Subscribe to RSS feedNational freight volumes forecast to surge by 2030
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Sineva Toevai
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Jul 30, 2009 06:16 PM
AUSTRALIA’S domestic freight task will grow to more than 1trn tonne kilometres by 2030 as local demand for goods and commodity exports support growth in road and rail transport, according to a government report.
The domestic freight task has doubled in size over the past two decades, growing at an average annual rate of 3.5% to 521bn tonne kilometres in 2007, the Bureau of Infrastructure, Transport and Regional Economics (BITRE) report said.
BITRE predicted...
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