• Dubai channels new wealth | 15 May 2008

  For residents and visitors alike, the face of Dubai undergoes changes with bewildering rapidity. Frenetic construction activity is everywhere....

• Maritime city on grand scale a hub with it all | 15 May 2008

  A unique place that reflects the union between water and commerce. This was how chairman Sultan Ahmed Bin Sulayem...

• Tradition lives on, it seems | 15 May 2008

  The more things change, the more they stay the same. So it seems in the shipping markets this week...

• Big thinker's dream a reality | 08 May 2008

  A cynic once said that if you found a few rusty nails in your backyard you would have dug up...

• Heaviest haul railway puts firm on map | 08 May 2008

  Just five years ago, Fortescue Metals Group was a glint in Andrew Forrest's eyes. The marriage of his ambitious...

• Hong Kong building a crisis | 08 May 2008

  As South Korea struggles with the consequences of terminal overcapacity, Hong Kong, some would say, is walking blindly into its...

• Infrastructure a miner matter | 08 May 2008

  Planned infrastructure upgrades won't be enough to satisfy the coal industry's demand. This is the revelation US energy giant...

• Terminals in search of cargo | 08 May 2008

  By the end of the last century it was fast becoming apparent to the South Korean powers that be that...

• Another dozen containerships at risk of failure | 01 May 2008

  A substantial portion of the world's container fleet has been closely scrutinised for potential structural failure during the investigation into...

• Breaking with tradition of perfection | 01 May 2008

  For many years, assumptions have been made about containership operations that have tended to suggest that this shipping sector is...

• Canberra and its sea legs | 01 May 2008

  The House of Representatives Standing Committee on Transport and Regional Services is on a listening and questioning quest on coastal...

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