Resource library

Freightline 4—Australian coal freight transport

The Freightline series is intended to provide information on interregional freight movements across Australia, filling a major gap in Australian transport-related data and information, to help better inform and support …

Release date: 2 September 2016

Information Sheet

Traffic on the national road network, 2013–14

This Information Sheet presents 2013–14 road traffic volumes across the Australian National Land Transport Network (NLTN)–the integrated network of land transport linkages of strategic national importance. It is an upda…

Release date: 2 September 2016

Research Report

Why short-haul intermodal rail services succeed

The shipping container has revolutionised freight transport over the last half-century but its success is bringing challenges, not least in landside container movements. Port-induced road traffic congestion impacts on p…

Release date: 2 March 2016

Statistics

Freightline 3—Australia sugar freight transport

The Freightline series is intended to provide information on interregional freight movements across Australia, filling a major gap in Australian transport-related data and information, to help better inform and support …

Release date: 2 December 2015

Statistics

Waterline 57—December 2015

Waterline reports on trends in (a) throughput, (b) container handling productivity and (c) the cost of importing and exporting containers through Australia's five major container ports. It covers container exchange with…

Release date: 2 December 2015

Statistics

Trainline 3

Trainline 3 is a collaborative compendium between the Australasian Railway Association (ARA) and BITRE, providing insights, analysis, and an understanding of the Australian freight and passenger railway industry.Austral…

Release date: 2 November 2015

Statistics

Australian Sea Freight 2013–14

This report provides information on sea freight movements, vessel activity, the use of coastal trading licences, and the size and composition of the Australian trading fleet.

Release date: 2 October 2015

Statistics

Waterline 56—May 2015

Waterline provides the latest data on (a) throughput, (b) container handling productivity (both wharf-side and land-side), and (c) the cost of importing and exporting containers. It covers both the unloading of containe…

Release date: 2 May 2015

Information Sheet

Changes in Australia's industry structure: cities and regions, 2006–2011

This Information Sheet identifies recent trends (2006 to 2011) in employment by various industries for regional areas, capital cities and non-capital cities. It updates BITRE's previous Information Sheet 32, which focus…

Release date: 2 January 2015

Statistics

Waterline 55—January 2015

Waterline reports on trends in (a) throughput, (b) container handling productivity on the waterfront and the land side of ports in Australia, and (c) the cost of importing and exporting containers via five container por…

Release date: 2 January 2015

Research Report

Containerised and non-containerised trade through Australian ports to 2032–33

This report presents 20-year forecasts of exports and imports of containerised and non-containerised freight and sea passenger movements through Australia's five largest capital city ports and, in aggregation, all other…

Release date: 2 December 2014

Research Report

A study of the potential for dedicated freight infrastructure in Australia

The National Ports Strategy was developed by Infrastructure Australia (IA) and the National Transport Commission (NTC) in 2010 at the request of the Council of Australian Governments (COAG). Recommendation 3.10 of th…

Release date: 2 December 2014

Information Sheet

Major transport employment hubs

This Information Sheet identifies the 33 largest spatial concentrations of transport industry employment within Australia. These major transport employment hubs are all located within the five most populous capital citi…

Release date: 2 November 2014

Statistics

Trainline 2

Trainline 2 is a collaborative report between the Australasian Railway Association (ARA) and BITRE. It is a further development of the previous rail freight performance publications series and Trainline 1.The report pro…

Release date: 2 November 2014

Statistics

Australian Sea Freight 2012-13

This report provides information on sea freight movements, vessel activity, the use of coastal trading licences, and the size and composition of the Australian trading fleet.

Release date: 2 September 2014

Information Sheet

Australian road freight estimates: 2014 update

This information sheet provides updated road freight estimates previously reported in Chapter 2 of BITRE Research Report 121. It gives estimates for interstate, intrastate, capital city and total road freight for each s…

Release date: 2 September 2014