News


Qube signs off on $11.7bn Macquarie takeover

16 Feb, 2026
THE BOARD of Qube has signed off on the $11.7 billion sale to Macquarie Asset Management and its...

Hapag-Lloyd breaks cover on ZIM buy

16 Feb, 2026
IN WHAT is being acclaimed as a clever navigation of a difficult situation Hapag-Lloyd has...

Bulk business hikes for Aurizon's half year

16 Feb, 2026
ASX-LISTED rail freight operator Aurizon has reported a group EBITDA of $891 million for the...

Hobart’s LSA wins major Canuck contract

16 Feb, 2026
HOBART’s Liferaft Systems Australia (LSA) has signed a lucrative new contract with long-term...

Contract awarded for PNG FSO

16 Feb, 2026
MALAYSIA’s MISC Berhad is to provide Papua New Guinea’s first floating storage and offloading...

Fortescue adds electric locomotives to decarbonisation push

16 Feb, 2026
FORTESCUE has continued its push for decarbonisation of its Pilbara iron ore operations with the...

Record grain harvest from WA

16 Feb, 2026
WESTERN Australia has produced its biggest grain harvest on record. The state produced a 27.352...

Baltic Exchange Weekly Report - 13 February 2026

THE BALTIC Dry Index rebounded last week, finishing at 2083 for the week ending 13 February 2026,...

Southern WA gets call to apply for Port community funding

16 Feb, 2026
SOUTHERN Ports is calling for communities across the south of Western Australia to apply for grass...

Features


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...

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...

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: Changing tides and navigating 2026

12 Feb, 2026
AS AUSTRALIA and New Zealand resume normal trading cadence following the southern summer, global...

OPINION: Beyond GPS - what happens when navigation meets the real world?

11 Feb, 2026
THERE'S a reason behind Australia’s biennial conference devoted to positioning, navigation and...

OPINION: Australian ports don't deserve relegation

I RECENTLY received Shipping Australia’s (SAL) latest newsletter Signal which has no less than nine...

EMERGING TECHNOLOGY: Wake of transformation

2 Feb, 2026
Exploring how Oceania's maritime industry is harnessing advanced technology across its waterways...

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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