• CVRD grabs number two slot in global league | 21 June 2007

  Brazil's biggest net exporter, CVRD, was created by the country's government in 1942. In its first year, it produced...

• Ore major no longer a mere miner | 21 June 2007

  As Brazilian mining colossus, logistics operator and charterer CVRD bounds ahead amid the prolonged global commodity boom, its message is:...

• Picking up on security experience | 21 June 2007

  It is something of a truism that if it's happening in the US, it will happen in Australia soon –...

• Latest Japanese deal with China adds pressure | 14 June 2007

  Japanese utilities are likely to turn to Australia and Indonesia to meet the balance of their coal requirements after their...

• Losing headway comes at a cost | 14 June 2007

  When I was a young navigating officer cadet, I was on the bridge of a bulk carrier filling in the...

• Who's in tune with the Goonyella chain malady? | 14 June 2007

  The last week has been good for the logistics and transport industries. Rarely does supply chain management attract such attention....

• Environment rules loading strategy | 07 June 2007

  The article, “Risky dream to load bulkers off the coast” (Lloyd's List DCN, May 17), highlighted the enormous engineering challenge...

• Fortress Australia under construction | 07 June 2007

  Perched at the headland in Arakoon on the mid-north coast of New South Wales, with one of the prettiest aspects...

• Time to work `soft values' of our ports | 07 June 2007

  Would an “independent commission” of the good and great have been sufficient to get the Dibden Bay container terminal built...

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