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In briefLandside of port terminal• The five port total of containers moved increased from 779 202 in the Septemberquarter 2007 to 842 726 in the December quarter 2007, an increase of 8.2 per cent(Chapter 1).• The five port average container turnaround time was 27.3 minutes in the Septemberquarter 2007 and 27.5 minutes in the December quarter 2007 (Chapter 1).• The five port total of trucks processed increased from 469 111 in the Septemberquarter 2007 to 497 247 in the December quarter 2007, an increase of 3.7 per cent(Chapter 1).• The five port average truck turnaround time was 38.7 minutes in the Septemberquarter 2007 and 40.7 minutes in the December quarter 2007 (Chapter 1).• The five port total of vehicle booking system slots used increased from 544 187 inthe September quarter 2007 to 580 395 in the December quarter 2007 (Chapter 1).Wharfside of port terminal• The five–port average crane rate increased from 26.5 containers per hour in theSeptember quarter 2007 to 27.2 containers per hour in the December quarter 2007(Chapter 2).• The five–port average vessel working rate has increased over the period from37.7 containers per hour in the September quarter 2007 to 38.4 in the Decemberquarter 2007 (Chapter 2).• The five port total of container moves increased from 950 996 in the Septemberquarter 2007 to 1 027 779 in the December quarter 2007 (Chapter 2).• The national port interface cost index for exporting a container was $591/teu in2001 constant prices for January–June 2007 and $592/teu in July–December 2007(Chapter 3).• Total ship visits increased by 2.1 per cent for the year ended 31 December 2007(Chapter 4).• In July–December 2007, total cargo throughput was 62.6 million tonnes and totalcontainer traffic 2.971 million twenty foot equivalent units (Chapter 5).• The tonnage of cargo estimated to be moved under coastal permits increasedfrom 15.0 million tonnes in 2006 to 15.3 million tonnes in 2007 (Chapter 7).xi