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Mannway goes under as receivers lose battle
The Mannway transport and logistics group will cease to exist by Christmas, receiver Ferrier Hodgson said late yesterday.
Hunter coal plan gets final ACCC green light
The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) yesterday formalised its support for a capacity system being introduced in the Hunter coal chain from January.
Xstrata presses on with Balaclava Island proposal
Xstrata Coal has made progress on its push to make Balaclava Island between Rockhampton and Gladstone its newest Australian coal export outlet.
Unions promise long-term campaign over QR sell-off
The initial union backlash over yesterday's Queensland Government's rail and port privatisation announcement was swift with Electrical Trades Union (ETU) members striking for 24 hours.
DP World denies plan to sell Sokhna
Dubai Ports World has rejected suggestions that its controlling interest in the Egyptian port of Sokhna is up for sale and that its planned US$1.3bn expansion plan for the port has been frozen.
China urged to expand shipbuilding capacity
China was well positioned to step up production and overtake South Korea as the world’s largest shipbuilding nation at a time when its closest competitor struggled to fend off demands for order cancellations.
Maersk soothes Scottish lay-up hostility
Local residents who objected vociferously when Maersk Line first brought six containerships to Scotland’s Loch Striven for lay-up appear to have been won over.
Investors weigh in on PNG's natural gas project
Partners in the Papua New Guinea liquefied natural gas project have started awarding contracts for the marine work on the new LNG export terminal, just a day after making the final decision to invest US$15bn in the development.
