North Quay Truck Survey 2012 Fiona Callander November 2012

Objectives Support government plans to stabilise truck numbers Annual road-based survey to monitor: Container truck numbers Proportion of container trucks in traffic flow Container truck types Container truck loading 11 th annual survey Fiona Callander November 2012

Method Fiona Callander November 2012 Port Beach Rd site Tydeman Rd site Two survey points, capturing all container traffic Data collected over two consecutive weeks week 1 : 10 th to 14 th September week 2 : 17 th to 21 st September Survey carried out over 18 hours, 0500 to 2300hrs Week 1 – all vehicles recorded Week 2 – only container trucks recorded Trucks classified by cargo and axle configuration Number and size of containers carried recorded Lifting capability noted

How much traffic is there? Fiona Callander November 2012 Tydeman Rd Port Beach Rd 11% of all vehicles are now container trucks. In 2002, this figure was 5% 2% of all vehicles are now container trucks. In 2002, this figure was 1%

How many container trucks per day? Fiona Callander November Trade increased by average of 7% pa 2002 to 2012 Truck numbers increased by average of 5% pa 2002 to 2012

How did this vary over the survey period? Fiona Callander November 2012 Week 1Week 2

How does this vary over the course of the day? Fiona Callander November % of trucks appear before 9am 74% of trucks appear before 3pm 93% of trucks appear before 6pm

Unladen trucks on Tydeman Road Fiona Callander November % of container trucks on Tydeman Road are unladen (36% inbound and 29% outbound) This equates to 740 trucks every 18hr weekday

Unladen trucks on Port Beach Road Fiona Callander November % of container trucks on Port Beach Road are unladen (14% inbound and 9% outbound) This equates to 33 trucks every 18hr weekday

How has empty running been changing? Fiona Callander November 2012 Empty running fell from 29% in 2002 to 24% in 2006 but has risen to 30% in 2012 over a 12 hour day This is the highest level observed since the survey began

How many TEU does each truck carry? Fiona Callander November 2012 Empty trucks and those with 1 TEU carry only 13% of the TEU task but represent 48% of all trucks The remaining 52% of trucks carry 87% of the TEU task

How has this been changing over time? Fiona Callander November 2012 Empty running has trended up The proportion carrying only 1TEU has fallen over time The proportion carrying 2 TEU has been fairly steady The proportion carrying 3 or 4 TEU has risen to 2007 but then has been reducing slightly

What type of truck is servicing the trade? Fiona Callander November 2012 The truck fleet is dominated by 6-axle semi-trailers

What are these types of truck carrying? Fiona Callander November 2012

How has truck loading been changing? Fiona Callander November 2012 TEU per truck has fallen for the third year in a row

Overall trends since 2002 Fiona Callander November 2012 Good News: Truck Growth has not matched trade growth over time Bad News: Truck numbers are trending upwards along with the road based TEU task Truck productivity (TEU/truck) therefore shows little or no improvement over time

Summary – road based container task Fiona Callander November ,650 container trucks observed during average survey week These trucks carried a total of 16,260 TEU 11,300 container trucks observed last year carrying a total of 15,030 TEU. 12% increase in trucks but only an 8% increase in TEU task from Aug 2011 to Sep 2012 These figures demonstrate lower truck productivity in The figures for TEU carried tie in well with the 9% cross-wharf trade increase in the 2012 financial year.

Summary – truck loading Fiona Callander November 2012 First year of observing 18hrs confirmed early start and some activity in late evening Empty running still stubbornly high Decreased productivity Too many small trucks – low productivity in terms of both capacity and loading More two way loading required