RAIL: Steel Lifelines
Australia’s ports, cities and communities are connected by a vast, complex rail network that is expanding with trade growth THE SUPPLY chain is full of unpredictability, from...
QLD: From Queensland to the world
With the covid era now in the rear-view mirror, Queensland’s ports are pursuing expansion through new infrastructure and initiatives TWENTY-twenty-four was a positive year...
MARINE SURVEYORS: Off the grid
An evolving workforce and shifting market are among the many complexities facing the marine surveying sector MARINE surveying may be a small cog in the multi-faceted maritime...
AIR CARGO: In the air tonight
As global shipping continues to face disruptions, is a new era dawning for air cargo? AFTER several years navigating the Covid-19 period and its aftereffects, the global air cargo...
NORTHERN AUSTRALIA: Top End freight warriors
NORTHERN Australia. It covers around 45% of the Australian continent but is home to around 5% of the population. Much of the north is divided into the “dry” and the “wet”, putting...
Innovation: Staying ahead of the game
With the global logistics sector valued at around US$9 trillion, according to Precedence Research, the challenge is to leverage new efficiencies in this lucrative industry. The...
MARITIME ENGINEERING & SALVAGE: Four salvages in PNG for Pacific Towing
Salvage operations spread across three provinces of Papua New Guinea over a two-month period provided quite a challenge for Pacific Towing PACIFIC Towing (‘PacTow’) has been...
MARITIME ENGINEERING & SALVAGE: Moments away
When bulk carrier Frontier Unity found itself in trouble, the expertise offered by Maritime Safety Queensland helped avert a catastrophe WHEN things go wrong at sea, a rapid and...
MARITIME ENGINEERING & SALVAGE: The herring dogs of Ilyasbey
Captain Roger King, a marine consultant with TMC Marine, recalls his work on the Maren wreck removal from Türkiye’s Black Sea coast ILYASBEY is a small, typical coastal fishing...
Biosecurity: Turning up the heat
Australia's biosecurity efforts seem to hang on a constant knife-edge between preservation and tribulation. Our island nation is unique in how seriously we defend our coastal...
Smooth sailing so far for South Australia’s biosecurity defense
THE HIGH standards of Australia’s biosecurity efforts aren’t just employed at the major usual first point of entry ports, such as Brisbane, Sydney, Melbourne, and Fremantle. Every...
Western Australia
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RO-RO & Car Carriers: Fuels for the future
DCN examines a mixture of projects and products involving some of the latest and greatest maritime technology, and the hot-button issue of AI WITH the days when Australians mostly...
Green Shipping
Sailing into the wide green yonder LEADING up to the publication of its Maritime Emissions Reduction National Action Plan (MERNAP), the Australian government has put out four...
Liner Trades to South East Asia & Indian Subcontinent
The great disruption NORMALLY these annual trade reviews in Daily Cargo News devote time and space to analysing 12 months of trends in cargo flows, freight rates and service...
