• Loyalty factor in sale of line | 03 July 2008

  Do brands have a value in cargo shipping? This is an issue that fires up debate in the liner trades....

• Many accident inquiries `useless' | 03 July 2008

  The intention behind an accident investigation is to find the underlying causes behind the accident, and then to amend relevant...

• Recruiting a success | 03 July 2008

  A major drive to attract more young people towards a seagoing career is achieving success in Germany, home to 440...

• Ships aplenty but no-one to man them | 03 July 2008

  The shipping industry may be experiencing its greatest boom, but ship managers are struggling to cope with the crewing crisis....

• 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...

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