Re: Some interesting info from NRCs and ARTCs annual reports.

[pcc@ocean.com.au (Brown Family)]

On Tue, 8 Feb 2000 22:32:20 +1100, "Dave Proctor"
<thadocta@spambait.dingoblue.net.au> wrote:

>Brown Family wrote in message <389f9a03.9945733@news.ocean.com.au>...
>
>>Another source of traffic might be to make Perth the first
>>port-of-call for shipping from Europe and Africa.
>>
>>Rather than load to rail in Melbourne or Sydney, it might be just as
>>efficient, cheaper and quicker, to load directly to rail in Perth for
>>railing to points on the East Coast. Make the TAR a kind of land
>>bridge. It would certainly make shipping turn around times a lot
>>faster. A similar system exists in North America, but the costs
>>savings there would be many magnitudes higher than in Australia.
>
>That is the main justification for the Darwin - Alice Springs line - to
>enable the ships to have a faster round trip by turning them around at
>Darwin rather than sending them all the way to Sydney or Melboring.
>
Yes, but for points north to Asia. Perth could do for points west from
Africa or maybe even from Europe which could be shared with Darwin.

I'm not aware of any profound reason why Melbourne should be the main
port of call for shipping in and out of Australia.

Les Brown

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