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26th Aug 2024

Container Port Productivity

Transport Economics Economics Research & Analysis Infrastructure Pricing

Phil Bullock

Director

Eleanor Spillane

Analyst

Container Port Productivity Recent increases in landside port charges at Australian container ports prompt an important question for public policy makers and industry stakeholders: is port productivity improving as a...

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17th Apr 2024

Landside Port Charges

Infrastructure Pricing Fare Setting

Phil Bullock

Director

Naidhruv Singh

Manager

The Landside Port Charges Index (LPCI) is released annually by NineSquared to provide a source of readily accessible data on container freight charges and how they change over time. ‘Landside...

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29th Apr 2020

Is Covid-19 reducing Australia’s road fatalities?

Economics Research & Analysis

Evelyn Bratchford

Manager

Less travel means fewer road fatalities Federal and State Governments have imposed measures to contain the spread of the virus. Non-essential services are closed, and we have been told to...

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14th Apr 2020

The Return of the Milk Run?

Economics Research & Analysis

Uphaar Mehta

Manager

The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic is impacting every part of our lives from our work, to our leisure time, to how we buy goods. Will it also see the return of...

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7th Apr 2020

Improving Sydney’s Air Quality

Economics Research & Analysis

Megan Roberts

Manager

Sydney’s air quality is improving and with good policy the effects could be long lasting Over the past few weeks in a bid to reduce the spread of Covid-19, offices...

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23rd Mar 2020

Carbon and Nitrogen Offsets from Sustainable Aquaculture

Feasibility Studies Economics Research & Analysis

Rachael Marshall

Associate

The goal of offsets is to provide the largest net gain in reducing pollution at the lowest possible cost. NineSquared is collaborating with the University of the Sunshine Coast to...

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10th Mar 2020

Retailers had a gloomy 2019, 2020 is not looking much better

Economics Research & Analysis

Robin Barlow

Director

The Australian Bureau of Statistics released figures for retail trade last week showing that seasonally adjusted retail turnover fell by 0.3 percent in January 2020 after a fall of 0.7...

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