The Baltic Freight Index, which tracks dry-bulk freight rates, was at its lowest in nearly a decade in August.

ECONOMIST: Shipping

For one thing, print advertising, even though it is diminished, still pays the bulk of the freight for newsrooms, with web ads paying just pennies on the dollar in comparison.

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Freight business includes transport of bulk mineral commodities, including iron ore, agricultural products, mining and industrial inputs and general freight throughout Queensland and Western Australia.

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Rail freight currently accounts for only 6% of all freight, mainly bulk coal, aggregates, waste and steel.

ECONOMIST: Transport

As if congested shipping and rail were not enough, there is also a shortage of long-distance lorry drivers, who shift the bulk of America's freight.

ECONOMIST: Logistics

Freight costs for dry cargo bulk commodities like grains, coal and steel have also jumped of late.

ECONOMIST: On a roll

Mr Corrigan's victory over the unions in the docks war led to a four-fold increase in productivity per worker at Patrick's freight terminals in Brisbane, Melbourne and Sydney, the three eastern ports that handle the bulk of Australia's trade.

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