* ACT - The container transport load is increasing at capital city ports
-- But despite that, some indicators, particularly related to landside performance where trucks are involved, are struggling to keep pace... In its 56th Waterline report on container-port performance, the Bureau of Infrastructure, Transport and Regional Economics (BITRE) points out that the 3 per cent container-handling growth for July to December compared with the same period last year marks a return to trend but one that is not reflected evenly across ports... The headline figures here are: Fremantle increased by 11.3 per cent, Sydney by 3.5 per cent, Brisbane by 2 per cent, and Melbourne by 1.7 per cent, while Adelaide declined by 2.6 per cent... Fewer but bigger ships are calling, and they are handling more 40-foot containers than 20-foot containers... Reflecting this, though not precisely, the total number of used truck timeslots in the five main ports increased 4.4 per cent in the September quarter and 3.1 per cent in the December quarter, as compared with the corresponding periods of 2013... Similarly, the number of truck slots available in September and December quarters was 3.3 per cent and 2.4 per cent higher than a year ago...
(Photo: Container trucks, at Fremantle Port) -- Canberra, ACT, Australia - Fullyloaded - 26 May 2015Labels: trucking industry news Australia
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