News


Concerns for seafarers as Middle East conflict rages

6 Mar, 2026
WARNINGS for the safety of seafarers during the Middle East conflict have been issued by two of the...

Pilbara’s Lumsden Point highway access complete

6 Mar, 2026
ACCESS to Pilbara Ports’ Lumsden Point development has been completed with the opening of the new...

Avocado exporters get a Malaysian boost

6 Mar, 2026
STRONG growth in volumes of avocadoes exported to Malaysia show the Southeast Asia nation is an...

Pilbara Ports signs ammonia MOU for ship refuelling

6 Mar, 2026
PILBARA Ports has signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with Yara Pilbara, one of the world’s...

New Zealand key ports: Wellington on target

6 Mar, 2026
WELLINGTON’s CentrePort Limited ended the first half of the 2026 financial year positively with an...

World Container Index – 5 March 2026

DREWRY'S World Container Index increased 3% to $1,958 per 40ft container due to an increase in...

OPINION: The data gap that is holding back logistics

AFTER 25 years in global transport and a decade focused on logistics decarbonisation, it is become...

China-Australia rates rebound as carriers seek new increases

5 Mar, 2026
FREIGHT rates have bounced back on the key China-Australia trade route with the Week 10 mean...

The Bradfield Bulletin - 6th March 2026

WHAT a week to open the doors to a new freight forwarding company. It’s certainly not one I’ll...

Features


PORT & TERMINAL DEVELOPMENT: Heralding the future of Australia’s port network

Diversification of Australia’s ports is inevitable as the country prepares for the coming decades...

VICTORIA: The freight state

26 Feb, 2026
Victoria's freight sector is evolving with key projects like Inland Rail and the West Gate Tunnel,...

AIR CARGO: Policy keeping it fresh from paddock to plate

15 Jan, 2026
With the free trade agreement between Australia and the United Arab Emirates underway, Daily Cargo...

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...

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: The illusion of oversupply

FOR most of this year, container shipping was bracing for the opposite problem.. too much capacity....

INSIGHT: Metrics alone do not satisfy ASRS

4 Mar, 2026
MANDATORY climate reporting is about to change reporting for thousands of Australian businesses....

OPINION: Gulf cargo crisis - what does it mean for Australia?

DETAINED. Delayed. Detoured. Denied. The Gulf crisis is not a spectator sport, and Australian cargo...

INSIGHT: Nominee customs brokers, ABN-to-ABN engagements and the insurance gap

ONE of the most persistent misconceptions in the customs brokerage sector is that regulatory...

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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