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Livestock truckers welcome heavy vehicle report

19 Aug, 2026
THE LIVESTOCK, Bulk and Rural Carriers Association (LBRCA) has welcomed the Productivity...

Human factors are not sidelined. They are at the heart of marine safety investigations

A criticism occasionally levelled at transport safety investigators is that we spend too much time...

Competition regulator raids WiseTech

19 Aug, 2026
AGENTS of the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission have raided the premises of WiseTech...

Polaris does its level best in Burnie

19 Aug, 2026
POLARIS Marine’s tug Molly Grace, fitted with a sweep bar, has successfully completed TasPorts’...

Scottish company wins contract for Northern Endeavour decommissioning

19 Aug, 2026
SCOTTISH company Zenith Energy has won the temporary power generation contract for the...

Redesigning cargo reporting for modern supply chains

19 Aug, 2026
INTERNATIONAL supply chains have transformed over the past two decades. Australia's cargo reporting...

Government announces fuel security consultation papers

19 Aug, 2026
SHAPING the next phase of Australia’s fuel security agenda is the aim of two consultation papers...

No deal from BHP Pilbara and unions talks

19 Aug, 2026
NEGOTIATIONS between BHP and Pilbara port workers have again ended without resolution, following a...

TasPorts looks 30 years ahead

19 Aug, 2026
IN CONSULTATION with customers, industry and community, TasPorts has begun work on a 30-year master...

Features


LINER TRADES TO ASIA: When the big get bigger

17 Aug, 2026
Australia’s international container trades are increasingly and irreversibly dominated by Asia. And...

TASMANIA: Changing times in the Apple Isle

24 July, 2026
New ships and extra capacity ensure Tasmania is well-placed to handle the fluctuations that...

REGIONAL PORTS: Diversification's big impact

13 July, 2026
Australia’s metropolitan ports are often in focus for the role they play in maritime trade, much of...

REGIONAL PORTS: Ports with big hearts

13 July, 2026
WHILE Australia’s regional ports are becoming ever more important, at the heart of success is the...

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...

Magazine Articles


TRADE LAW: Trade 2040 - navigating turbulence

17 Aug, 2026
THE INTERNATIONAL supply chain has been subject to some serious recent challenges including the...

PORTS: Clean skies ahead

Port of Los Angeles executive director Gene Seroka will discuss the Clean Air Action Plan, trade...

OPINION: China’s maritime shift & its consequences for Australian shippers

18 June, 2026
THERE is a growing shift underway in China’s maritime policy settings that, while not yet widely...

AIR CARGO: Liability up in the air

15 June, 2026
THE ARRANGEMENTS around the liability of each party involved in the movement of cargo by air are...

Industry Opinions & Insights


Human factors are not sidelined. They are at the heart of marine safety investigations

A criticism occasionally levelled at transport safety investigators is that we spend too much time...

Redesigning cargo reporting for modern supply chains

19 Aug, 2026
INTERNATIONAL supply chains have transformed over the past two decades. Australia's cargo reporting...

DISCUSSION: AMSA’s priorities are well-intentioned but ineffective

13 Aug, 2026
AT AN industry Q&A session following an Australian Maritime Safety Authority (AMSA) board meeting...

DISCUSSION: 2005–2026 - what happened to the liner shipping commercial chain?

12 Aug, 2026
ON 30 June 2026, the Australian Shippers Alliance (ASA) lodged a formal complaint with the...

Partner News


DP World, LiteHaus launch Fiji digital education push

DP World has teamed up with Australian non-profit LiteHaus International on a digital education...

PORT OF BRISBANE: Queensland's 'best kept secret' celebrates 50 years

To mark 50 years since the establishment of the Port of Brisbane Authority to create a modern,...

Southern Ports' Community Investment Program going bigger than ever

SOUTHERN Ports is set to take its Community Investment Program to a new level after delivering a...

Mission raffle enters final fortnight

THERE are just two weeks left in the Mission to Seafarers Sydney's fundraising raffle, with two...

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