DCN Magazine Dec 2023/Jan 2024 edition: Feature Focus – DCN Awards
The December 2023/January 2024 edition of the DCN magazine is now available to read online! In this edition our main features are: The 2023 DCN Australian Shipping & Maritime...
OPINION: A focus on the future
There is an impending crisis in the freight forwarding and customs broker sector as experienced industry players retire, there are few people coming up through the ranks to take...
DCN Magazine November 2023 edition: Feature Focus – liner trades to Europe
The November 2023 edition of the DCN magazine is now available to read online! In this edition our main features are: Liner trades to Europe – Carriers rely on multi-segmented...
OPINION: Large conference events are good for our industry
IT HAS been an interesting couple of years for professional development and networking events in our industry – and all other industries for that matter – with the pandemic...
THE GRILL: Leanne Lewis
Industry recruitment specialist Leanne Lewis sat down with DCN to share her love of logistics, 90s dance music and people in general Tell us about your work at Insync Recruitment...
MARITIME HISTORY: The search for Montevideo Maru
On World Maritime Day 2023 a member of the expedition team which discovered the wreck of Montevideo Maru reflected on the worst maritime disaster in Australian history THE...
YOUNG ACHIEVERS: Ruby Peterlin
PORT officer Ruby Peterlin is the youngest member of the Port Authority of NSW team in Port Kembla. When she looks back on the past few years of her life, it’s a rapid progression...
MARITIME COUNTRY PROFILE: Ghana
The West African nation of Ghana is a huge exporter of gold and cocoa, and it is currently battling an economic crisis GHANA is positioned as a maritime gateway for a cluster of...
DCN Magazine October 2023 edition: Feature Focus – bulk ports & trades
The October 2023 edition of the DCN magazine is now available to read online! In this edition our main features are: Bulk ports & trades – Challenges and opportunities in the...
MARITIME COUNTRY PROFILE: Vietnam
The South East Asian nation of Vietnam has a proportionally long coastline, but its ports are located in some unexpected places VIETNAM has long relied on maritime transport for...
MARITIME HISTORY: Steam Tug Forceful
The last of the oceangoing steam-powered tugs in Australia has been scrapped, a great loss, Mark Walker writes IMAGINE, if you will, a furious ocean, cyclonic winds, mountainous...
THE GRILL: Mehrangiz Shahbakhsh
DCN caught up with Mehrangiz Shahbakhsh from Shipping Australia to discuss autonomous shipping, life in Iran and Persian history What is your job and what does it involve? I am a...
OPINION: Services decline while fees increase
SINCE the announcement of new biosecurity fee structures in the last federal budget, the agriculture sector has been outspoken about new biosecurity charges imposed on them,...
BIOSECURITY & QUARANTINE: The line of defence
IT DOESN’T take much to remind the world how serious Australia is about biosecurity – the little yellow incoming passenger card on arrival into the country is enough for most. For...
THE GRILL: Eric Perez
Australasian Institute of Marine Surveyors CEO Eric Perez sat down for a chat about his affinity for agriculture, a podcast passion project and the correct way to eat WeetBix Tell...
