CEG is one of the leading advisors on competition and regulatory issues across the transport sector. Our particular areas of expertise include market definition, competition assessments, analysis of alleged anti-competitive pricing, access arrangements, regulatory design and overall regulatory reform.

Representative cases on which CEG economists have recently advised include:

• Advice to United Airlines in relation to United Airlines/US Airways merger
• Expert analysis of the competitive effects of a merger between Toll Holdings (road transport) Patrick Corporation (freight forwarding, rail and port operator)
  
• Advice to QANTAS in relation to predatory pricing action brought by the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) against QANTAS
  
• Review of Commission Block Exemption on IATA interlining, for IATA
• Advice on pricing structure and strategy for air navigation services for Airservices Australia
• The ACCC review of IATA Conferences (tariffs), for IATA
• Advice to Rail Infrastructure Corporation on economic aspects arising in the preparation of an access undertaking for the New South Wales rail network.  Issues arising include: pricing principles under a negotiate and arbitrate' framework, asset valuation, efficient costs, capacity allocation and trading, and cost of capital
  
• Advice on the experience with "light-handed" regulation of Australian Airports
• Advice on Singapore Competition Commission Block Exemption on Maritime Transport, for the Singapore Competition Commission
• Advice on Commission review of Regulation 4056/86 for European Liner Affairs Association (major lines)
• Advice to Airservices Australia on the pricing of aviation rescue and fire fighting services
• Advice to Rail Access Corporation on the appropriate hurdle rates of return to be applied when selecting assessing competing investments in rail track related infrastructure
• Expert reports on the cost of capital for coal port infrastructure for Babcock and Brown Infrastructure
• Advice on the cost of capital for rail access providers for Babcock and Brown Infrastructure
• Regulatory cost modelling for port infrastructure for Dalrymple Bay Coal Terminal.