News


All aboard for China Zorrilla

31 July, 2026
INCAT HAS SUCCESSFULLY completed one of the most complex maritime operations ever undertaken in...

Data and AI discussed at freight conference

31 Jul, 2026
INNOVATIVE ways to apply data and artificial intelligence to improve productivity in freight was a...

Christchurch rejects DPW-led Lyttelton plan

31 Jul, 2026
CHRISTCHURCH City Holdings, the investment arm of Christchurch City Council, has knocked back a...

Pilbara Ports keynote speakers for Safe Ships Safe Ports Forum

31 Jul, 2026
MORE than 700 executives from around the world have already signed up to attend Pilbara Ports 2026...

Rail decarbonisation ‘a team sport’

31 Jul, 2026
“DECARBONISATION is a team sport.” That was the observation of Heather Bone, director of...

Bulker forms backdrop to Extraction 3 production at Port Kembla

31 Jul, 2026
BULK vessel BBC Uranus (IMO 9947768) has joined Chris Hemsworth in starring in filming of the new...

Ship-loading ban in renewed Pilbara BHP strike action

31 Jul, 2026
UNIIONISED workers at BHP’s Port Hedland operations are preparing for a new round of industrial...

Free trade and food security, focus of South East Asia panel

31 Jul, 2026
A PANEL on trade in the South East Asia region has heard that free trade agreements remain...

ABL acquires Engage Marine Group

31 Jul, 2026
JAKARTA’s PT Asian Bulk Logistics has completed the acquisition of a majority shareholding in the...

Features


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...

TECHNOLOGY & EQUIPMENT: Ports and the path of tech

29 June, 2026
The rapid rise of tech and AI is bringing on a new era of change at ports and terminals. IT WAS in...

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


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...

THE GRILL: Angela Gillham

DCN speaks with Maritime Industry Australia chief executive Angela Gillham about maritime careers,...

TRADE LAW: Gazing into the crystal ball

12 June, 2026
TRADITIONALLY, the Federal Government releases its federal budget for the forthcoming financial...

Industry Opinions & Insights


Navigating 2026: Head inside, head outside

28 July, 2026
MIT Sloan Management Review published an article recently that should be required reading for...

INSIGHT: Strategic and legal status of Bab el-Mandeb

RECENT reports that Iran has requested Houthis forces to close the Bab el-Mandeb Strait have once...

OPINION: Strait of Hormuz blockades, cargo fees and impact upon supply chains

22 July, 2026
THE US plans to seize the Strait of Hormuz and reimpose a blockade on ships entering and departing...

OPINION: Is Australasian shipping ready for the strongest El Niño on record?

20 July, 2026
El Niño has returned to the Pacific, and while much of the attention has focused on its impact on...

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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