Planning to improve practices and overcome problems: Planning for transport sector - external freight transport
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1977
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As an island state relying on trading activity to maintain our standard of living, our external transport system is a crucial link in our marketing and supply chains. For the purposes of this paper, I will confine my definition of external transport systems to transport of cargo (as opposed to passengers) and to transport by sea (as opposed to air). Air cargo transport has increased substantially over past years; major commodity groups exported by air include some manufactured goods, live animals (notably racehorses}, machinery and transport equipment, manufactured goods, textiles, and chemicals including medicinal and pharmaceutical products. One would expect that air cargo transport is being closely monitored by Producer Board Officials with respect to rates of freight, market penetration and with a wider eye on potential air transport technology developments .
Cargo shipping usually involves cargo flowing in two directions. However, as far as possible, in this paper I want to concentrate on the shipping of export cargo. Firstly, I want to give some background to our export shipping systems by way of cargoes carried and by types of ships and shipping systems currently employed. Secondly, I would like to identify some of the major longer tern issues facing exporters with respect to shipping, and thirdly, I would like to briefly examine
some ideas as to how the planning of New Zealand's shipping requirements might be improved in the future; the paper has been divided accordingly into three sections.
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