• A bad attack of wind | 27 March 2008

  Violent weather seems to have been particularly predominant this northern winter, with the casualty columns liberally sprinkled with its victims....

• Having a whale of a time...or not | 27 March 2008

  The remote Southern Ocean and its Antarctic fringe has become the scene for potentially one of the most unusual disputes...

• Californian ports on move again | 20 March 2008

  Port congestion has virtually disappeared from southern California, thanks largely to a huge increase in night time cargo collection and...

• Shanghai's surge continues apace | 20 March 2008

  While the list of the 20 largest container ports in the world, measured by teu throughput, remains unchanged this year...

• The victims of friendly fire | 20 March 2008

  For a man who had just discovered a live bomb resting below one of his organisation's most prized possessions, Brad...

• A tried and trusted treaty | 13 March 2008

  This month is the 60th anniversary of the adoption of the international convention that established the International Maritime Organisation. ...

• Convention will address changes to working practices and technology | 13 March 2008

  The process to write a new convention began 12 years ago when the transport law working group of United Nations...

• New contract rules: an asset or a liability | 13 March 2008

  Gute nacht Hamburg Rules, tot zeins Hague-Visby and farewell Carriage of Goods at Sea Act. Let's hear it for the...

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