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 2016. Indicators for Empty Container Parks are reported for the first time.

• Waterline No 60
  
  water_060.pdf
  (4.39 MB)
• Container Terminal Throughput
  
  water_060_Table1_Throughput.xlsx
  (36.79 KB)
• Container Terminal Productivity
  
  water_060_Table2_Productivity.xlsx
  (33.31 KB)
• VBS TAS Operations
  
  water_060_Table3_VBSOperations.xlsx
  (28.04 KB)
• Port Interface Cost Index
  
  water_060_Table4_PICI.xlsx
  (40.32 KB)
• Time Series Tables
  
  
  water_060_TimeSeries.zip
  (47.71 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 June quarter 2016.

• Waterline No 59
  
  water_059.pdf
  (6.33 MB)
• Container Terminal Throughput
  
  water_058_Container_Terminal_Throughput.xlsx
  (36.54 KB)
• Container Terminal Productivity
  
  water_058_Container_Terminal_Productivity.xlsx
  (34.69 KB)
• VBS TAS Operations
  
  water_058_VBS_TAS_Operations.xlsx
  (30.82 KB)
• Port Interface Cost Index
  
  water_058_Port_Interface_Cost_Index.xlsx
  (43.49 KB)
• Time Series Tables
  
  
  water_058_Time_Series_Tables.zip
  (43.41 KB)

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 specialised container ships and transport of containers on the landside of the ports.

This issue covers port terminal activity up to the December quarter 2015.

• Waterline No 58
  
  water_058.pdf
  (4.3 MB)
• Container Terminal Throughput
  
  water_058_Table1_Throughput.xlsx
  (35.88 KB)
• Container Terminal Productivity
  
  water_058_Table2_Productivity.xlsx
  (33.39 KB)
• VBS/TAS Operations
  
  water_058_Table3_VBSOperations.xlsx
  (30.61 KB)
• Port Interface Cost Index
  
  water_058_Table4_PICI.xlsx
  (44.65 KB)
• Time Series Tables
  
  
  water_058_TimeSeries.zip
  (36.63 KB)

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 specialised container ships and transport of containers on the land-side of the ports.

This issue covers port terminal activity up to the June quarter 2015. It introduces three new indicators–two examine truck movements outside formal booking systems, for containers and TEUs; the third quantifies backloaded operations, whereby trucks carry containers on both inbound and outbound legs of their trip.

• Waterline No 57
  
  water_057.pdf
  (20.52 MB)

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 container ships and the transport of containers from terminals. Highlights from this edition include:

• Throughput at Australian ports increased 3 per cent over the period July-December 2014, relative to the previous year, with a total throughput of 3.7 million TEUs. This compares to non-farm GDP growth over the same period of 2.7 per cent: port throughput continues to increase faster than non-farm GDP. Fremantle experienced the strongest increase of 11.3 per cent; the other ports showed more modest growth, except Adelaide, which recorded a 2.6 per cent decline.
• Wharf-side productivity showed a modest improvement in average labour productivity (up 0.9 per cent); however reduced crane rates (down 3.3 per cent) showed lower capital productivity, and translated to longer median ship turnaround rates at Brisbane, Sydney and Melbourne. Fremantle exhibited the strongest performance (with elapsed labour rate, crane rate and ship rate improvements of 39.4, 32.8 and 10.9 per cent respectively), with the sharpest declines in Brisbane (elapsed labour rate and ship rate down by 12.3 and 14.5 per cent respectively).
• Land-side efficiency continued its decline in all ports except Adelaide: average truck and container turnaround times increased by 5.7 and 4.7 per cent, respectively.
• The Port Interface Cost Index (PICI) increased by $10-$14/TEU over the reporting period, with the larger increases for smaller vessel sizes. Port Interface Cost for medium- and large-size vessels is now approaching parity. While historically, port handling costs have been declining as the general price level across the economy (the GDP deflator) has been increasing, this trend has reversed since 2010, and port interface costs are now rising.

• Waterline No 56
  
  water_056.pdf
  (4.73 MB)

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. In Waterline 55, rail throughput data provided by port authorities is incorporated in calculating the throughput and productivity indicators. This issue covers port terminal activity up to the June quarter 2014.

• Waterline No 55
  
  water_055.pdf
  (2.47 MB)
• Port Performance–non-financial
  
  
  water_055_PortPerformance_non_financial.xls
  (81.5 KB)
• Wharfside Productivity
  
  
  water_055_WharfsideProductivity.xls
  (232 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. It covers both the unloading of container ships and the transport of containers from container terminals. In Waterline 54, rail throughput data provided by port authorities is incorporated in calculating the throughput and productivity indicators. This issue covers port terminal activity up to the December quarter 2013.

• Waterline No 54
  
  water_054.pdf
  (9.43 MB)

This Waterline provides the latest data available on stevedoring productivity and landside performance at Australia's major container ports.

• Waterline No 52
  
  water_052.pdf
  (3.5 MB)
• Landside Performance Indicators
  
  
  water_052_1_LandsidePerformanceIndicators.xls
  (114 KB)
• Stevedoring Productivity
  
  
  water_052_2_StevedoringProductivity_amend.xls
  (99 KB)
• Port Interface Cost Index
  
  
  water_052_3_PortInterfaceCostIndex.xls
  (183 KB)
• Ship Visits
  
  
  water_052_4_ShipVisits_new.xls
  (141.5 KB)
• Port Performance–non-financials
  
  
  water_052_5_PortPerformance_non_financial.xls
  (59 KB)
• Stevedoring Ship Arrival Reliability
  
  
  water_052_6_Stevedoring_shipArrivalReliability.xls
  (47.5 KB)

This Waterline provides the latest data available on stevedoring productivity and landside performance. Beginning with this issue, a new wharf side indicator is provided for each port. It measures the average number of crane lifts performed per hour spent in berth by a contained ship. Waterline is the main container port performance report referred to in the National Port Strategy.

• Waterline No 51
  
  water_051.pdf
  (2.63 MB)

Waterline issues 1–25

Note: large file.

• Waterline Issues 1–25
  
  water_001-025.pdf
  (10.44 MB)