Asciano Group is an Australia-based company. The Company is engaged in the ownership and management of ports and rail assets, and associated operations and services. Asciano Group comprises Asciano Limited and its controlled entities, including Asciano Finance Trust. Asciano Group operates through four segments. The Coal segment consists of the rail haulage of coal from coalfield to port for export and to domestic steelworks. The Intermodal segment consists of rail freight haulage across mainline interstate rail networks. The Auto, Bulk and General segment consists of stevedoring operations, bulk port operations, port-related services and infrastructure management. The Container Ports segment consists of ship-to-door logistics operations involving all shipping container terminal, port logistic, rail, road and metro haulage activities. The responsible entity for Asciano Finance Trust is Permanent Investment Management Limited.