This Report assesses the relative efficiencies of road and rail in the transportation of several bulk commodities.

Paper given to the 31st Australasian Transport Research Forum, 2 October–3 October 2008, Gold Coast. Authors: Godfrey Lubulwa, Rob Bolin, Ben Slatter, Tony Carmody

Paper given to the 31st Australasian Transport Research Forum, 2 October–3 October 2008, Gold Coast. Authors: David Gargett, Afzal Hossain

Paper given to the 33rd Australasian Transport Research Forum, 29 September–1 October 2010, Canberra. Author: Jack McAuley.

This is a Report on the proposed terminal facility at Acacia Ridge. It is becoming increasingly apparent that terminal facilities are a key to the efficient operation of the Australian railway system.

The general approach in this Report is to concentrate on the costs directly borne by wool at the various stages of ownership from grower to mill.

This study attempts a quantitative assessment of Tasmania's transport disabilities relative to the other States and covers interstate shipping to Tasmania, together with closely related topics such as Tasmanian port operations and freight forwardi

The rapid development of mining in the Pilbara region of north west Australia has already increased the transport task in the region and is expected to increase it much more.

This Paper describes the design and operation of a fully-automated materials handling system which differs in many respects from conventional systems.

The study examines the economics of a landbridge based on Fremantle, and also considers Adelaide and Melbourne as terminal ports for the European trades.