Report of the Commission of Inquiry into Transport to and from Tasmania, March 1976

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Australia. Commission of Inquiry into Transport to and from Tasmania
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REPORT OF THE COMMISSION OF INQUIRY INTO TRANSPORT TO AND FROM TASMANIA March 1976 1
REPORT OF THE COMMISSION OF INQUIRY INTO TRANSPORT TO AND FROM TASMANIA March 1976 3
TABLE OF CONTENTS 7
CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION 15
CHAPTER 2 SUMMARY OF PRINCIPAL FINDINGS AND THE RECOMMENDATIONS 22
CHAPTER 3 THE HIGH SIGNIFICANCE OF INTERSTATE TRADE AND EFFICIENT TRANSPORT TO TASMANIA 30
CHAPTER 4 THE ORGANISATION AND EFFICIENCY OF THE FREIGHT FORWARDING SERVICE 35
CHAPTER 5 THE EFFICIENCY OF HIGHWAY TRANSPORT SERVICES IN TASMANIA 45
CHAPTER 6 THE SHIPPING SERVICES AND THEIR EFFICIENCY IN MOVING GENERAL CARGO AND PASSENGERS 53
CHAPTER 7 UTILISATION OF THE PORT FACILITIES IN TASMANIA AND CO-ORDINATION OF THEIR FUTURE DEVELOPMENT 99
CHAPTER 8 THE EFFICIENCY OF THE TASMANIAN RAILWAY SERVICE 124
CHAPTER 9 THE AIR FREIGHT SERVICES 134
CHAPTER 10 THE AVERAGE DOOR-TO-DOOR COST OF MOVING GOODS BETWEEN TASMANIA AND THE MAINLAND 138
CHAPTER 11 ECONOMIC CHARGES FOR THE TRANSPORT OF GOODS AS A STIMULUS TO EFFICIENCY 145
CHAPTER 12 DIFFERENCES IN CHARGES FOR TRANSPORTING GOODS BETWEEN TASMANIA AND THE MAINLAND AND OVER COMPARABLE DISTANCES ON THE MAINLAND IN THE MARCH QUARTER 1975 148
CHAPTER 13 CAUSES OF THE DIFFERENCES IN TRANSPORT CHARGES 157
CHAPTER 14 THE EFFECTS OF EXCESS TRANSPORT CHARGES ON PARTICULAR INDUSTRIES IN TASMANIA 164
CHAPTER 15 TRANSPORT ASSISTANCE 174
CHAPTER 16 SEA PASSENGER SERVICES 200
CHAPTER 17 AIR PASSENGER SERVICES 208
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS 215
Appendix I PUBLIC HEARINGS (List of Programme and Witnesses) 216
Appendix II LIST OF PERSONS AND ORGANISATION FROM UHOM SUBMISSIONS WERE RECEIVED 222
Appendix III GLOSSARY OF TERMS AND ABBREVIATIONS 227
Appendix IV THE FOUR MAJOR TASMANIAN PORTS 236
Appendix V Cargo Units 269
Appendix VI AVERAGE TASMANIAN ROAD LINEHAUL OPERATING COSTS 277
Appendix VII SEA DISTANCES BETWEEN MAINLAND AND TASMANIAN PORTS 279
Appendix VIII VESSEL DETAILS 280
Appendix IX Estimated Operating Results of The Straitsman, 293
Appendix X CARGO MOVEMENTS THROUGH TASMANIAN PORTS 294
Appendix XI ESTIMATED UHARFAGE AND OTHER PORT CHARGES PAID AT NORTHERN TASMANIAN PORTS ON INTERSTATE NON-BULK CARGO 1974 - 1975 322
Appendix XII PORT CHARGES IN PORTS ENGAGED IN TASMANIA-MAINLAND TRADE 323
Appendix XIII LONG-TERM MARGINAL COSTS OF INTERSTATE CONTAINER MOVEMENTS ON THE TASMANIAN RAILWAYS 324
Appendix XIV ECONOMIC FREIGHT RATES 334
Appendix XV DETAILS OF CONSIGNORS PARTICIPATING IN THE SURVEY OF COMPARATIVE CHARGES 336
Appendix XUI NON-BULK CARGOES - KEY IMPORTS TO TASMANIA FROM THE MAINLAND 343
Appendix XVII EXAMPLES OF THE INCIDENCE OF DIFFERENT PRICING POLICIES ON ITEMS IMPORTED FROM THE MAINLAND TO TASMANIA 346
Appendix XVIII Comments by the Commonuealth Statistician on the Experimental Index Numbers of Relative Retail Prices of Food and Groceries 347
Appendix XIX TASMANIA-MAINLAND SEA PASSENGER FARES AND ACCOMPANIED UEHICLE CHARGES, NOVEMBER 1975 348

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