News


“Dozens of parties” interested in buying ACFS, meeting hears

18 Aug, 2026
A MEETING of ACFS Port Logistics creditors has heard there is considerable interest in buying the...

SPOTLIGHT ON: Maritime Services Award

THE MARITIME Services award is one of the night's anticipated awards, recognising those businesses...

Walden goes Worldwide

18 Aug, 2026
FORMER ANL managing director Shane Walden has joined wholesale forwarder AGS World Transport as...

Container boost for Lyttelton

18 Aug, 2026
FRESH from rejecting an investment and management proposal from a DP World-led local consortium,...

Neptune Pacific swaps back tonnage

18 Aug, 2026
FOLLOWING completion of scheduled repairs to the 1,103 TEU NPDL Tahiti in Auckland the vessel will...

Mixed results for Asian container lines

18 Aug, 2026
LEADING Asian carriers have mostly recorded dire first-half results but are hoping the second...

Navia and TCI International formalise joint venture

TWO of the Sino-Australian and Sino-American freight market's most established independent...

Tauranga welcomes Stella decision

18 Aug, 2026
IN A draft decision that should bring Tauranga closer to the end of as long-running saga, a...

Brisbane RiverCity Ferries cat-fight continues

18 Aug, 2026
THE BRISBANE dispute between maritime unions and the operators of RiverCity Ferries remains...

Features


LINER TRADES TO ASIA: When the big get bigger

17 Aug, 2026
Australia’s international container trades are increasingly and irreversibly dominated by Asia. And...

TASMANIA: Changing times in the Apple Isle

24 July, 2026
New ships and extra capacity ensure Tasmania is well-placed to handle the fluctuations that...

REGIONAL PORTS: Diversification's big impact

13 July, 2026
Australia’s metropolitan ports are often in focus for the role they play in maritime trade, much of...

REGIONAL PORTS: Ports with big hearts

13 July, 2026
WHILE Australia’s regional ports are becoming ever more important, at the heart of success is the...

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...

Magazine Articles


TRADE LAW: Trade 2040 - navigating turbulence

17 Aug, 2026
THE INTERNATIONAL supply chain has been subject to some serious recent challenges including the...

PORTS: Clean skies ahead

Port of Los Angeles executive director Gene Seroka will discuss the Clean Air Action Plan, trade...

OPINION: China’s maritime shift & its consequences for Australian shippers

18 June, 2026
THERE is a growing shift underway in China’s maritime policy settings that, while not yet widely...

AIR CARGO: Liability up in the air

15 June, 2026
THE ARRANGEMENTS around the liability of each party involved in the movement of cargo by air are...

Industry Opinions & Insights


DISCUSSION: AMSA’s priorities are well-intentioned but ineffective

13 Aug, 2026
AT AN industry Q&A session following an Australian Maritime Safety Authority (AMSA) board meeting...

DISCUSSION: 2005–2026 - what happened to the liner shipping commercial chain?

12 Aug, 2026
ON 30 June 2026, the Australian Shippers Alliance (ASA) lodged a formal complaint with the...

ACFS insolvency issues create confusion and supply chain risk

10 Aug, 2026
PARTIES in the commercial world have been exposed to insolvency, which has increased and...

OPINION: Force Majeure is a verb, not a declaration

MOST people treat force majeure like a light switch. Something goes wrong, a port closes, a strait...

Partner News


DP World, LiteHaus launch Fiji digital education push

DP World has teamed up with Australian non-profit LiteHaus International on a digital education...

PORT OF BRISBANE: Queensland's 'best kept secret' celebrates 50 years

To mark 50 years since the establishment of the Port of Brisbane Authority to create a modern,...

Southern Ports' Community Investment Program going bigger than ever

SOUTHERN Ports is set to take its Community Investment Program to a new level after delivering a...

Mission raffle enters final fortnight

THERE are just two weeks left in the Mission to Seafarers Sydney's fundraising raffle, with two...

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