Financial Analysis/Modelling of Competitive Pricing Issues

For the past 12-years DCA has provided harbour towage, coastal and port pilotage advice on issues relating to serial and parallel competition. The recipients of this advice were and are:

• State and Federal Governments

• State and Federal Regulators

• Overseas Government Regulators

• Australian and overseas towage and pilotage providers and/or operators as well as overseas coastal ship operators

• Australian port authorities

• Private Australian port owners

The purpose of DCA’s financial analysis is to accurately build a financial model capable of demonstrating to the client the advantages and disadvantages of:

• Serial Competition and/or Parallel Competition

• Financial outcomes to Tender Proposals/Applications

DCA’s models demonstrate to our clients the effect on profitability and rate of return when variables are introduced such as:

• Ship and job numbers

• Movements in fuel prices

• Seasonal export and/or import variations

• Increase and/or decreases in capital costs

• Variations in operational expenses

• Changes in regulatory arrangements

• Changes in CPI indices

DCA is confident that its financial models and analytical capabilities, when applied to harbour towage and pilotage, coastal pilotage and coastal shipping, meet international “best practise” guidelines and accountability.