News


MSC’s Eagle has lift off

3 Feb, 2026
THE MOST serious challenge in many a decade to the status quo in the Australia/New Zealand-Americas...

OPINION: Australian ports don't deserve relegation

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

Rates collapse as Chinese New Year sees demand crash

3 Feb, 2026
CARRIERS appear to have been taken by surprise as poor demand in the China-Australia trade sees...

Pilbara Ports boss’s brush with royalty

3 Feb, 2026
PILBARA Ports CEO Samuel McSkimming has had a brush with royalty at Windsor Castle. Mr Mc Skimming...

Man-overboard detection tech passes final ISO test

MARITIME technology innovator MARSS has successfully completed Phase 3 testing of the ISO 21195...

Birdon eyes new US advanced manufacturing facility

PORT Macquarie ship builder Birdon has announced plans to develop and operate a 400,000-square-foot...

Spirit Geelong stay costing almost a million a month

2 Feb, 2026
TT LINE is negotiating to have Spirit of Tasmania V join sister Spirit of Tasmania IV ‘in storage’...

Busiest berths get a boost at Townsville

2 Feb, 2026
STRENGTHENING trade and supply chains in North Queensland was the aim of upgrades to berths three...

Lonely numbers for ONE

2 Feb, 2026
JAPAN’s Ocean Network Express, the world’s sixth largest container line, has reported a US$88...

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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