Australian Freight Industry

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Australian Freight Industry

• As the International Freight Forwarders industry
  grows, Australia risks being left behind owing to
  the high cost of rail transportation.
• The freight forwarding industry is growing at a
  phenomenal rate with billions of tons of cargo
  being transported around the globe via air, sea
  and land.
• In a number of countries, rail freight forwarding
  is anticipated to rise from between 50 and 80 by
  the end of 2010.
• For freight companies in many countries the main
  challenge is to improve their cargo management
  process in order to enable the predicated growth
  to take place effectively.

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Currently, the cargo management process is
expensive and labour intensive. This is because
much of the work (such as verification of
shipments) has to be done manually. Such manual
systems hinder the adeptness of freight
dispatching and sequencing. The reason for this
is that businesses cannot track where their cargo
is easily. However, in Australia there is
another serious issue which is impeding the
progression and development of the freight
industry there. The issue is the cost of rail
transportation.
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This is highlighted by the fact that transporting
cargo via rail between Darwin and Adelaide costs
the same amount as covering three times as much
distance by road. If the Freight Adelaide
industry in Australia is to grow at the same rate
as in other countries, the cost of rail
transportation will have to come down. If it does
not do so, then the Australian freight industry
is likely to be seriously disadvantaged against
its international competitors who can offer much
lower rates.
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Contact Us-

• ryan.turbill_at_cliquelogistics.com.au
• Phone No
• [phone]
• 0499 390 659
• http//cliquelogistics.com.au/