The contract covers bus and minibus transportation of employees at the liquefied natural gas (LNG) plant near Darwin in the Northern Territory. Buslink VIVO will deploy a fleet of more than 100 buses to serve the site at maximum capacity, estimated to be annual production of 8.4 million tons of LNG in 2017.
The Group won the contract through a tender based on the quality of its offer, its experience on similar projects and the establishment of the partnership.
Veolia Transdev, present in Australia / New Zealand for 15 years and the third largest operator of urban buses, has grown more than 25% over the past two years as a result of recent contract wins in Sydney, Perth and Auckland.
The Group currently manages several modes including: bus networks in Sydney, Brisbane and Perth, suburban trains in Auckland and ferries in Brisbane and in Sydney, where the Group also manages monorail and tramway services. It also provides transportation of employees for industrial clients under its Vivo Connect brand. Veolia Transdev transports approximately 71 million passengers annually, with a fleet of approximately 1,200 vehicles, managed by more than 3,000 employees.
A propos de Veolia Transdev
Born out of the merger of Veolia Transport and Transdev, a subsidiary of Veolia Environment and Caisse des Dépôts, Veolia Transdev is the world’s leading public transport operator.
Veolia Transdev advises and supports regional authorities, from the pre-project stage to the daily operation of public transport networks, including project management assistance. With 102,000 staff in 27 countries, the group operates 60,000 vehicles and 25 tram systems. In 2010, Veolia Transport generated turnover of 7.8 billion euros.