DCN Weekly: Highlights from Gladstone and beyond
This week’s DCN Weekly comes to you from Gladstone, where senior journalist David Sexton and publisher Lindsay Reed recorded at the BizOps conference. In this episode, we comment...
e-Fuels plant to target shipping’s methanol demand
MULTINATIONAL HIF Global, which describes its mission as scaling the development of e-Fuels worldwide, has switched the focus of its plans to produce hydrogen-based petrol to...
Minister Catherine King talks rail over breakfast
INFRASTRUCTURE and transport minister Catherine King says a modern rail freight network is vital for Australia to be connected and productive. Ms King spoke at a parliamentary...
Austal to build 3 more US Coastguard Offshore Patrol Cutters
THE US Coast Guard has signed a US$314 million option with shipbuilder Austal USA for another three Offshore Patrol Cutters. The contract options approve Austal to order long lead...
Federal Court settles Whyalla Port case
THE FEDERAL Court of Australia has ruled the port structures at Whyalla Port are legally owned by OneSteel Manufacturing, now under the control of administrators KordaMentha. The...
Livestock carrier engine failure prompts ATSB warning
A LIVESTOCK carrier’s engine failure at the Port of Fremantle has prompted a warning from the Australian Transport Safety Bureau (ATSB). The engine failure on the Kuwait-flagged...
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Patrick to provide greater transparency at Sydney AutoRail
PATRICK Terminals is to publish a rail window schedule for Sydney AutoRail, as well as further rail landside performance metrics such as cancellation and arrival metrics. The...
World Container Index – 4 September 2025
DREWRY'S World Container Index remained stable, dropping just 1% to $2,104 per 40ft container this week. Source: Drewry World Container Index After 11 weeks of decline, Drewry's...
Congestion at Kwinana Bulk Jetty causing $70 million demurrage
THE KWINANA Industries Council is calling for urgent action to update Kwinana Bulk Jetty, the state’s biggest import facility. The council claims congestion at the jetty is...
Tariffs boost 'hamburger route' trade, conference hears
AUSTRALIAN exporters have been among the beneficiaries of Trumpian tariffs, a prominent maritime economist says. Executive advisor for GHD Maritime Economics, Guy Reynolds,...
The Bradfield Bulletin - 5 September 2025
IT FEELS like we’ve finally turned a corner with the weather, at least in my neck of the woods, it feels like spring has definitely sprung! The house suddenly feels a little...
Energy terminal EES scoping requirement open for public comment
THE DEPARTMENT of Transport and Planning (DTP) in Victoria has invited a second round of public comment on the draft scoping requirements for the Victorian Renewable Energy...
Lyttelton joins NZ ports posting 2025 records
LYTTELTON Port Company chair Barry Bragg has welcomed a substantial improvement in the port’s financial and operational performance in FY 2025. LPC has reported a record...
Sapphire Princess to home-port at Fremantle
THE PORT of Fremantle is to home-port cruise ship Sapphire Princess in 2027 marking the first time since the 2019-2020 season that a cruise ship has operated from the port. On the...
Artificial intelligence: A maritime odyssey
ARTIFICIAL intelligence as an efficiency booster for international arbitration should be used with great caution, the Maritime Law Association of Australia and New Zealand’s 50th...
