Waterline reports on trends in throughput, container handling productivity on the waterfront and landside of ports in Australia, and the cost of importing and exporting containers via 5 container ports. It covers 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 reports on trends in throughput, container handling productivity on the waterfront and landside of ports in Australia, and the cost of importing and exporting containers via 5 container ports. It covers 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.

• Container Terminal Throughput 

• Container Terminal Productivity 

• VBS TAS Operations 

• Port Interface Cost Index 

• Time Series Tables 

Waterline reports on trends in throughput, container handling productivity and the cost of importing and exporting containers through Australia's 5 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 reports on trends in throughput, container handling productivity and the cost of importing and exporting containers through Australia's 5 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 June quarter 2015. It introduces 3 new indicators–2 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 provides the latest data on throughput, container handling productivity (both wharf-side and landside), and the cost of importing and exporting containers. It covers the unloading of container ships and the transport of containers from terminals. Highlights from this edition include:

• Throughput at Australian ports increased 3% 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%: port throughput continues to increase faster than non-farm GDP. Fremantle experienced the strongest increase of 11.3%; the other ports showed more modest growth, except Adelaide, which recorded a 2.6% decline.
• Wharf-side productivity showed a modest improvement in average labour productivity (up 0.9%); however reduced crane rates (down 3.3%) 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% respectively), with the sharpest declines in Brisbane (elapsed labour rate and ship rate down by 12.3 and 14.5% 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%, 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 reports on trends in throughput, container handling productivity on the waterfront and landside of ports in Australia, and the cost of importing and exporting containers via 5 container ports. It covers 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 reports on trends in throughput, container handling productivity on the waterfront and landside of ports in Australia, and the cost of importing and exporting containers. It covers 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 reports on trends in throughput, container handling productivity on the waterfront and landside of ports in Australia and the cost of importing and exporting containers. It covers the unloading of container ships and the transport of containers from container terminals. In Waterline 53, the format of the report has been revised and several new productivity measures have been introduced following consultation with industry. This issue covers port terminal activity up to the June quarter 2013.

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

This issue of Waterline includes the regular articles on stevedoring performance, port interface costs and port performance. A feature article provides an overview of the non-containerised general cargo sector.

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