Australia Yearbook - 2001

Chapter 23—Transport 819
23.34 SHIPS REGISTERED(a) IN AUSTRALIA—30 June 2000
Recreational
Fishing
Government
Demise
chartered(b)
Nature of registration
Commercial and
trading(c)
Location
no. no.
no.
no.
no. no.
New South Wales 1 722 284 4 7 244 2 261
Victoria 637 201 — 2 99 939
Queensland 1 547 753 19 10 385 2 714
South Australia 282 312 1 — 41 636
Western Australia 593 414 — 3 148 1 158
Tasmania 239 214 2 — 55 510
Northern Territory 267 62 1 — 28 358
Australia 5 287 2 240 27 22 1 000 8 576
(a) Australian-owned commercial or trading ships of 24 metres or more in tonnage length. All ships, regardless of tonnage length,
must be registered before departing on a voyage from Australia or from a foreign port where there is an Australian diplomatic
representative. (b) Demise charter is the charter of a foreign ship operated by an Australian company in Australian waters. These
ships are not necessarily engaged in trade or commerce. (c) Relates to ships used for trading and commercial purposes. Some of
these ships are less than 24 metres in tonnage length.
Source: Australian Maritime Safety Authority.
Total
Ships
23.35 THE AUSTRALIAN TRADING FLEET, Ships 150 Gross Tonnes or More—30 June 1999
no.
Dead weight tonnage
(DWT)(a)
Gross tonnes
Major Australian fleet(b)
Coastal
Australian registered 41 1 562 588 1 025 399
Overseas registered 2 102 850 60 684
Total coastal fleet 43 1 665 438 1 086 083
Overseas
Australian registered 10 673 467 676 311
Overseas registered 2 153 345 90 937
Total overseas fleet 12 826 812 767 248
Total 55 2 492 250 1 853 331
Minor trading ships(c)
Australian registered 19 11 257 9 963
Overseas registered 3 1 862 1 682
Australian trading fleet 77 2 505 369 1 864 976
(a) The weight that a vessel can carry, including cargo, bunkers, water and stores. (b) 2,000 Dead Weight Tonnes (DWT) and over.
(c) Minor trading ships are between 150 Gross Tonnage (GRT) and 2,000 DWT. GRT is the measure of internal capacity of a ship
that is available within the hull and enclosed spaces for cargo, stores, passenger and crew.
Source: Department of Transport and Regional Services.
Australia’s motor vehicle fleet since the 1920s
Estimates of the size of the Australian vehicle
fleet were first published in Commonwealth Of
Australia Yearbook No 16, for 1923. In 1921
there were approximately 99,270 motor vehicles
and 37,580 motor cycles registered. The size of
the fleet increased steadily to reach 562,271
motor cars, 258,025 commercial vehicles and
79,237 motor cycles at 30 June 1939. By
30 June 1946 and following the Second World
War, registrations of motor cars and motor
cycles had fallen to 522,615 and 72,701 vehicles
respectively, while commercial vehicle
registrations had grown to 333,129.
The motor vehicle census conducted in
1947–48 provided a detailed breakdown of the
composition of the Australian vehicle fleet for
the first time. The 1947–48 census showed that
there were almost one million registered
vehicles in Australia at the time, not including
motor cycles. The census included details of
vehicle type, vehicle make, year of manufacture,