International liner cargo shipping (1999)

Preliminaries
Cover, Copyright, Signing page, Terms of reference, Contents, Abbreviations and explanations, Glossary, Key Messages, Overview, Recommendations and findings

• 1 Introduction
  • 1.1 Australia's liner cargo shipping task
  • 1.2 Liner shipping conferences
  • 1.3 Background to the current inquiry
  • 1.4 Scope of this inquiry and the Commission's approach
  • 1.5 Conduct of the inquiry
• 2 Trends in liner shipping
  • 2.1 Global liner shipping market
  • 2.2 Australian liner shipping market
• 3 Assessing regulation
  • 3.1 Identifying the national interest
  • 3.2 Role of conferences
  • 3.3 Evaluation criteria
• 4 Current regulation of international liner shipping
  • 4.1 Regulation of conferences in Australia
  • 4.2 Objectives and key provisions of Part X
  • 4.3 Rationale for current regulation
  • 4.4 International regulation
  • 4.5 International agreements
• 5 Performance of liner shipping
  • 5.1 Services to Australian shippers
  • 5.2 Case studies
• 6 Evaluation of Part X
  • 6.1 Performance of Part X
  • 6.2 Other criteria
  • 6.3 Conclusion
• 7 Alternative approaches
  • 7.1 Reform options
  • 7.2 Authorisation
  • 7.3 Block authorisation
  • 7.4 Industry codes
  • 7.5 Notification
  • 7.6 Conclusion
• 8 Modifications to Part X
  • 8.1 Terminal handling charges
  • 8.2 Intermodal or 'door-to-door' rates
  • 8.3 Safeguards for importers
  • 8.4 Regulation of discussion agreements
  • 8.5 Open versus closed conferences
  • 8.6 Declaration of a carrier with substantial market power
  • 8.7 Discrimination between shippers
  • 8.8 Australian flag shipping
  • 8.9 Penalties and dispute settlement
  • 8.10 Variations to the registration process
  • 8.11 Funding for APSA
  • 8.12 A separate shipping Act?
• 9 Appropriate regulation: the Commission's assessment
• A Public consultation
  • A.1 List of submissions
  • A.2 List of visits
  • A.3 Position paper public hearings - participants
  • A.4 Participants' views
• B Economic issues
  • B.1 Role of conferences and other cooperative arrangements
  • B.2 Shipping services and the public interest
  • B.3 Countervailing power
• C Australia's sea-freight task
  • C.1 Liner trade by commodity group
  • C.2 Conference trade by commodity group
  • C.3 Liner trade by trade region
  • C.4 Conference trade by trade region
  • C.5 Transhipment
  • C.6 Landbridging
• D Evaluation of liner shipping services to Australia
  • D.1 Service
  • D.2 Freight rates
• E Container shipping cost model
• F Foreign shipping legislation
• G Case studies
  • G.1 Australia-South-East Asia
  • G.2 Australia-North and East Asia
  • G.3 Australia-Europe
  • G.4 Australia-North America
• References