• Goldenport wins city friends and influences peers | 19 April 2007

  Life could be lonely for Goldenport Holdings, the sole “pure” shipping company represented on the senior London Stock Exchange. ...

• Insurers wary of new catastrophes | 19 April 2007

  After an unusually benign year for natural catastrophes and man-made disasters, insurers are taking a pragmatic view on the chances...

• Too many cooks in bulk export kitchen | 19 April 2007

  It might have taken nine months, 160 ships and soured quarterly reports by some of ASX's best performers for it...

• An unforgettable weekend in Japan | 12 April 2007

  The invitation from Richard Hext, chief executive of handysize bulkship specialist Pacific Basin, was a pleasant surprise that came out...

• High spirits best for media scrum | 05 April 2006

  Let me start with a confession. I've had my own brush with a pollution incident in the past 24 hours....

• Paving the Asia to Australia highway | 05 April 2006

  Toll Holdings's $17m logistics centre, dedicated to the automotive sector, brings together both transport and warehousing functions, with some capacity...

• Ports no longer valued for their role | 05 April 2006

  It is rather sad, really. Time was when a port was seen as a general benefit for all mankind. ...

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