Australia's waterfront container productivity & international benchmarking: A review of the productivity commission's 1998 and the bureau of industry economics' 1995 reports

Urban Policy and Research

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 25-40

  Beed, Clive ^a   Beed, Cara ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b AUSTRALIAN CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Benchmarking; Container; Crane rate; Productivity; Waterfront

Indexed keywords

EID: 84916616748     PISSN: 08111146     EISSN: 14767244     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08111149908727788     Document Type: Article

References (21)

1. Anon. 1997. Top terminal. Maritime Workers’ Journal, July/August: 44–47.
2. Bacon, D., 19 January 1998. “ Children as scabs — Filipino dockers’ union loses ground to 10 year olds ”. 19 January, http:/www. pacificnews.org.
3. Bird, J., 1968. Seaport Gateways of Australia, London: Oxford University Press.
4. Bureau of Industry Economics (BIE). 1995. International Benchmarking‐Waterfront 1995 Report 95–16, Canberra: AGPS.
5. Bureau of Transport and Communication Economics (BTCE). 1995. Review of the Waterfront Industry Reform Program Report 91, Canberra: AGPS.
6. Bureau of Transport and Communication Economics (BTCE). March. 1998. Waterline, March., Canberra: AGPS. No. 14
7. Coelli, T., and Rao, D., 29 April 1998. Statisticians challenge analysis of waterfront benchmarking report, Press Release, 29 April, Centre for Efficiency and Productivity Analysis, University of New England.
8. Dick, H., 1992. “ Progress and frustration: restructuring of coastal shipping and ports ”. In Microeconomic Reform in Australia, Edited by: Forsyth, P., 204–221. St. Leonards: Allen and Unwin.
9. Drewry Shipping Consultants Ltd. 1998. World Container Terminals: Global Growth and Private Profit, London: Drewry.
10. Evans, L., Grimes, A., Wilkinson, B., and Teece, D., 1996. Economic reform in New Zealand 1984–95: The Pursuit of Efficiency. Journal of Economic Literature, 34(4): 1856–1902.
11. Hamilton, C., 24 April 1998. Productivity in Australian container terminals: new evidence from an international study, Media Release, 24 April, The Australia Institute.
12. Harcourt, T., 1998. The economics of the Australian waterfront dispute, Melbourne: ACTU. Unpublished paper
13. Hilling, D., and Hoyle, B., 1984. “ Spatial approaches to port development ”. In Seaport Systems and Spatial Change, Edited by: Hoyle, B., and Hilling, D., 1–19. Chichester: Wiley.
14. Kelsey, J., 1995. Economic Fundamentalism, London: Pluto.
15. McCalman, J., 1998. Missing, lost on the docks. The Age, 6 May: 17
16. Productivity Commission (PC). April 1998a. International Benchmarking of the Australian Waterfront, April, Canberra: AusInfo. Research Report
17. Productivity Commission (PC). April 1998b. Work Arrangements in Container Stevedoring, April, Canberra: Auslnfo. Research Report
18. Quiggin, J., 1996. Great Expectations: Microeconomic Reform and Australia, St. Leonards: Allen and Unwin.
19. Slater, V., 1997. Political football. Maritime Workers’ Journal, September/October: 12–14.
20. Talley, W., 1994. Performance indicators and port performance evaluation. Logistics and Transportation Review, 30(4): 339–352.
21. Tull, M., 1997. The Fremantle Port Authority: a case study in micro‐economic reform. Economic Papers, 16(4): 33–53.