Transport in Tasmania

Transport in the Australian state of Tasmania consists of road, rail, maritime, air and pipeline networks. As the sole island state of Australia, Tasmania is highly dependent on ferries and shipping with 99% of goods leaving and entering by sea. In 1976, the Tasmanian Freight Equalisation Scheme was introduced by the federal government to subsidise freight shipments in and out of the state. Ferry services include the Tasmanian government-owned Spirit of Tasmania which links to the mainland in approximately 9 -11 hours. Tasmania is the only Australian state to use roll-on/roll-off freight transport.