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Chapter 6Stevedoring and ship arrivalreliabilityThis section presents two indicators of waterfront reliability; stevedoring cargoreceival and ship arrival advice.Stevedoring-cargo receivalTable 12 presents the available information on cargo receival at major containerterminals.The indicator for each port is prepared by combining each stevedore’s cargoavailability figures with the proportion of container lifts handled at the stevedore’sterminals at the port to produce the weighted mean presented in Table 6.1.Stevedoring reliability in the September quarter 2007 decreased at Sydney, Brisbaneand Fremantle compared to the previous quarter. It increased at Melbourne andwas not available for Adelaide. Stevedoring reliability in the December quarter 2007decreased for Brisbane, Melbourne and Fremantle and increased at Sydney comparedto the previous quarter. It was not available for Adelaide.Ship arrivalTable 6.1 also includes data for two indicators of ship arrival advice.The first indicator is the percentage of ship arrivals within one hour of the mostrecently advised arrival time available to the port authority/corporation at 24 hoursprior to actual arrival. Compared with the previous quarter, the September quarter2007 indicator rose at Brisbane and Adelaide. It was not available for Melbourneand fell at Sydney and Fremantle. In the December quarter 2007, the indicator roseBrisbane and Fremantle and fell at Sydney. It remained unchanged for Adelaide andwas not available for Melbourne.The second indicator is the percentage of ship arrivals within one hour of the lastscheduled arrival time advised inside the 24 hours prior to actual arrival. In theSeptember quarter 2007, this indicator rose at Adelaide and Fremantle and fell atBrisbane and Sydney. It was not available for Melbourne. In the December quarter2007 this indicator rose at Sydney, Brisbane and Fremantle, while it remainedunchanged at Adelaide. It was not available for Melbourne.45