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...
PhD scholarship offered to study truck driver health
CONCERN for the long-term health and safety of Australia’s truck drivers is prompting new research exploring new and emerging health risks facing professional drivers. Monash...
Development applications lodged for Perth ferry terminals
DEVELOPMENT applications have been lodged for two new ferry terminals on the Swan River as part of the largest expansion ever undertaken on Perth’s ferry network. Both proposed...
Shipping industry charity golf day nudges $1 million milestone
THE SHIPPING & Logistics Charity Golf Day is getting closer to hitting an extraordinary $1 million for the Sydney Children’s Hospitals Foundation (SCHF). This year’s event will be...
Remembering merchant seafarers in times of war
MEMORIAL services have been held around Australia today to honour the civilian seafarers who served aboard merchant ships in times of war. In World War I and II, in particular,...
Tugs support socks for seafarers on Father’s Day
MISSION to Seafarers Sydney is calling for support to help warm the hearts (and feet) of mariners via its Socks for Seafarers Father’s Day Appeal. Donors automatically will be...
Port grants a boost for community
QUEENSLAND Maritime Museum and the Bribie Volunteer Marine Rescue are among 12 recipients of money from the Port of Brisbane 2025/26 Community Grant program. Representatives...
Scholarship to nurture aspiring engineer
AN ASPIRING engineer has been awarded a ‘life-changing’ scholarship that will hopefully lead to a maritime career. Thomas Hage from Western Australia’s wine-growing Margaret River...
WA trade ball delivers big for youth charity
THERE'S something truly special about the way Western Australia’s shipping and logistics sector shows up, not just for the business of trade, but for each other, and for our...
