are more efficient in our container handling helping reduce truck and fork lift
miles inside the depot which equates to improvement in truck turn times.

We believe that we now have the most sophisticated and technologically advanced container depot set up in
Australia, said Mr Randell.

Salta Properties is developing two Nexus Industrial Intermodal Terminals, one in Altona and the second is a larger
180ha site at Dandenong South, which will open in the coming months when anchor tenant, Bunnings opens its new
45,000sqm Distribution Centre.

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