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Queensland port security questioned after protests
The Queensland Resources Council (QRC) has questioned the effectiveness of security measures at the state's ports in the wake of protests which closed two major coal export facilities earlier this month.
Report probes coal port option for Barry Beach
The major proponent of the use of Barry Beach as a clean-coal export terminal hopes a report on the project will get the planning process moving.
Tauranga, NZL stevedore dispute goes to High Court
Port of Tauranga is taking New Zealand's NZL Group to the country's High Court to resolve a dispute over the transport and logistics firm's efforts to re-establish container stevedoring operations at the port.
ARA backs 'user pays' system for road taxes
The Australasian Railway Association (ARA) has backed "user pays" road-pricing options contained in a paper to the Australia’s Future Tax System Review Panel.
Hapag-Lloyd cuts staff numbers, salaries
Struggling German container line Hapag-Lloyd is to cut staff salaries by up to 20% and continue a hiring freeze as part of a severe internal cost-reduction drive.
US$10m for Cosco Busan oil spill
US Government prosecutors have extracted a US$10m fine from Fleet Management, the operator of the Cosco Busan, for the discharge of more than 189,000 litres of fuel oil into San Francisco Bay in November 2007.
