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Chapter 5Port performance—non-financialThe non-financial data presented in this chapter supplements the data presentedfor container productivity in Chapter 2. This data covers the total bulk and non-bulkcargo which goes through the five mainland major city ports covered in Waterline.Non-bulk cargo consists of general cargo and containerised cargo. The total ofcontainers is for the whole port rather than for the container terminals.The January–June 2002 to July–December 2007 non-financial indicators for the fivemainland capital city ports are presented in Table 5.1. A longer time series of this datais available in an Excel spreadsheet at www.bitre.gov.au.Cargo throughputTotal cargo throughput at the five ports was 62.6 million tonnes for July–December2007, compared with 60.0 million tonnes for the previous half-year January–June 2007and 60.7 million tonnes for July–December 2006. This represented an increase of3.1 per cent in total cargo throughput for the five ports compared with July–December2006 and an increase of 4.4 per cent compared with January–June 2007.Compared with July–December 2006, total cargo throughput in July–December 2007increased by 7.7 per cent at Brisbane, and by 6.1 per cent at Sydney, by 1.8 per centat Melbourne and decreased by 3.8 per cent at Adelaide and by 0.9 per cent atFremantle.Non-containerised general cargo throughput at the five ports was 2.701 million tonnesfor July–December 2007, which represents a decrease of 2.4 per cent on the 2.768million tonnes throughput for January–June 2007 and an increase of 7.1 per cent onthe 2.522 million tonnes throughput for July–December 2006.Total container traffic throughput for the five ports was 2.970 million TEUs for July–December 2007, which represents a increase of 13.2 per cent on the 2.624 millionTEUs throughput for January–June 2007 and an increase of 10.5 per cent on the 2.689million TEUs throughput for July–December 2006.Compared with July–December 2006, loaded TEUs at the five ports increased by7.6 per cent, with loaded imports increasing by 11.8 per cent and loaded exportsincreasing by 1.2 per cent.41