News


No escape for OOCL in 2025

16 Mar, 2026
OOCL’s deepening relationship with parent COSCO Shipping has not fully protected it from the...

Zespri shipping, Knowles shipping out

16 Mar, 2026
NEW ZEALAND kiwifruit marketer Zespri has despatched its first chartered reefer ship of the season,...

Austal completes five-year contract with Navy

16 Mar, 2026
WEST AUSTRALIAN shipbuilder Austal has completed its Royal Australian Navy contract for 10 Evolved...

Freight group calls for easing of heavy load vehicle restrictions

16 Mar, 2026
WHILE disruption to road freight has been minimal following the closure of the Fremantle Traffic...

Captain Dick Francis remembered

16 Mar, 2026
THE Melbourne maritime community is mourning the passing of Captain Dick Francis who died on 10...

Trade facilitation and market access discussed at AGIC Asia

16 Mar, 2026
THEMES of trade facilitation and market access were discussed at Australian Grains Industry...

Baltic Exchange Weekly Report - 13 March 2026

THE BALTIC Index (BDI) increased slightly last week, closing at 2028 points for 13 March 2026, up...

EMERGING TECHNOLOGY: Sweet success

15 Mar, 2026
AS CLIMATE pressure intensifies on maritime shipping, the International Maritime Organization (IMO)...

Interim CEO for TasPorts

13 Mar, 2026
TASPORTS has appointed industry veteran Captain Allan Gray as interim chief executive while a...

Features


MARINE SURVEYORS: Navigating the risks, looking to the future

The marine surveying profession continues to evolve through workforce diversification,...

MARINE SURVEYORS: Bringing on the next generation

Industry stakeholders are slowly coming around and understanding that marine surveying requires a...

MARINE SURVEYORS: Strengthening draft survey records in Australian bulk trades

8 Mar, 2026
The principle of marine surveying is straightforward, but the accuracy and repeatability of...

MARINE SURVEYORS: Surveying in a time of change

Success requires adaptation and a mindset of embracing change, writes Dr Eric Perez and Susan Hull...

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


NAVIGATING 2026: When the frame changes

13 Mar, 2026
FEBRUARY was shaping up as another well-known chapter in the cyclical downturn of the shipping...

OPINION: The digital supply chain cake

10 Mar, 2026
As I prepare to teach JNB701 Maritime Informatics, a course on digital transformation in supply...

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....

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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