News


Victorian government challenged over Williamstown Road curfews

17 Nov, 2025
A MOVE by the Victorian government to impose night-time and weekend no-truck zones in Melbourne’s...

Sharp 3Q drop for HMM

17 Nov, 2025
SOUTH Korea’s HMM has joined other Asian container lines in reporting a horrible third quarter in...

More recognition for Incat’s Clifford

17 Nov, 2025
WITH a trophy cabinet already bulging with awards Incat founder and chairman Robert Clifford has...

ANL/CMA CGM further expands Pacific network

17 Nov, 2025
THE CMA CGM Group, including Oceania specialist ANL has today [17 November] opened a new agency in...

Beef exporters welcome Trump tariff reversal

17 Nov, 2025
AN ANNOUNCEMENT by the US government that it would be removing tariffs on Australian agricultural...

World Container Index – 13 November 2025

DREWRY'S World Container Index decreased 5% this week to $1,859 per 40ft container, marking the...

Cops put the heat on drug smugglers

17 Nov, 2025
THE AUSTRALIAN Border Force and the Australian Federal Police say they are making headway...

LETTER TO DCN: Newcastle box port “stuck in the slow lane”

17 Nov, 2025
LIBERAL shadow minister for the Hunter, Scott Farlow, told state Parliament recently that...

INSIGHT: Electrification - ports are getting on with the task

17 Nov, 2025
AS GLOBAL supply chains face intensifying pressure to decarbonise, ports around the world have been...

Features


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...

NORTHERN AUSTRALIA: The land of plenty of time and wait a while

12 Oct, 2025
With the focus of global economic power shifting increasingly to the Asia-Pacific, opportunities...

BIOSECURITY: Keeping those bugs at bay

29 Sep, 2025
Whether it is cases of foot and mouth disease in livestock or brown marmorated stink bug,...

SOUTH AUSTRALIA: Connector state

20 Sep, 2025
South Australia is punching above its weight to position itself as a key logistics hub, with...

The Beacon


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


INSIGHT: Electrification - ports are getting on with the task

17 Nov, 2025
AS GLOBAL supply chains face intensifying pressure to decarbonise, ports around the world have been...

OPINION: Ports, ships and the path to a cleaner future

WE HAVE recently seen several Australian ports celebrating achieving a perfect score in the GRESB...

OPINION: Postponing net-zero amidst global maritime uncertainty

11 Nov, 2025
ON 17 October, the International Maritime Organization’s (IMO) Marine Environment Protection...

OPINION: Why Australia needs a whole-of-ecosystem approach to digital optimisation

AUSTRALIA’S ports are critical for our economy, handling 99 per cent of Australia’s international...

Partner News


OSSA seeks support for scholarship fund

OFFSHORE & Specialist Ships Australia (OSSA) is seeking support for its Scholarship Fund, a new...

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