• Adding fuel to inflation fire | 05 June 2008

  British prime minister Harold Macmillan, when asked by a journalist what might push a government from its intended course, replied:...

• Aussies take lead in floater plans offshore | 05 June 2008

  Australia is becoming the key market for companies planning to develop the first floating production and storage and offloading vessels...

• Labour force can't keep pace with LNG boom | 05 June 2008

  It would have been funny if so much cash was not slipping through the fingers of liquefied natural gas producers...

• Newbuildings up in air over new LNG plant delays | 05 June 2008

  Too much excitement can sometimes be bad for the health – ask the liquefied natural gas shipping community. This...

• Countdown to disaster | 29 May 2008

  The experienced master of the Pasha Bulker was so confident that his nine-month-old bulk carrier was capable of...

• Hindsight in all its Wisden | 29 May 2008

  From comedians to cricketers, good timing is essential. It makes the difficult look effortless. But even the great Sachin...

• Others almost in the same boat | 29 May 2008

  The most telling aspect of the Australian Transport Safety Bureau's (ATSB) report on the grounding of the Pasha Bulker...

• Hobart docks its port | 22 May 2008

  Dale Kerrigan, the main character in The Castle who made famous the phrase, “It's not a house, it's...

• Law association gets community thumbs up | 22 May 2008

  Malaysia's maritime legal community has been eyeing a wider role for some time, on the back of the country's position...

• Malaysia's very bold masterplan | 22 May 2008

  Malaysia is the world's 19th largest trading nation and as such, its container ports underscore its expansion in the maritime...

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