• Building a class relationship | 10 April 2008

  ABS chairman and chief executive Robert Somerville is one of the most thoughtful people to have come up through the...

• Lesson for shipping in Heathrow failure | 10 April 2008

  When British Airways reassured stranded passengers on the opening day of its eagerly anticipated London-Heathrow Terminal 5 that it was...

• Shipping must not be a green `soft target' | 10 April 2008

  International Maritime Organisation secretary-general Efthimios Mitropoulos has hit back at critics of shipping's environmental record, describing the views of “some...

• Industry advisor to be open to public scrutiny | 03 April 2008

  Australia's three tiers of government would have to have very good reasons to knock back the recommendations of the new...

• Out of shadow, back on track | 03 April 2008

  Just when you thought the Australian Rail Track Corporation (ARTC) was working on a $15m inland rail corridor inquiry, came...

• Pacific lines braced for Olympic test | 03 April 2008

  As container lines serving the Pacific trades prepare for the forthcoming peak season, they have an added component to consider...

• Scope for growth in shipping | 03 April 2008

  The review of Australia's coastal shipping sector was an opportunity to lift the profile of shipping generally and give young...

• 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...

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