The Transport and Logistics Industry
Transport and Logistics is the backbone of the Australian and global economies. It affects all of our daily lives – from what we can buy, to the prices we pay for goods, to how we get from place to place.
The Transport and Logistics Industry:
- Generates 14.5% of GDP;
- Employs 461,000 people nationally;
- Encompasses 165,000 businesses; and
- Estimates point to a doubling of the Australian freight task by 2020.
The Transport and Logistics Industry ensures the smooth movement of passengers and freight throughout Australia and overseas. The Transport and Logistics network includes ports, roads, railways, freight terminals, airports, distribution and materials handling centres. Throughout this network, vehicles, trains, vessels and aircraft of all types are constantly on the move. Without this highly efficient industry, goods ordered on the internet could not be obtained, people could not get to work, our exports could not be delivered and other areas of commerce would come to a complete standstill.
The Transport and Logistics Industry engages almost every type of occupation – from crews of vehicles, trains, vessels and aircraft to staff involved in engineering, infrastructure, tourism, hospitality, security, retailing, warehousing, administration and IT. In fact the Transport and Logistics Industry is probably the biggest user of information technology, utilising it for the management of operations, for ticketing, for the tracking of passengers and freight and for general administration.
Employers in the Transport and Logistics Industry range from small companies to large multi-nationals, operating in seven interrelated sectors:
