July Magazine available online now
THE JULY 2020 edition of the DCN magazine is now available to read online! In this edition our main features are: Liner trades to South-East Asia Rail Port and container...
June magazine available online now
THE JUNE 2020 edition of the DCN magazine is now available to read online! In this edition our main features are: Pilotage Ro-Ro & car carriers Regional ports, and Marine...
THE GRILL: Alison Cusack
What is your job and what does it entail? I am the principal lawyer at Cusack & Co, a maritime law services firm. Essentially this means I am the business owner, the lawyer, the...
April magazine available online now
GREAT news, Daily Cargo News would like to inform subscribers that the April edition of the magazine is now available to read online! DCN has taken this step in order to support...
OPINION: Lessons from the past
IN JULY 1971 I joined the exports transportation branch of the then Department of Trade and Industry in Canberra headed by Sir Alan Westerman. Interestingly Max Moore-Wilton (a...
MARITIME LAW: Digital shipping and the challenge of cybercrime
A REVOLUTION in shipping is occurring. New technology allows the realisation of unmanned or autonomous vessels that could alter the shipping landscape in the same way steam-power,...
OPINION: M&A in transport and logistics
IT IS perhaps unsurprising that global deal-making contracted somewhat in 2019, given deep economic uncertainties with a trade war and the resulting risk of global recession and...
WOMEN IN MARITIME: A new year with new challenges
A STRONG woman, Helen Keller, once said “Your success and happiness lies in you. Resolve to keep happy, and your joy will form an invincible host against difficulties”. I’m...
THE GRILL: Kerry Egerton
What is your job and what does it entail? I am the general manager corporate services for Ports North. We manage nine ports in Far North Queensland, with the main port and hub for...
WOMEN IN MARITIME: Leading the way in maritime law
How did you get into maritime law? By accident. I expected to go into criminal law and started work as an articled clerk at a London law firm that had a reputation for dealing...
WORKPLACE LAW: To be or not to be… an employer
TODAY’S fluid and reactive work environments dictate the way in which businesses engage staff. Such relationships can range from full-time employment, to casual employment or...
OPINION: IMO 2020 Regulations – a step in the right direction
AS OF 1 January 2020, the International Maritime Organization ruled that marine sector sulphur emissions must be cut by more than 80% in international waters. The implications of...
THE GRILL: Deanne Withers
What does your job involve? I am the managing director of All Ports International, Melbourne. I don’t have a specific “job” but every day brings new challenges and hurdles. My...
MARITIME LAW: Bills of lading and complexities
IN MARITIME trade, the original bill of lading effectively represents the cargo itself. At its simplest, the shipper receives the bill from the carrier, and transfers it to the...
OPINION: Consolidation in containers – what do customers really think?
SHIPPING is the backbone of the world economy, facilitating international trade and globalisation with more than 90% of trade by volume being transported by sea, according to the...
