News


Meat industry feels the pain as China announces beef tariffs

2 Jan, 2026
“EXTREMELY disappointed” is how the Australian Meat Industry Council (AMIC) says it feels after the...

Cruise ship refloated, surveys underway

31 Dec, 2025
AFTER the successful refloating of Coral Expeditions’ Coral Adventurer at around 1800 yesterday [30...

CMA CGM confirms New Year Kea

31 Dec, 2025
CMA CGM has formally announced a second weekly string connecting Australia and New Zealand with...

Kimberley ports prepare to re-open after cyclone

31 Dec, 2025
UPDATED: KPA has re-opened all ports after the passage of Tropical Cyclone Hayley. Capt Wadhwa...

Stranded passengers on their way home

30 Dec, 2025
CORAL Expeditions has arranged the repatriation of passengers stranded by the grounding of...

ATSB weighs in on cruise ship grounding

29 Dec, 2025
THE AUSTRALIAN Transport Safety Bureau has launched an investigation into the grounding of the...

Another misadventure for expedition cruise ship

28 Dec, 2025
CAIRNS-based Coral Expeditions has suffered a further incident that could potentially impact its...

Santa’s News in Brief

24 Dec, 2025
HERE IS a short summary of news Santa’s helpers delivered ahead of his Big Night and Day. Freo...

A very happy festive season to all our readers

As the year draws to a close, all of us at DCN would like to wish our readers a safe, joyful, and...

Features


PORT & CONTAINER EQUIPMENT: Driving port productivity

17 Nov, 2025
A look at what is happening at our ports, both with cyber technology and hard machinery. CHANGE is...

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,...

The Beacon


How Hamburg is devising a model for combining housing and harbour

WHEN the 6000 future residents of Hamburg’s Grasbrook residential development look out of their...

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: ACCC has confirmed landside charges failure – now the government must act

23 Dec, 2025
ANOTHER ROUND of increases to Terminal Access Charges (TACs) takes effect from 1 January 2026,...

EMERGING TECHNOLOGY: Wake of transformation

22 Dec, 2025
Exploring how Oceania's maritime industry is harnessing advanced technology across its waterways...

INDUSTRY OPINION: Stepping up

22 Dec, 2025
With the Australian Peak Shippers Association being appointed Vice Chair of the Asian Shippers’...

OPINION: Port pricing and the mystery of higher landside costs

THE RECENT proposed takeover of Qube Logistics by Macquarie Asset Management and the release of the...

Partner News


Australia’s newest and largest intermodal terminal commences rail freight operations

18 Dec, 2025
In a significant development for both Victorian and national supply chains, the newest and largest...

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