The five-port average crane rate improved from 26.6 in the March quarter to 26.9 containers per hour for the June quarter 2002. This is the highest five-port average crane rate ever recorded in Waterline.
Waterline's format has remained largely unchanged since the first issue was produced in 1994. However, there have been many changes in the maritime industry in that time.
The Bureau of Transport and Regional Economics is very pleased to inaugurate this new information product.
In the last issue we announced upcoming changes to Waterline. Work is progressing and we will be inviting key interest groups to comment on the changes.
The first of two articles in this issue is the January airport charges update, which expands on the airport charges article in the inaugural edition of Avline.
This issue opens with a feature article on aviation in regional Australia. The Airport Charges section has now been incorporated into the State of Play in Australian Aviation section and the indicators in this section reordered.
Readers may be aware that we have been reviewing the indicators used in Waterline.
As foreshadowed in Avline 3, this issue of Avline opens with a feature article on the development of Australian domestic airline on time performance in formation and the reporting of on time performance statistics from November 2003 to February 20
July 2004 marks the 10th anniversary of Waterline. This issue contains a special feature on the changing face of the waterfront from 1993 to 2004 as reported in the pages of Waterline.
The Australian domestic aviation industry has undergone significant change since the events that led to the collapse of Ansett in September 2001.