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Oil shock leaves freight sector “highly exposed”, industry warns

4 Mar, 2026
INDUSTRY bodies have warned of the impact on the Australian logistics and transport sectors from...

OPINION: The illusion of oversupply

FOR most of this year, container shipping was bracing for the opposite problem.. too much capacity....

AI for customs brokers: what’s next for the supply chain?

SWEEPING job cuts announced by WiseTech last week are likely to be a sign of things to come in...

UPDATE: Freight rail back for WA, but weeks away for Broken Hill

4 Mar, 2026
UPDATED: Wednesday, 4 March, 3pm AEDT SIGNIFICANT damage to the Sydney to Broken Hill rail line is...

INSIGHT: Metrics alone do not satisfy ASRS

4 Mar, 2026
MANDATORY climate reporting is about to change reporting for thousands of Australian businesses....

Grain upgrades enable faster port movement

4 Mar, 2026
RAIL freight upgrades at the Moora and Cranbrook CBH Group grain receival sites are helping get...

Cold storage facility set to boost SA citrus exporters

4 Mar, 2026
A COLD storage facility at the Edinburgh Parks industrial estate near Adelaide is set to provide...

PORT & TERMINAL DEVELOPMENT: Heralding the future of Australia’s port network

Diversification of Australia’s ports is inevitable as the country prepares for the coming decades...

Industry pain as Minns moves bulk from Glebe Island

3 Mar, 2026
BULK operations are to end on Glebe Island no later than 2030, as the government of New South Wales...

Features


PORT & TERMINAL DEVELOPMENT: Heralding the future of Australia’s port network

Diversification of Australia’s ports is inevitable as the country prepares for the coming decades...

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...

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: The illusion of oversupply

FOR most of this year, container shipping was bracing for the opposite problem.. too much capacity....

INSIGHT: Metrics alone do not satisfy ASRS

4 Mar, 2026
MANDATORY climate reporting is about to change reporting for thousands of Australian businesses....

OPINION: Gulf cargo crisis - what does it mean for Australia?

DETAINED. Delayed. Detoured. Denied. The Gulf crisis is not a spectator sport, and Australian cargo...

INSIGHT: Nominee customs brokers, ABN-to-ABN engagements and the insurance gap

ONE of the most persistent misconceptions in the customs brokerage sector is that regulatory...

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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