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Opinion: Port Botany's tidal shift or temporary glitch?
Are we witnessing an historic tidal change at Port Botany? Long accused of prioritising the waterside operations of their Sydney terminals at the expense of landside efficiencies, both DP World and Patrick were battling to keep ships on schedule last week.
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Transport's payback for industrial pain
As Oscar Wilde, who knew a thing or two about notoriety and raising a public profile, said: “The only thing worse than being talked about is not being talked about.”
The paradox of stevedoring competition
The New South Wales Government appears to have ignored a key factor in its selection criteria when it chose Hutchison Port Holdings as the preferred operator for Port Botany’s third container terminal.
Opinion: Safety not first for Tongan ferries
Lessons don't appear to have been learned from the Princess Ashika ferry disaster in Tonga last year which claimed 74 lives.
Opinion: sorry end to Darling Harbour's cruise history
Don’t believe for a minute New South Wales Government spin about the inevitability of the closure of Darling Harbour’s cruise terminal.
Merger about giving ground for the greater good
COMMENT - The unification of Australia's two peak forwarding and customs broking groups is both sensible and long-overdue.
Australia's rapid port role reversal
Australia's biggest coal ports are experiencing mixed fortunes at a time of rapid expansion.
Time is right for Queensland opportunities
Don’t be at all surprised to see Xstrata take a keen interest in Queensland’s big infrastructure sell-off.
Close enough not good enough for Hunter coal plan
BHP Billiton says it is committed to fixing the well-known congestion issues that have plagued the Hunter coal chain for years.
Accepting the poisoned chalice
If ever there were a poisoned chalice for a budding leader looking to take the helm of an Australian port, it would be Esperance.
When cash is king and efficiency is needed
Port Botany is preparing for the biggest shake-up in its 30-year history, but the experience will be painful for some.
The state of the market: Queensland's big transport sale
You can take the coal out of Queensland, but can you take the royalties out of the Budget?
The Budget we had to have
Wayne Swan's second Budget isn't as hard-hitting as it could have been, writes Sam Collyer.
2009 is not the year for survival stories
I can only imagine that there is one key difference between the eye of a storm and its edge – only with the latter is there a chance the storm will not return.
Swine flu’s killer blow
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