V Coastal shipping is an important component of the

national transport task, carrying mostly heavy cargoes

over long distances.
V But the Australian coastal shipping industry faces
major challenges. Coastal shippings share of the
domestic transport task has fallen from around 40 to 28
per cent (measured in tonne kilometres) over the past
15 years, the number of Australian-registered vessels is
declining, and the fleet is ageing
V jn 30 June 2002, the coastal fleet comprised 41 vessels of which 37
were Australian-registered and four overseas-registered.
V Twenty were bulk carriers, 12 general cargo carriers, and nine
were tankers. The bulk carriers transport commodities such as
iron ore, coal, bauxite and alumina. Most of the general cargo
vessels are engaged in the north Queensland and Tasmania trades,
while the tankers are used to transport mainly petroleum products
and crude oil. The ports at which these vessels call are located in
all the States and the Northern Territory. Vessel names and type,
the items they transport, and the ports at which they call are set
out in Appendix 1.
V Many of the major users of coastal shipping are themselves ship
operators, that is, much of the coastal shipping task is in-house.
The Queensland bauxite trade, the carriage of gypsum, sugar,
steel products, petroleum products and iron ore are examples
where commodities are largely transported in ships operated by
the cargo owners.
 



 

 
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Coastal shipping is most important task is the
transport of bulk cargo; in 200102, bulk cargo
accounted for 88 per cent of coastal cargo.
Bulk cargoes consist of dry commodities such
as coal, bauxite, alumina and iron ore, and wet
commodities such as crude oil and refined
petroleum products. Non-bulk cargoes are
generally higher valued-added goods such as
fruit and vegetables, timber, paper, steel slab
and processed food.
V http://www.aph.gov.au/library/pubs/rp/20
03-04/04rp12.htm