The paper reports the results from a stated choice experiment, which was
conducted with managers responsible for shipping goods between Australian
cities in three corridors where competition between modes does, or could, exist.
The experiment is designed to elicit respondents’ preferred allocations of cargo
across the modal alternatives of road, rail and short sea shipping (both domestic
and foreign carrier). In doing so, the study identifies and quantifies freight
shipper preferences for components of the services offered by alternative modal
providers, with each exhibiting distinct attribute values in terms of transit time,