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More Otway drilling underway

4 Nov, 2025
THE PURSUIT of new offshore gas resources in continuing in the Otway Basin, with ConocoPhillips...

Report calls for national maritime strategy

4 Nov, 2025
AUSTRALIA’S prosperity and national defence is fundamentally dependent on the security of sea...

NT pushes Federal Government on Darwin buy-back

4 Nov, 2025
THE FEDERAL Government has declined to reveal progress on the proposed buy-back of the Port of...

OPINION: Why Australia needs a whole-of-ecosystem approach to digital optimisation

AUSTRALIA’S ports are critical for our economy, handling 99 per cent of Australia’s international...

DCN Shipping & Maritime Industry Awards almost sold out

It’s official; the annual DCN Shipping & Maritime Industry Awards are sold out. This year’s awards...

Bioenergy in the Australian maritime sector

4 Nov, 2025
As the government calls for submissions to the National Bioenergy Feedstock Strategy, Daily Cargo...

Hull of a win for Sydney robots

4 Nov, 2025
HULLBOT, the Sydney-founded developer of autonomous underwater robots that proactively clean and...

BIFA says ‘bye’ to Bob

4 Nov, 2025
THE BRITISH International Freight Association has announced the official retirement of its director...

Bridge comms failure contributes to Fremantle prang

3 Nov, 2025
THE DRAMATIC collision between the 8,400 TEU Maersk Shekou and the sail training ship Leeuwin II in...

Features


RO-RO: Green seas ahead for Australia's Ro-Ro sector

27 Oct, 2025
With Australia’s population still growing, the roll on/roll off shipping sector is expanding to...

NORTHERN AUSTRALIA: The land of plenty of time and wait a while

12 Oct, 2025
With the focus of global economic power shifting increasingly to the Asia-Pacific, opportunities...

BIOSECURITY: Keeping those bugs at bay

29 Sep, 2025
Whether it is cases of foot and mouth disease in livestock or brown marmorated stink bug,...

SOUTH AUSTRALIA: Connector state

20 Sep, 2025
South Australia is punching above its weight to position itself as a key logistics hub, with...

The Beacon


What happened the last time freight left Glebe Island

23 Oct, 2025
WAITING at Sydney Airport for a Monday morning flight to Canberra, Peter Sturrock picked up a copy...

Glebe Island: The plan to save Sydney’s last working port

13 Oct, 2025
THE BEACON is DCN’s new series of articles that take a closer look at key topics and themes for...

Industry Opinions & Insights


OPINION: Why Australia needs a whole-of-ecosystem approach to digital optimisation

AUSTRALIA’S ports are critical for our economy, handling 99 per cent of Australia’s international...

From inclusion to involvement: A sea change in maritime culture

3 Nov, 2025
THE ONLY word I can think of to describe the feeling of walking into a conference on the other side...

OPINION: Paying more, getting less: Australia’s ports under the microscope

THE 2024 Container Port Performance Index (CPPI), released by the World Bank and S&P Global Market...

OPINION: From chaos to continuity - 20 years of ICS

23 Oct, 2025
READERS of this article in our industry 20 years ago will have their own story about the...

Partner News


Brisbane hosts LinerGame

9 Oct, 2025
Earlier this month saw a gathering of attendees in Brisbane to understand and play the LinerGame....

How private mobile networks are making waves at container ports

7 Nov, 2024
By Nihir Bansal, Product Solutions Manager, BAI Communications PORTS all over the world are busier...

AMSA calls on owners, operators to assess overboard risks

23 Sep, 2024
No excuse is ever good enough for those left behind Lifejackets save lives, it’s a simple message...

20 years of Australian Coastal Shipping

14 Apr, 2024
Australian Coastal Shipping is celebrating a milestone this year. It’s been 20 years since the...

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