Maritime industry remembers a ‘great ambassador’
TRIBUTES have flowed in for the late Captain Bruce Dann who passed away on 21 November after long term illness. Captain Dann was honoured by Offshore and Specialist Ships...
NQBP announces Community Fund recipients
NORTH Queensland Bulk Ports Corporation has announced 13 recipients of the 2025-2026 Community Fund. Organisations across NQBP’s port communities are to share $100,000 for this...
Albany port heritage project moves forward
SOUTHERN Ports and H+H Architects are finalising designs to transform the heritage-listed Albany Pilot Station into a new community precinct. Designs for the $8.3 million overhaul...
Christmas bags packed for seafarers at Port Botany
CHRISTMAS spirit was in abundance at Port Botany recently when more than 50 volunteers from across the port community united to pack gift bags for seafarers. Staff from the Port...
Maritime artist Robert Carter OAM crosses the bar
AN ARTIST who captured the very essence of seafaring is how Robert (Bob) Carter OAM is being remembered. Robert Carter died on 25 October at the age of 94. In a social media post...
Flinders Port Holdings floats into Christmas Pageant
HIGHLIGHTING the vital role of maritime trade is a key focus of Flinders Port Holdings entering a float in this year’s National Pharmacies Christmas Pageant in Adelaide. The...
Pilbara Ports commits to First Nations reconciliation with Action Plan
PILBARA Ports has launched its inaugural Reflect Reconciliation Action Plan, marking the organisation’s commitment to building stronger and enduring relationships with First...
Shipping line works to restore South Auckland stream
LINER company CMA CGM says it is working with Conservation Volunteers New Zealand (CVNZ) as part of the Restoring Papakura project, a scheme aimed at restoring Papakura Stream via...
Industry gathers to remember the Merchant Navy
THE SUN shone brightly over the Merchant Navy Memorial in Canberra on Sunday for the 35th Annual Commemoration of the National Merchant Navy War Memorial. The service brought...
Shipping and Logistics Charity Golf Day 24th October 2025 – SHOUT OUT
MORE than 100 players are warming up for the annual Shipping and Logistics Charity Golf Day this coming Friday (24 October). The venue is again the panoramic Long Reef Golf Club...
Southern Ports gives 1799 locals a seafarer’s perspective
SIXTY tours across Southern Ports’s Albany, Bunbury and Esperance Ports over 10 and 11 October gave nearly 1700 locals an opportunity to see the ports from a seafarer’s...
Vale Benoît Marcenac
DCN is sad to report the sudden passing earlier this week of Benoît Marcenac. We quote from information circulated by James Dawson, Seaway Agencies’ NZ country manager, on behalf...
Southern Ports takes community meals to 66,000
AROUND 66,000 meals are being distributed to people in Western Australia’s South West, Great Southern and Goldfields-Esperance as part of Southern Ports Community Investment...
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Maritime mavens seek lost shipwrecks
SHIPWRECKS and the circulation of wealth via maritime trade are among the themes of a symposium to be held in Sydney in November. The symposium is entitled Sea Changes: Power,...
Japanese trade backed by cultural exchange
SOUTHERN Ports and the City of Bunbury in south west Western Australia are shoring up the port’s more than 2.3 million tonnes of trade with Japan over the past 12 months with a...
