Forecasts suggest that without a policy to cause the diesel fleet to retire early, diesel heavy vehicle fleet in Australia will remain at around 55 per cent of the total heavy vehicle fleet in 2050 locking in emissions from diesel combustion well past 20501.As Australia makes this transition to a decarbonised economy, decision makers must not forget the need to ensure a resilient and efficient end to end supply chain to carry the Australian freight task.This means that care needs to be taken to ensure that decisions made to...
ALC agrees with the observation contained in the Australian National Hydrogen Strategy document that:
Using locally made hydrogen can help reduce Australia’s heavy dependence on importing liquid fuels, especially for transport. This would potentially strengthen Australia’s strategic security and maximise our energy resilience. [1]
However, as Australia makes this transition to a...
This report examines the Postal Services Modernisation Discussion Paper, focusing on Australia Post's evolution from a mail-focused business to a parcel delivery service. With the growth of internet shopping, parcel volumes have increased significantly, and Australia Post has responded with a number of initiatives including building a national network of parcel lockers and introducing electric delivery vehicles to reduce carbon emissions. In addition, the report highlights the significance of ancillary services provided by Australia Post, such...
Approximately 1.2 million people are employed to keep freight moving across the end-to-end supply chain.
The major subsectors of road transport, logistics, warehousing, and stevedoring employ approximately 574,000 people. This one subsector alone is projected to grow by 4.6 per cent to 600,648 by 2026.
ALC has been working with members and across industry to identify the critical issues and solutions to the workforce, labour and skills problems...
Transport is Australia’s third largest source of greenhouse gas emissions at 17 per cent with approximately 20 per cent of this being attributed to freight activities.The freight and supply chain sector is already on a path to emissions reduction with many ALC members committed to net zero targets by 2040 (some by 2030). This is influenced by a range of factors including access to the right technology, industry incentives, customer expectations, regulatory settings and investor sentiment as well as global capital markets.Some of the...
Introduction
The Australian Logistics Council (ALC) welcomes the opportunity to make a submission on the Future Fuels Strategy discussion paper (the discussion paper).
It is important as it is the first paper published at this level that addresses the uptake of fuel cell and battery powered electric vehicles by the freight and logistics industry participants who deliver the...