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BITRE | Waterline 44Port Interface CostsThese costs are the sum of the ship based charges and the cargo based charges withthe addition of a stevedoring charge and customs brokers and transport charges.They include ship-based charges and cargo-based charges as shown under theheading port and related charges. They also include:Stevedoring charges—stevedoring and port and related charges are estimatedfor a standard representative ship transferring an average number of containers.Stevedoring charges are the charges levied by stevedoring companies for handlingcontainers. They are estimated for Australia each year by the ACCC which monitorstheir price.Customs brokers fees—these are the rates charged by customs brokers for theadministrative costs associated with organising the import and export of containersfor a representative consignment.Road transport charges—transport charges are estimates of what transport companiescharge for transporting a container to or from the wharf from/to the metropolitanarea of the capital city in which the port is situated. These charges are estimated fora representative transport distance.Individual port index—port interface costs are calculated for each of the five portsfor each six month period. They are shown as the import total or the export totalin the Port Interface Cost tables and are the total cost of importing or exporting acontainer (teu).National Index—the National Port Interface Cost Index is the Australian average foreach six month period of importing or exporting a container in an average ship.Ship visits as used in Chapter 4Ship visits measures the number of times a ship calls at a port or ports, for example,a ship that sails to Australia 3 times and makes a total of 15 port calls in a year countsas 1 ship, 3 voyages and 15 ship calls.Non-Financial performance Indicators definitions asused in Chapter 5Cargo throughput (tonnes)—this is the quantity of container and non-containercargo which passes through the port and is measured in tonnes.Non-containerised general cargo (tonnes)—this is cargo which is not carried incontainers.Containerised cargo (TEUs exchanged)—this is the cargo which is carried in containersnormalised as twenty foot equivalent containers.62