50-676: DCN may refer to: Daily Cargo News , an Australian monthly shipping magazine Decorin , a protein encoded by the DCN gene Deputy Chief of Navy , Australia Dorsal cochlear nucleus , a structure on the brainstem Dynamic circuit network , a computer network technology Data Communication Network, for network management in Radio access networks Naval Group , French shipbuilder formerly known as Direction des Constructions Navales (DCN) RAAF Base Curtin , IATA airport code "DCN" Topics referred to by
100-499: A management buyout of LLP and the company was successfully listed on the London Stock Exchange . Now cashed up, LLP made a play to acquire LLAW 's dominating competitor, the DCN . It was a long process and complicated by the decision of LLP to merge with a London-based international conference company, IBC Conferences. This merger was completed at the end of 1998 and resulted in the creation of Informa plc . Under
150-922: A move to a new building in North Sydney . A site on the corner of Hill Plaza and Elizabeth Street was purchased from P&O for £60,000. An old building on the site was demolished and Shipnews House was erected. Marine artist John Charles Allcot created the iconic sailing ship for the building, whose port and starboard lights illuminated at night, a landmark for passers-by on the nearby Pacific Highway . By 1966 Shipping Newspapers Ltd had expanded to include subsidiaries in Melbourne , Adelaide , Perth and Brisbane , each with its own printing plant. The group also included The Manufacturer Publishing Company, The Commonwealth Jeweller and Watchmaker, Marchant & Co General Printers and Broadway Typesetters. Asset rich, but underperforming in share value, Shipping Newspapers Ltd became
200-636: A number of heritage-listed sites, including those listed on the New South Wales State Heritage Register : The following buildings are heritage-listed on other heritage registers: The commercial district of North Sydney includes the second largest concentration of office buildings in New South Wales, with a large representation from the advertising and information technology industries. Advertising, marketing businesses and associated trades such as printing have traditionally dominated
250-530: A prime target for corporate raiders. Sir Ronald Brierley purchased the company in 1969, dividing and selling its assets. Subsequently, DCN was sold to businessman Maxwell Newton with funding from Marrickville Holdings. In 1981 Peter Isaacson bought the newspaper from the liquidators of Maxwell Newton. Peter Isaacson Publications was acquired by Independent News & Media's Australian media arm, Australian Provincial Newspapers (APN) in 1993, where DCN remained until purchased by Informa in 1999. In total,
300-758: A private Australian publishing company, Westonprint, of Kiama on the south coast of NSW . Westonprint already provided print and distribution services for several international weekly versions of well known newspapers, including The Guardian and Scottish Daily Record . At the time, the Australian maritime media market was dominated by the Daily Commercial News (DCN), a five-day weekly national newspaper. Following extensive local market research by LLP through Lloyd's List's Managing Director, Ian Ormes, Advertisement Director, John Quilter and Peter Attwater (Managing Editor of Westonprint) David Gilbertson authorized
350-787: A rented home in Moverly Road in the Sydney metropolitan coastal suburb of Maroubra . There, articles were written and advertisements sold. The newspaper was in profit from the outset. The stories were transmitted back to Lloyd's List in London where the compilation of the newspaper took place by Lloyd's List production staff. The completed editorial pages of the newspaper were then transmitted back to Westonprint in Australia where advertisements were manually inserted and production completed before printing and distribution took place. Smith and Pickstock carried
400-420: Is currently edited by Ian Ackerman. It remains a totally subscribed publication with a daily e-mail newswire service to several thousand readers. In July 2018, Daily Cargo News moved to a monthly magazine format. When the paper was founded in 1891, Howard Moffat described the editorial policy as "containing latest particulars on all matters connected with shipping – imports, exports &c" . Early editions of
450-538: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Daily Cargo News Daily Cargo News (DCN) is a monthly Australian shipping , trade , transport and logistics focused magazine, published by Daily Cargo News Pty Ltd. First published in 1891 as Daily Commercial News , Daily Cargo News is Australia's longest running national newspaper. Howard Ignatius Moffat, born in Redfern, New South Wales in 1861, traveled to
500-702: Is directly linked to the Sydney CBD by road and rail across the Sydney Harbour Bridge . North Sydney railway station is on the North Shore railway line of the Sydney Trains network. Bus services by Busways , CDC NSW , Keolis Downer Northern Beaches , Transdev John Holland and Transit Systems operate through North Sydney, connecting train and bus services towards North Sydney's neighbouring suburbs as well as connecting train services to Richmond via City from
550-637: Is located on the corner of Falcon Street and Miller Street. Primary schools include North Sydney Demonstration School , Mosman Preparatory School and St Marys Primary School. High schools include the public North Sydney Boys High School and North Sydney Girls High School , the Catholic Marist Catholic College North Shore , and independent schools Wenona School , Monte Sant' Angelo Mercy College and Sydney Church of England Grammar School (Shore). St Aloysius' College of Milsons Point and Loreto Kirribilli are also within
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#1732848275276600-568: The 2000 Summer Olympics , the city was the starting point of the marathon course that would end 26.2 mi (42.2 km) later at the Olympic Stadium in Homebush Bay . The local government area of North Sydney Council includes the suburb of North Sydney and the surrounding suburbs of Crows Nest , Waverton , Neutral Bay , McMahons Point , Kirribilli , Cremorne (divided between North Sydney & Mosman) and Cammeray . This suburb
650-668: The Australian Newspapers Digitisation Program project of the National Library of Australia . North Sydney, New South Wales North Sydney is a suburb and major commercial district on the Lower North Shore of Sydney , New South Wales , Australia. It is located three kilometres north of the Sydney central business district and is the administrative centre for the local government area of North Sydney Council . The Indigenous people on
700-576: The DCN and LLAW continued to publish on their normal schedules until the newspapers were merged. On Monday 12 April 1999, the first edition of the now Lloyd's List DCN was published by an editorial, advertising, subscriptions and production team made up a staff from both the DCN and LLAW . LLAW editor Kevin Chinnery edited the combined publication for a further seven years until the end of 2006 when he joined Business Review Weekly as its weekly editor. Former LLDCN deputy editor Sandy Galbraith edited
750-439: The Daily Commercial News ran for 108 years under its original banner. During this time it occupied a unique position amongst a select group as one of only three national Australian daily newspapers alongside The Australian and Australian Financial Review - yet with a much more tightly defined market and readership than its colleagues. Early in 1993, Lloyd's List , one of the world's oldest daily newspapers investigated
800-414: The 1990s and early 2000s meant that by 2005 editorial focus began to shift away from serving shipping lines themselves and instead reporting information about shipping lines to third party businesses such as logistics operators, freight forwarders, customs brokers, insurance companies, analysts and import/export departments. On 28 May 2009, after 118 years in print, vessel sailing schedules were removed from
850-569: The Informa banner, the acquisition of the DCN was completed in March 1999 for A$ 10m. Announcing the purchase, Gilbertson stated "Daily Commercial News is a powerful and long established title in the Australian market. In combination with our weekly publication, Lloyd's List Australian Weekly , the acquisition of DCN will enable Informa to offer an unrivalled information service to the Australian import and export community" . For several weeks following,
900-621: The North Sydney tramway system can be divided into three periods – the first from the original opening in 1886 to 1909, when the McMahons Point line opened. The second period covers the time until the Wynyard line was opened across the Sydney Harbour Bridge in 1932, and the third until construction of the Cahill Expressway on the eastern side of Sydney Harbour Bridge and the wider closure of
950-609: The Sydney metropolitan area, North Sydney has limited shopping facilities and almost no Sunday trading. There are four supermarkets ( Aldi , IGA , Coles and Woolworths Metro ). The main shopping complex is the Greenwood Plaza, which is connected to North Sydney station . Berry Square is another shopping centre in Berry Street, formerly known as North Sydney Shopping World. According to the 2021 census , there were 8,964 residents in
1000-637: The T1 North Shore & Northern Lines. The Warringah Freeway links North Sydney south to the Sydney CBD and north to Chatswood . High Street, North Sydney wharf is a wharf served by Neutral Bay ferry services , which is part of the Sydney Ferries network. It is possible to walk from parts of North Sydney to the city centre in less than 30 minutes, by way of the Sydney Harbour Bridge. Victoria Cross railway station , located two blocks north of
1050-583: The United States at an early age to study American business methods. He returned to Sydney in 1887 intent on establishing a shipping newspaper, founding Shipping Newspapers Ltd under the name The Daily Shipping Paper in November 1890 with business partner Jeremiah Roberts. On 13 April 1891, the first edition of Daily Commercial News (DCN) was published. On 30 April 1892 the newspaper changed its title to Daily Commercial News and Shipping List . Moffat remained
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#17328482752761100-634: The acquisition of Lloyd's List Australia . The paper continued to run under the Lloyd's List Australia masthead for a further four months, as staff and assets were relocated from Informa's Sydney office to the Paragon Media office in Crows Nest . In October 2017 the masthead was changed to Daily Cargo News , whose acronym, DCN, is a homage to the original name and heritage of the newspaper. Today, Daily Cargo News operates from its Crows Nest headquarters and it
1150-415: The amount of cruise vessels serving passenger routes between Australia and Europe/North America. As a result, maritime coverage slowly moved entirely towards commercial matters. The editorial focus remained largely unchanged for the next 40 years, with the addition of a digital offering in 1994 and the publication of news and vessel information online. The decline of Australian flagged commercial vessels in
1200-507: The business life of the area though these have been supplanted to a certain extent by information technology businesses. Corporations whose offices are in North Sydney include: AAMI , Acciona , AGL , CIMIC , Cisco Systems , Coca-Cola Europacific Partners , Gen Digital , Hyundai , Nando's , National Australia Bank , NBN Co , Nine Entertainment , Novell , Sophos , Sun Microsystems , UGL , Vocus Communications , Vodafone and Zurich Insurance . Unlike other major suburban hubs within
1250-569: The confines of the North Sydney local government area . Post-secondary education providers include the Australian Catholic University , APM College of Business and Communication , Raffles College of Design and Commerce, Walker and Miller Training and Billy Blue College of Design . St Leonards Park which includes North Sydney Oval is the suburb's major recreation area, popular among joggers and those wishing to walk their dogs. North Sydney Ovals are notably cricket pitches during
1300-416: The decision to enter the Australian market with a weekly newspaper. The newspaper was called Lloyd's List Australian Weekly (LLAW). It was first published on Monday, 30 August 1993. A senior journalist on Lloyd's List , Leigh Smith, was chosen to head the project as editor. He was joined by Advertising Manager, Adrian Pickstock, who had recently joined LLP in London. Initially, they set up an office in
1350-619: The driving force behind the newspaper until ill health and failing eyesight forced his retirement in 1935. His retirement coincided with the financial crisis resulting from The Great Depression . Like so many other businesses at the time, DCN found itself in a difficult position. The National Bank of Australia stepped in and appointed a receiver, Charles Witt. The rescue was so successful that shareholders persuaded him to remain on as chairman, which he did until his retirement in 1962. During World War II , Australian authorities sought suspension of publication of all shipping movements for fear that
1400-491: The editorial staff of Daily Cargo News . Hosts of the awards ceremony have included former Australian cricket player Mike Whitney and television personality Sam Kekovich . Daily Cargo News participates in a number of staff and industry driven charity initiatives, most notably the annual Shipping Industry Golf Challenge. To date this event has raised over A$ 633,000 for the oncology unit at Westmead Children's Hospital . The paper has been partially digitised as part of
1450-454: The editorial team from early 1994. As deputy editor the following year he proposed LLAW establish a website including shipping schedules and news. The free website proved an immediate success - contrasting with the expensively designed electronic commerce offering from rival DCN , which required subscribers to pay. Leigh Smith continued as editor of LLAW until 1995 when he returned to London to join corporate public relations with BP . He
1500-409: The entire editorial and advertising project for several months and when it became clear that LLAW was making headway, they were joined by their wives – but not just for comfort. Smith's wife, Clare Longley, was an accomplished journalist and joined the editorial team while Pickstock's wife Ellen, briefly joined the sales team. David Worwood, formerly features editor with DCN , further strengthened
1550-527: The environment. Daily Cargo News ' s current publishing stable includes the monthly magazine, a website, four different daily e-mail newswires, and an annual directory: The Australian Shipping & Maritime Industry Awards have been held every November since 1995. As of 2011 there are 16 award categories which recognise achievements in liner trading , freight forwarding , maritime safety, project cargo , seafarers welfare, maritime services, supply chain and young achievement. Nominations are open to
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1600-605: The existing North Sydney railway station, opened in late August 2024 as part of the Sydney Metro City & Southwest project. Churches include St Mary's Catholic Church on Miller Street, St Francis Xavier's War Memorial Church in Mackenzie Street, St Thomas Anglican Church on West and Church Streets, Christ Church on Walker and Lavender Streets, St Peter's Presbyterian Church and Manse on Blues Point Road and Chinese Christian Church on Alfred Street. Hare Krishna Temple
1650-460: The first to appear under the new masthead. The paper ran as Lloyd's List Australia and published by Informa Australia for a further 6 years, until a change in regional strategy saw Informa divest their entire Australian publishing business. All of their titles, including Lloyd's List Australia , were placed on the market in January 2017. In June 2017, specialist trade publisher Paragon Media completed
1700-438: The full gamut of trade and intermodal door-to-door transport. As the shift towards containerisation and purpose-built container ships gained momentum in the 1950s, publication of shipping manifests became less frequent. By 1964 manifests had been completely replaced by container unpack notifications letting owners know when their containers had cleared customs. Around the same time, the popularisation of airline travel reduced
1750-540: The general public thus any person may nominate another company, corporation, organisation or individual for any award. Winners of 14 of the awards are selected by a combination of votes from a judging panel consisting of industry peers and popular vote by the readers of Daily Cargo News . The final two award winners, Newsmaker of the Year and the annual induction to the Australian Maritime Hall of Fame, are determined by
1800-505: The information could fall into enemy hands. With the strong support of the Australian shipping industry a compromise was reached – only after a ship had sailed, returned and sailed again would its original sailing be published. This policy was revoked at the conclusion of the war. For over 50 years DCN 's were at 16 Bond Street, Sydney , which had extra floors added over the decades to accommodate peak staffing levels of over 1,000 employees. In 1962 new Chairman Raymond Morris initiated
1850-399: The newspaper contained general shipping and trade news, commercial shipping schedules, passenger shipping itineraries, insurance news, shipping casualties and ship manifests. By 1920, editorial coverage had begun to diversify beyond the maritime trade sector with the launch of the weekly "Airways News" section. In 1933 both road and rail transport were also included, expanding the coverage to
1900-524: The newspaper in favour of being hosted online. The following year, airfreight and road transport were removed from the editorial policy and rail coverage was moved from the newspaper to a new stand-alone publication named Rail Express . Today, Daily Cargo News primarily covers news and trends in container, liner and bulk shipping, ports , logistics , freighting and customs broking, supply chain & logistics, dry bulk trades, project cargo , government policy, law, regulation and shipping's impact on
1950-624: The north pylon of the Sydney Harbour Bridge is now located, and built a house which he named after his childhood home. This area north of Gore Hill became known as St Leonards . The township of St Leonards was laid out in 1836 in what is now North Sydney, bounded by what is now Miller, Walker, Lavender and Berry Streets. By 1846 there were 106 houses here and by 1859, the commercial centre had extended from Milsons Point to Miller Street. A bus service operated by Jeremiah Wall ran between Milsons Point and North Sydney Shops , and North Sydney thus developed its own identity. The North Sydney municipality
2000-414: The possibility of extending its international publishing service. The proposal was to launch a weekly version of its newspaper in Australia combining Lloyd's List 's traditional international coverage with an extensive coverage of national shipping events in Australia. Under the guidance of Publisher and Chief Executive Lloyd's of London Press (LLP), David Gilbertson, a joint venture was formed with
2050-460: The publication for six years, leaving for a role at Sydney Business Chamber in October 2016. On 24 November 2011, at the 16th annual Australian Shipping & Maritime Industry Awards, publisher Peter Attwater announced that Lloyd's List DCN was to be re-branded as Lloyd's List Australia to give the publication a "clear national focus". The change was immediate, with issue 901 (24 November 2011)
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2100-466: The publication until September 2007, when he moved into shipping consultancy, and was replaced by LLDCN Sydney correspondent Sam Collyer who edited the paper until July 2010 when he left to pursue a public relations career with Caltex . Jim Wilson, then the Asia-Pacific editor of shipping publication Fairplay , was recruited from Singapore and moved to Australia to become editor of LLDCN . Jim edited
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2200-413: The southern side of Port Jackson (Sydney Harbour) called the north side warung which meant the other side , while those on the northern side used the same name to describe the southern side. The first name used by European settlers was Hunterhill , named after a property owned by Thomas Muir of Huntershill (1765–1799), a Scottish political reformer. He purchased land in 1794 near the location where
2250-459: The suburb of North Sydney. 46.9% of residents were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were China 5.8%, England 5.4%, India 4.6%, New Zealand 2.4% and Hong Kong 1.8%. 61.6% of residents spoke only English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Mandarin 6.4%, Cantonese 3.2%, Spanish 2.0%, Hindi 1.7% and Korean 1.5%. The most common responses for religion in North Sydney were No Religion 43.9% and Catholic 19.9%. North Sydney
2300-597: The summer and the home ground for the Northern Suburbs Rugby Union Club and the North Sydney Bears Rugby League Club during the winter. The Norths Pirates Junior Rugby Union Club is North Sydney's local junior village rugby union team who play all home games at Tunks Park in the adjoining suburb of Cammeray together with North Sydney Brothers, a junior rugby league club and the rugby league teams of Marist College North Shore. During
2350-624: The system in 1962. The first part of the North Sydney tramway system was a double-track cable tramway which commenced at the original Milsons Point ferry wharf , located where the north pylon of the Harbour Bridge is now. The line originally extended via Alfred Street (now Alfred Street South), Junction Street (now Pacific Highway ), Blue Street and Miller Street to the Ridge Street Tram Depot . It used cable grip cars called "dummies" and un-powered trailer cars. A feature of these lines
2400-426: Was incorporated in 1890 and after naming disputes, North Sydney was settled upon. The post office which opened in 1854 as St Leonards was changed to North Sydney in 1890. The first public school which opened in 1874 as St Leonards was renamed North Sydney in 1910. North Sydney underwent a dramatic transformation into a commercial hub in 1971–72. In this period no less than 27 skyscrapers were built. The history of
2450-574: Was replaced by Kevin Chinnery, then the editor of Lloyd's List Maritime Asia . Adrian Pickstock left LLAW in June 1997. In 1995, the Maroubra house was abandoned for a new office at Suite 1005, Level 10, Bondi Junction Plaza (Tower 1) in Bondi Junction which was to serve as the home of LLAW until 1999. 1998 was a pivotal year for LLAW , and as it transpired, for the DCN . David Gilbertson successfully led
2500-574: Was the underground tram terminus at Wynyard railway station (the only one in Australia), and the tracks over the Sydney Harbour Bridge. Trams ran from Blue Street over a now-demolished steel arch bridge over the Harbour Bridge Roadway, then over the eastern side of the harbour bridge (now road lanes), through a tram platform at Milsons Point railway station , before descending underground into platforms 1 and 2 of Wynyard station. North Sydney has
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