Merchant Navy veterans honoured at 60th Annual Rookwood Commemoration
MORE than 80 guests including veterans, dignitaries, maritime professionals, and members of the public, gathered on Sunday 13th April to commemorate Australia’s Merchant Navy...
Tenders called for Port Hedland Seafarers Centre
TENDERS have been called for the construction of a new Port Hedland Seafarers Centre. Plans for the development were announced by state ports minister David Michael in April last...
Applications open for Port of Eden Stakeholder Group
PORT Authority of NSW and NSW Maritime are calling for more applicants to join the new Port of Eden Stakeholder Group. The port consultative group was set up to help shape Eden’s...
Vale Don Kennedy
DON Kennedy, a WWII veteran and familiar face at merchant navy memorial gatherings, has died. Mr Kennedy served as veterans’ advisor to the Merchant Navy War Memorial Fund, which...
Restoration milestone for tall ship Alma Doepel
LAST week a major milestone in the restoration efforts of three-masted wooden topsail schooner Alma Doepel was reached by installing the lower steel masts. More wooden extension...
Vale Dale Emmerton
DCN is particularly sad to report the recent death of Bass Strait shipping veteran Dale Emmerton. The follow message was sent by Maritime Industry Australia Ltd CEO Angela Gillham...
Vale Captain Dick Burgess
THE FUNERAL of one of the great characters of the Tasmanian ports and maritime scene was held last week in Devonport. Captain Dick Burgess passed away on 14 April at the age of 92...
Maritime community commemorates merchant navy
ON SUNDAY 14 April the newly finished stone plaques were in place at the Merchant Navy War Memorial in Rookwood cemetery as representatives from naval and maritime organisations...
Vale Michael Parker
CONDOLENCES are flowing in from around the industry following the death of Fremantle Ports CEO Michael Parker. Mr Parker died while he was at work on Wednesday morning (3 April),...
Vale Maurie Considine
MAURI Considine, founder of Secon Freight Logistics, died this week at 91. Mr Considine is survived by his wife Maureen; sons Brendon, Vincent, Paul and Matt; 16 grandchildren;...
Shipping industry tees off at charity golf day
GOLF enthusiasts from the New South Wales shipping community met at Long Reef Golf Club on Friday for the annual Shipping Industry Charity Golf Day. The long-running golf...
Vale Peter Clive Cannon
IT is with great sadness that we report the passing of a giant and pioneer of the port industry. Peter C. Cannon from Sydney Australia passed away on 8 August 2023, just a few...
Vale David Shennan
DAVID Shennan – a well-known figure in the maritime industry in Victoria, Australia and the UK – died on Tuesday, 4 July of cancer, six months on from his diagnosis. He was 71. A...
Vale Harold Lewis
HAROLD Lewis, a former general secretary of the International Transport Workers’ Federation, has died. Dr Lewis began working with the ITF in 1955 as an editor and translator. He...
Vale Joe Crumlin
JOE Crumlin, a seafarer and trade unionist, died on Monday this week. MUA national secretary Paddy Crumlin, who is Joe Crumlin’s son, described his father as “a legend on the...
