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