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You certainly can’t accuse Virginia Port Authority of half measures. In July, it replaced all of its board members bar one in a sweeping move to kick-start growth.

US labour issues have once again stolen the headlines on the West Coast, with a timing bordering on perfection.

The scourge of modern day piracy has prompted shivers down the spine of many a hard-working ship owner. With one of the world’s key shipping arteries at the top of the Gulf…

As April ended and May started, ships that had called at Japanese ports post-radiation leaks finally found their way to European and US ports. And what greeted them was a disjointed mix…

Ports are the front line for any island nation; they are the gateway for both inbound goods and commodities and for potential revenue-earning exports. The series of recent natural disasters has put…

February’s opening of Vietnam’s largest ever container terminal has at last crystallised the country’s true potential in the box handling market.

Dalian, north Chinas largest operator, is the latest port to test the murky capital financing markets with a listing on the Shanghai stock exchange.

Today’s busy lifestyles mean that we are always on the run – whether it’s from one country to another, one meeting to another, or, in the case of ships, from one port…

As I write this column, the UK is just emerging from yet another day of airspace troubles; the result of Iceland’s hard-to-pronounce volcano slewing thousands of tonnes of ash into the skies.

Its easy to get caught up in the ‘us’ and ‘them’ mindset working in the shipping industry.