News


WA Gulf mission to build agriculture exports

6 Feb, 2026
THE GROWING Persian Gulf trade with Western Australia, worth $955.4 million in 2024-25, led by...

Pilbara Ports cleared as potential cyclone threatens

6 Feb, 2026
PILBARA Ports has sent all vessels back to sea with a tropical low forecast to become a tropical...

VICT set for another quarter-century

6 Feb, 2026
VICTORIA International Container Terminal has extended the lease of its Webb Dock East automated...

Tough market for old Spirit sales

6 Feb, 2026
TT LINE has reported “some interest” from potential buyers of existing vessels Spirit of Tasmania I...

Maersk: Strong year but fourth quarter pain

6 Feb, 2026
MAERSK LINE has joined Ocean Network Express in recording a quarterly loss but that failed to...

Marine incidents prominent in ATSB year-in-review

6 Feb, 2026
MARITIME incidents such as the collision of a container ship with the sail training ship Leeuwin at...

World Container Index – 5 January 2026

DREWRY'S World Container Index decreased for the fourth consecutive week, dropping a further 7% to...

NTC seeks consultation on landside stevedoring charges

5 Feb, 2026
PUBLIC consultation has opened for proposed updates to the National Voluntary Guidelines for...

The Bradfield Bulletin - 6th February 2026

WHAT a week. You could almost hear the collective, relieved sigh from parents as the kids went back...

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: Australian ports don't deserve relegation

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

OPINION: BBNJ and sharing the benefits from marine resources

THE BIODIVERSITY Beyond National Jurisdiction Agreement (BBNJ) that came into effect this month is...

OPINION: Fairness in container detention: A shipping line’s perspective

22 Jan, 2026
PAUL Zalai’s recent industry opinion, Container detention in Australia – time for fair play, not...

OPINION: Container detention in Australia - time for fair play, not revenue games

21 Jan, 2026
CONTAINER detention in Australia has drifted a long way from its original purpose. What was once a...

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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