Baltic Exchange weekly market report
THE BALTIC Dry Index rounded out last week at 1819. The BDI since the start of October has been fairly stable, meandering around between a low of 1788 (on 3 October) and a high of...
ACCC welcomes new deputy chair
AUSTRALIAN Competition and Consumer Commission chair Gina Cass-Gottlieb has welcomed the Governor General’s recent appointment of Catriona Lowe as ACCC Deputy Chair and applauded...
And the finalists are …
Daily Cargo News and our Major Host Sponsor Port of Melbourne invite all our friends and colleagues to join us for the announcement of the winners and recipients of the DCN 2022...
Baltic Exchange market report
The Baltic Dry Index last week slightly down after minor ups and downs. The index started the week at 1944 on 10 October, which was the high point for the week. It declined...
The DCN Weekly: Episode 19
THIS week in the news, severe weather in Tasmania prompted TasPorts to suspend shipping at Port of Devonport....
DCN Magazine October edition: Feature Focus – maritime engineering & salvage
The October 2022 edition of the DCN magazine is now available to read online! In this edition our main features are: Liner trades to Europe – Bugbears are re-emerging after a...
THE GRILL: Steve Lewis
Tell us about where you work and what you did before that. I’ve been the chief executive officer of Southern Ports Authority since January 2019, so a bit over three-and-a-half...
Three trainee positions at NQBP
NORTH Queensland Bulk Ports Corporation and education, training and employment services provider Mrael have teamed up to offer three apprentice/traineeship horticultural positions...
Baltic Exchange Weekly Report - 7 October 2022
THE BALTIC Dry Index ended last week at 1961 – higher than at the start of the week. However, Friday’s BDI number was down compared with a peak on Wednesday at 1996 – the highest...
The DCN Weekly: Episode 18
THE BIG story for this week was CMA CGM Estelle's visit to the Patrick terminal at Port Botany. It has become the ship with the biggest container capacity to visit the port....
The DCN Weekly: Episode 17
IN THE news recently, rail freight operator Aurizon invested $5 million in the development of a multi-modal rail terminal at Port of Townsville as part of the company's port...
OPINION: Australian seafarer welfare sustainability is in danger of failure
By David Hammond, CEO, Human Rights at Sea AT THE time of writing, the state of long-term sustainable seafarer funding throughout Australian ports stands into genuine danger of...
TIME IS RUNNING OUT – get your award nominations in NOW
NOMINATE now for the DCN Australian Shipping & Maritime Industry Awards – TIME IS RUNNING OUT. Nominations will close in less than two weeks on 5 October, so don’t delay in...
The DCN Weekly: Episode 16
IN THE news this week, the Australian Federal Police launched a major investigation after more than $182 million worth of drugs was found concealed in a shipment of coffee beans,...
The week in bulk: Capesize market lurches upwards
THE Baltic Dry Index last week continued to climb up from the nadir it hit late last month. On Friday the BDI was at 1816, up from the low of 965 on 31 August. A climb up from a...
