• How the Google hackers raise searching questions | 26 June 2008

    Technology is by its very nature a neutral force. Like any asset, it can protect us or harm us; bring...

  • Industry backs role of IMO, 60 | 26 June 2008

    “It is difficult to imagine a world without the International Maritime Organisation,” noted International Chamber of Shipping chairman Spyros Polemis...

  • Timing is of the essence | 26 June 2008

    Ferdinand de Lesseps was a man of vision, enthusiasm and leadership. He brought all his considerable skills to bear on...

  • Working together key to solving seafarer shortages | 26 June 2008

    Seafarers need the protection of the IMO to preserve their lives and to protect their working and living conditions, and...

  • Asciano sticks to core apples | 19 June 2008

    It might have been labeled by one writer as a “shock announcement”, but Pacific National's decision last week to pull...

  • Europe napping on box scanning | 19 June 2008

    Europe has buried its collective head in the sand over the US threat to force scanning of all inbound containers,...

  • Nice work, but what can the industry offer us? | 19 June 2008

    As a member of Generation Y, I can see differences and similarities between our generation and the previous generations, in...

  • Even bigger to come | 12 June 2008

    Brazilian mining giant Vale believes the dry cargo boom will last at least another three to five years due to...

  • Iron mongers pull dry bulk yo-yo | 12 June 2008

    Contentious contract price negotiations between the world's top three iron ore producers and Chinese steel mills have been behind the...

  • Right from the horse's mouth | 12 June 2008

    Full marks to the bulk carriers' organisation Intercargo for not giving up in its fight against the iniquitous behaviour of...

  • Rocket out of fuel | 12 June 2008

    The dry bulk market has run out of upward momentum and only “the vapour of sentiment” will see further rises,...

  • The dry bulk rollercoaster | 12 June 2008

    The first signs of May's record-breaking rally in dry bulk rates emerged six weeks ago in London, when a routine...

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