• Boxes stack up as terminals struggle to cope | 

  Vietnam's economic boom has brought with it some difficulties for the country's less than developed infrastructure. With container throughput...

• Chance to make a difference | 

  There is a lot happening in the shipping industry. Domestically, the House of Representatives coastal shipping review is still...

• New belle of the coal chain ball | 

  Starting a new coal terminal from scratch in one of the world's top two coal ports is no small feat,...

• New giants eye Vietnam potential | 

  The move into Vietnam has turned into a bit of a goldrush over the past two to three years, ever...

• Ports minister with muscle | 

  In a flurry of number counting and hastened cabinet meetings, the top three positions in the New South Wales Government...

• Europe's elite tighten grip as box line leaders | 

  European carriers continue to dominate container shipping, with the world's big three tightening their grip at the top of the...

• Reform must focus on future, not past | 

  “Australia will only develop as far as the rail system, with its limitations, will allow” a truckie named Michael Vale...

• Watching the weather | 

  Why should a single hurricane transiting the Gulf of Mexico cause such an immediate and ridiculous response from those who...

• Blurring the lines between air and sea | 28 August 2008

  For years, the air cargo and shipping industries have been squaring up to each other, with the container shipping companies...

• High-speed pioneer | 28 August 2008

  Forty years ago, Robert Clifford was running tour boats around the pleasant harbour of Hobart. In October this year,...

• Sparks was insurers' man of steel | 28 August 2008

  Arthur Sparks, director of Sparks & Co and a marine consultant known throughout the world for his expertise in the...

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