The sound of goosesteps on flagstones is still echoing across the mainland after China’s 60th anniversary celebrations yesterday.

The container shipping industry was headed for overcapacity even without a slowdown in trade.

Predictions for the container business are pretty gloomy at the moment, but expect sunnier forecasts as business starts to pick up.

If becoming a cruise hub is so important to Hong Kong, why was it left for more than a decade to begin work on the old Kai Tak airport site?

Little more than lip service is paid to the environment when it clashes with infrastructure in China.

Here is a perfect example of the boom-or-bust container shipping cycle.

Shipping lines need to revamp their failing business model if they are to survive the worst crisis since containerization began.

As losses mount and capacity grows, the boss of a Hong Kong-based carrier wants to turn back the clock, at least for a little while.

The strength of China’s economy will have a critical influence on the future of the world’s shipping industry, but the mainland’s imaginative GDP numbers remain a joke.