News


Fethers flying: Boluda slips the line

9 Mar, 2026
BOLUDA Towage Australia CEO and managing director David Fethers has left the Spanish group. The...

ASCLA lunch highlights diversity in logistics

SUPPLY chain and logistics professionals were encouraged to rethink how the industry is described,...

US fuel on the way to Australia

9 Mar, 2026
EXXONMOBIL has chartered two tankers to ship about 600,000 barrels of petrol, diesel and avgas from...

ICTSI reports huge 2025

9 Mar, 2026
INTERNATIONAL Container Terminal Services, Inc., parent of Melbourne’s Victoria International...

Fifth Spirit ends Scottish vacation

9 Mar, 2026
TT LINE ro-pax Spirit of Tasmania V departed Leith, Scotland at 1444 hours on Saturday [7 March]...

Dredging kicks off at Port of Devonport

TASMANIA'S main freight gateway is set for a major maintenance dredging campaign, with TasPorts...

Baltic Exchange Weekly Report - 6 March 2026

AT THE end of Friday March 6, 2026, the Baltic Dry Index (BDI) closed at 2010 points, down from the...

Consortium explores NZ-Japan green hydrogen

9 Mar, 2026
A MITSUI Osk-led group of four Japanese companies is studying the commercialisation of green...

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...

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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