News


NSS announces new container facility

24 Feb, 2026
DEDICATED support for 230 refrigerated containers is among the features of a new $5 million...

Down down, freight rates are down

24 Feb, 2026
CARRIERS are resorting to almost meaningless inbound rate restoration attempts in a move watchers...

Ports Australia and RightShip team up for safety focus

24 Feb, 2026
GLOBAL maritime safety organisation RightShip has joined Ports Australia, seeking to contribute in...

New AMSA ETV on the water

24 Feb, 2026
THE AUSTRALIAN Maritime Safety Authority’s new Torres Strait and Great Barrier Reef emergency...

Austal Australia outperforms US division

24 Feb, 2026
WA-BASED shipbuilder Austal’s Australasian business outshone the group’s subsidiary businesses in...

More deals rigged in Australian waters

24 Feb, 2026
TWO of the world’s leading drilling rig owners/operators, Transocean and Valaris, which last week...

Export focus for Queensland trade conference

24 Feb, 2026
STATE trade minister Ros Bates is to deliver the opening address at the upcoming Queensland...

More Russian vessels sanctioned by NZ

23 Feb, 2026
The New Zealand Government has expanded the scope of sanctions imposed on Russian interests, adding...

Baltic Exchange Weekly Report - 20 February 2026

AT THE end of Friday February 20, 2026, the Baltic Dry Index (BDI) closed at 2043 points, a 1.19%...

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: Government needs to step up on seafarer welfare

ON THE 20th anniversary of the Maritime Labour Convention, Human Rights at Sea calls on the...

OPINION: The landside cost shift - a practical view from the supply chain

20 Feb, 2026
THE CURRENT debate around port productivity and container terminal performance is important. But...

OPINION: Why PI premiums don’t match risk

19 Feb, 2026
FOR decades, professional indemnity (PI) insurance for customs brokers has been priced on a simple...

OPINION: Safety helmets: When standards fail stevedores and crews

ON 2nd May 2019, a twistlock fitted to one of the bottom corner fittings of a container fell out of...

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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