The Australian Government spent $77.7 million on the Bass Strait Passenger Vehicle Equalisation Scheme in the 2 years to June 2021 ($40.8 million in 2019–20 and $36.9 million in 2020–21).

Under the scheme passengers travelling with a vehicle across Bass Strait can receive a rebate applied against the vehicle fare charged by a ferry operator.

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 ports. It covers both the loading and unloading of container ships and the transport of containers from container terminals.

This issue covers port terminal activity up to the June quarter 2021.

• water_068.pdf
  (4.08 MB)
• water_068_throughput.xlsx
  (45.24 KB)
• water_068_productivity.xlsx
  (59.95 KB)
• water_068_vbs.xlsx
  (38.76 KB)
• water_068_pici.xlsx
  (50.85 KB)
• water_068_timeSeries.zip
  (109 KB)

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 ports. It covers both the loading and unloading of container ships and the transport of containers from container terminals.

This issue covers port terminal activity up to the December quarter 2020.

• water_067.pdf
  (4.08 MB)
• water_067_throughput.xlsx
  (45.19 KB)
• water_067_productivity.xlsx
  (60 KB)
• water_067_vbs.xlsx
  (38.19 KB)
• water_067_pici.xlsx
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• water_067_timeseries.zip
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This is the latest in a series of Bureau of Infrastructure and Transport Research Economics (BITRE) reports that provide information on Australian sea freight movements, vessel activity, the use of coastal trading licences, and the size and composition of the Australian trading fleet. This report contains statistics on maritime freight and shipping activities in Australia from 2009–10 to 2018–19.

Import and export data up to 2020 has been made available through a visualisation on the National Freight Data Hub prototype website.

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 ports. It covers both the loading and unloading of container ships and the transport of containers from container terminals.

This issue covers port terminal activity up to the June quarter 2020.

• water_066.pdf
  (5.91 MB)
• water_066_throughput.xlsx
  (44.95 KB)
• water_066_productivity.xlsx
  (59.85 KB)
• water_066_vbs.xlsx
  (38.64 KB)
• water_066_pici.xlsx
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• water_066_timeseries.zip
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This report presents results of the first 4-yearly review of all components of the Tasmanian Freight Equalisation Scheme (TFES) as directed under Clause 10.5.2 of the TFES Ministerial Directions (Department of Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development and Communication 2020).

The Australian Government spent $104.1 million in the 2 years to 2018–19 ($51.3 million in 2018–19, and $52.8 million in 2017–18) on the Bass Strait Passenger Vehicle Equalisation Scheme (the Scheme).

Under the Scheme passengers travelling with a vehicle across Bass Strait can receive a rebate applied against the vehicle fare charged by a ferry operator.

Over the two-year monitoring period BITRE estimates that:

• The number of sea passengers with a motor vehicle may have been 29.2% higher than without the Scheme.
• Just under 26 000 additional visitors to Tasmania travelled by sea due to the Scheme in 2018–19 (28 600 new visitors in 2017–18).

These additional visitors to Tasmania spent an estimated $80.6 million in 2018–19 ($88.7 million in 2017–18).

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 ports. It covers both the loading and unloading of container ships and the transport of containers from container terminals.

This issue covers port terminal activity up to the June quarter 2019.

• Container Terminal Throughput
  
  water_065_throughput.xlsx
  (44.92 KB)
• Container Terminal Productivity
  
  water_065_productivity.xlsx
  (59.79 KB)
• VBS/TAS Operations
  
  water_065_vbs.xlsx
  (38.54 KB)
• Port Interface Cost Index
  
  water_065_pici.xlsx
  (48.28 KB)
• Time Series Tables
  
  ZIP: 88 KB

This is the latest in a series of Bureau of Infrastructure, Transport and Regional Economics (BITRE) reports that provide information on Australian sea freight movements, vessel activity, the use of coastal trading licences, and the size and composition of the Australian trading fleet. This report contains statistics on maritime freight and shipping activities in Australia from 2007–08 to 2016–17.

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 ports. It covers both the loading and unloading of container ships and the transport of containers from container terminals.

This issue covers port terminal activity up to the June quarter 2018.

• Waterline No 63 PDF: 4114 KB
• Container Terminal Throughput XLSX: 45 KB
• Container Terminal Productivity XLSX: 60 KB
• VBS/TAS Operations XLSX: 39 KB
• Port Interface Cost Index XLSX: 49 KB
• Time Series Tables ZIP: 77 KB