News


National focus key to freight productivity, says FTA

27 Feb, 2026
PRODUCTIVITY reform requires coordinated national-level intervention, rather than continued...

Kimberley Mineral Sands makes first shipment from KMSB

27 Feb, 2026
KIMBERLEY Mineral Sands has made its first shipment from the Kimberley Marine Support Base (KMSB)...

A special surprise at this year’s ASCLA IWD event in Sydney

PARLIAMENT House in Sydney will play host this year to the Australian Supply Chain and Logistics...

Port of Newcastle pushes a clean energy future

27 Feb, 2026
A FOCUS on clean energy via the New South Wales government’s Renewable Energy Zones has highlighted...

Seatransport and Lloyd’s Register advance hybrid nuclear power

27 Feb, 2026
AUSTRALIAN ship design group Seatransport Pty Ltd has received ‘approval in principle’ (AiP) from...

East West rail corridor reopened

27 Feb, 2026
THE EAST West rail corridor has been reopened by the Australian Rail Track Corporation (ARTC)...

Stricken bulker now under detention

27 Feb, 2026
A CHINESE-owned bulk carrier that suffered main engine failure in the Coral Sea late last month has...

World Container Index – 26 February 2026

THE DREWRY World Container Index (WCI) fell 1% to $1,899 per 40ft container for the seventh...

Carnival cuts, Heritage expands

27 Feb, 2026
CARNIVAL Australia is cutting back its local cruising presence, citing “more favourable market...

Features


VICTORIA: The freight state

26 Feb, 2026
Victoria's freight sector is evolving with key projects like Inland Rail and the West Gate Tunnel,...

AIR CARGO: Policy keeping it fresh from paddock to plate

15 Jan, 2026
With the free trade agreement between Australia and the United Arab Emirates underway, Daily Cargo...

PORT & CONTAINER EQUIPMENT: Driving port productivity

17 Nov, 2025
A look at what is happening at our ports, both with cyber technology and hard machinery. CHANGE is...

RO-RO: Green seas ahead for Australia's Ro-Ro sector

27 Oct, 2025
With Australia’s population still growing, the roll on/roll off shipping sector is expanding to...

The Beacon


How Hamburg is devising a model for combining housing and harbour

WHEN the 6000 future residents of Hamburg’s Grasbrook residential development look out of their...

What happened the last time freight left Glebe Island

23 Oct, 2025
WAITING at Sydney Airport for a Monday morning flight to Canberra, Peter Sturrock picked up a copy...

Glebe Island: The plan to save Sydney’s last working port

13 Oct, 2025
THE BEACON is DCN’s new series of articles that take a closer look at key topics and themes for...

Industry Opinions & Insights


OPINION: Seafarer welfare funding and building a nationally consistent approach

26 Feb, 2026
IT WAS a great honour to be included in All About Shipping's Top 100 Women in Global Shipping,...

ANALYSIS: MV Raider and hard drugs on the high seas

THE right of state authorities to board ships on the high seas has been in the spotlight of late...

OPINION: Government needs to step up on seafarer welfare

ON THE 20th anniversary of the Maritime Labour Convention, Human Rights at Sea calls on the...

OPINION: The landside cost shift - a practical view from the supply chain

20 Feb, 2026
THE CURRENT debate around port productivity and container terminal performance is important. But...

Partner News


Australia’s newest and largest intermodal terminal commences rail freight operations

18 Dec, 2025
In a significant development for both Victorian and national supply chains, the newest and largest...

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