Shipping


Safety on the docks: stevedores need federal protection

Maritime workers walked off docks shortly after the tragic death of a fellow worker on Wednesday at the Appleton dock, writes Crikey intern and ex-rigger Ben Hagemann.

How Iran gets ships through the sanctions

Iran is obtaining military technology by using shell shipping companies and changing ships names to obscure the true owners of its freighters and to help go under the radar of UN sanctions.

Ship trails stop rainfall in its tracks

Any doubts about industrial activity changing the atmosphere ought to be answered by this image, seen by some researchers as answering one of the many puzzles about the causes of anthropogenic global warming.