• Carrier sprung on steel coils | 05 July 2007

  A recent Australian case involving rusted steel coil has major implications for shipowners and operators. On May 31, the...

• Truck, trains and human frailties | 05 July 2007

  The Kerang level-crossing disaster has worked at many levels in the weeks since it occurred. Everyone from Victorian premier...

• When a car on a truck is not the same as a car a truck is towing | 05 July 2007

  The tenth anniversary of Australia's divergence from pure Hague-Visby Rules was missing from the presentation given by Professor Martin Davies...

• Carlsberg boss brews up storm at Maersk | 28 June 2007

  AP Moller-Maersk's decision to appoint an outsider as new chief executive sent shockwaves through the industry over the weekend as...

• Port Botany road and rail quagmire | 28 June 2007

  A total of 17 stakeholders in the Port Botany container chain have lodged submissions with the Independent Pricing and Regulatory...

• Port and transport `out of step' | 28 June 2007

  The popular push to a full-time, or 24/7, workload through Port Botany was, simply, beyond the ability of the stevedores...

• 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 –...

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