BTRE has recently completed estimates of passenger movements by various modes (i.e. air, car, coach and rail) between major Australian cities (covering ten main routes) from 1970–71 to 2003–04 and predicted passenger flows up to 2030–31.

In addition to the usual content on wharfside indicators of productivity, Waterline 41 contains a feature article on a set of new indicators of productivity improvements focusing on the interface between port terminals and the trucks and trains that deliver containers to and pick up containers from the terminals.

Indicators include number of trucks processed, container turnaround time, rail transported containers as percent of containers processed on the landside of terminal, and indicators on the availability and use of vehicle booking system time slots at port terminals.

The article includes preliminary estimates of the indicators. However these estimates are based on incomplete data and some, for example rail mode share, are unreliable. They are published at this stage to indicate the intended scope of the new indicators and for comment before formal reporting of the indicators starts in 2007.

This report presents the national and port level forecasts of container and ship movements through Australian ports over the next twenty years.

• Container and Ship Movements Through Australian Ports 2004–05 to 2024–25
  
  wp_065.pdf
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Australian maritime trade: 2000–01 to 2004–05 extends data available through the BTRE's Australian Sea Freight publications by including information on markets, shipping lanes, key trade routes, traded commodities and passenger services associated with Australia's maritime trade.

• Australian maritime trade 2000–01 to 2004–05
  
  wp_069.pdf
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It highlights the variation in aircraft and passenger traffic during this period and discusses how the operational profile has changed through the introduction of discount flights and more direct services to regional centres.

• Avline No 9–May 2007
  
  avline_009.pdf
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Statistics on the movement of Australian freight by sea, information on port activity, fleet structure and use of coastal permits. This edition focuses on sea freight activity around Australia during 2004–05.

This edition of Waterline includes an article on the Maritime Crew visa which started on 1 July 2007. Waterline 42 incorporates a new section dealing with landside performance indicators, which include containers per truck, average container turnaround time and truck turnaround time. It also includes landside of container terminal task indicators such as total containers by road, TEUs by road and total trucks processed. Some charts also show total containers by rail. The new section commences with the September and December quarters 2006.

This report presents the results of BTRE's tenth annual review of the Bass Strait Passenger Vehicle Equalisation Scheme. It covers the operation and impact of the Scheme up to and including 2005–06.

The feature article examines the operational changes in terms of passenger traffic and aircraft movements at Australia's five major airports (Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Adelaide and Perth) over the decade 1997–2006. Total passengers passing through all five airports grew by 55% over the decade while total aircraft movements displayed a marginal decrease.

• Avline No 10–August 2007
  
  avline_010.pdf
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The Excel file below contains tables showing the value and weight of Australian international imports and exports each quarter, by sea freight (liner and non-liner) and by air. The time series covers the period from 3rd quarter 1984 to the 1st quarter 2007.

The Bureau of Transport and Regional Economics has taken due care in preparing the analyses contained in these tables. However, noting that data used for the analyses have been provided by third parties, the Commonwealth gives no warranty to the accuracy, reliability, fitness for purpose, or otherwise of the information.

• International Freight to/from Australia
  
  
  stats_001.xls
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