• Aspirations under the sea | 25 October 2007

  We might expect a lively time over the coming years in the matter of undersea jurisdiction, with the United Nations...

• Last link on inland rail `impossible' | 25 October 2007

  While the Queensland Government has reserved the land corridor between Brisbane and Toowoomba for the construction of a rail line,...

• Tax cuts should play second fiddle to infrastructure plans | 25 October 2007

  Prime minister John Howard missed the point when he announced a $34bn tax cut package to kick off the Coalition's...

• Terminal illness | 25 October 2007

  How times have changed. Almost 10 years after then-Patrick boss Chris Corrigan sought to dramatically boost port productivity, it is...

• China's still craving iron ore | 18 October 2007

  Global production of iron ore is expected to hit 1.6bn tonnes in 2007, up 11% year on year, as China's...

• Dredging up trouble in mud | 18 October 2007

  Economies of scale in the liner trades are all very well, but do the shipowners, waving cheque books at shipyards...

• Societies seek to show their class on rules | 18 October 2007

  The classification sector must make its role clear, take a strong lead and have real opinions. These are the arguments...

• Hauling hot coals to port | 11 October 2007

  Like grossly over-sized sunglasses and pinstriped pants, the word “crisis” has come back with something of a bang, particularly when...

• On the road and inside the box | 11 October 2007

  What an exotic life the humble container enjoys. Yes, that's right, that oblong metal box that to many represents the...

• Services ignored in talks: chiefs | 11 October 2007

  Business leaders fear the most dynamic sector of the global economy, commercial services, is not being given equal focus by...

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