Tag Archives: maritime trade

Great Barrier Grief: A small port benefits and suffers from the boom

SOME locals in the port town of Gladstone recall swimming and catching mud crabs off Curtis Island in the city’s harbour. The harbour is now undergoing the biggest dredging operation ever approved in Australia. Continue reading

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Cruise-ship industry fighting EPA’s cleaner-fuel rule

Those darn phantom bodies again, another 31,000 per annum here Continue reading

EU: New green fuel rules are set to send ferry fares soaring

Fares across the Channel and the North Sea will soar if rules on cleaner fuel are tightened as planned, ferry companies are warning. Continue reading