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COSCO Shipping Holdings in 2025: operationally outperforming

24 Mar, 2026
WHILE COSCO Shipping Holdings (CSH) could not escape 2025’s strained market conditions the company...

Flinder Ports’ new vessel barges in

24 Mar, 2026
FLINDERS Port Holdings (FPH) has taken delivery of an ultra-flexible new utility vessel that will...

Middle East conflict threatens medicine supply chains, analyst says

24 Mar, 2026
CONFLICT near the Strait of Hormuz has potential to disrupt Australia’s pharmaceutical supply...

OPINION: The ‘April cliff’ - a mathematical certainty

This article is submitted by a reader. The views expressed are those of the author and do not...

Australia and the EU conclude trade deal

24 Mar, 2026
BOLSTERING Australian competitiveness and diversifying market access is how a trade deal with the...

Operations changes help boost Pilbara Ports

24 Mar, 2026
OPERATIONAL changes have helped Pilbara Ports to a total monthly throughput of 55.9 million tonnes...

Pacific National strengthens east-west freight capacity

24 Mar, 2026
PACIFIC National has begun operating a new intermodal terminal in Kalgoorlie, strengthening...

Middle East war unleashes surcharges blitz

23 Mar, 2026
INBOXES have been groaning over the last ten days as carrier notifications of emergency fuel...

MIDDLE EAST UPDATES: IMO calls for safe maritime corridors

WELCOME to our rolling updates on the crisis unfolding in the Middle East and its impact upon...

Features


EDUCATION & TRAINING: Adapting to changing times

18 Mar, 2026
DCN takes a look at how the education and training sector is adapting to the needs of a rapidly...

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...

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 ‘April cliff’ - a mathematical certainty

This article is submitted by a reader. The views expressed are those of the author and do not...

OPINION: Infrastructure Australia misses the boat

INFRASTRUCTURE Australia (IA) recently released the IA 2026 Priority List (IPL). I would like to...

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...

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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