On Monday, January 23, the Georgia Ports Authority Board approved the purchase of four electric-powered rubber-tired gantry cranes (ERTG) which will introduce a cleaner and more efficient method of operation.

The VOSTA LMG – Karnafuly joint venture consortium ltd. delivered three high quality Cutter Suction Dredgers 450 to Bangladesh Inland Water Transport Authority (BIWTA).

Tideworks Technology®, Inc., a leading provider of full-service terminal management and planning software solutions, today announced SSA Mexico (SSAM) has gone live with the new Forecast by Tideworks customer service web portal at its dedicated container terminal in the Port of Manzanillo, the largest container terminal in Mexico.

Building on a record year, the Port Commission of the Port of Houston Authority has approved a significant new redevelopment plan for obsolete properties located on the Houston Ship Channel at the Turning Basin Terminal.

Ports America has relocated its group office from Iselin to Jersey City, New Jersey.
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Inchcape Shipping Services (ISS), the world’s leading maritime services provider, advises that a nationwide strike in Belgium on 30 January 2012 will close all ports in the country, with knock-on effects likely during the whole week.

Greenwave AS is honored and pleased after having signed a major deal with Scandinavian Shipping Group AS, one of the biggest privately held shipping companies in Norway, for the delivery of the fully internet based terminal operation system T3.

India's national Government aims to create a port capacity of around3200 MT by attracting investments to the tune of Rs. 2,87,000 crore to handle the expected traffic of about 2500 MT by 2020 and bring Indian ports on a par with the best international ports in terms of performance and capacity.

Georgia Ports Authority Executive Director Curtis J. Foltz announced today that the Ports of Savannah and Brunswick experienced record volumes in calendar year 2011 and handled 26.1 million tons of cargo, an additional 1.1 million tons, or a 4.3 percent increase.  

The New World Alliance consortium of ocean carriers announced a new Trans-Atlantic service that includes twice-weekly calls at the Port of Charleston's Wando Welch Terminal.

The United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) released its annual Review of Maritime Transport report for 2011 in December, observing that the share of developing countries’ GDP in overall global economic output has jumped from 17% in 1980 to over 28% by 2010, with the growth trend projected to continue.

Striking workers on the Panama Canal expansion have agreed to a 13% pay increase and are expected to return to work today. Grupo Unidos por el Canal, the consortium that oversees the locks project, will also cover delayed overtime and weekend pay.

Liebherr Container Cranes Ltd. recently secured an order for the supply of two (2) Ship-to-Shore Container Cranes to the JSC Commercial Port of Vladivostok. This follows the recent supply and installation of two (2) Rail Mounted Stacking Cranes at the same port.

Inchcape Shipping Services (ISS), the world's leading maritime services provider, and Vessel Protection Solutions (VPS) today announced the launch of a new anti-piracy partnership that will provide the ultimate protection for vessels and their crews while operating in known piracy regions. 

In September 2010, Schmidt-Seeger GmbH was acquired by the Bühler Technology Group. Now that the integration has been completed, the company will in the future appear solely under the name Bühler GmbH.

Newly released shipping figures for Milford Haven Port show steady growth and an increase in efficiency throughout last year. With just over 71 million gross tons coming into the port during 2011, this is up almost nine per cent on the previous year, assisted by the cold weather experienced in the first quarter of 2011 which boosted gas volumes.

Port of New Orleans officials are hailing Louisiana's Congressional delegation for their efforts to direct vital maintenance dollars to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to restore the Lower Mississippi River deep-draft channel to its authorised dimensions.

Thanks to the robustness of the German economy, hinterland traffic was less affected by the crisis than feeder traffic.  In a long-term perspective, the Central and Eastern European economies still show the highest growth potential and are subject to harsh competition between the North Range ports, as latest results from ISL's North European Container Traffic Model show.

Britain's third biggest port, Milford Haven Port, has appointed a new Director to head up an exciting period of change in its Short Sea operations.

The Seattle Harbor once again handled over 2 million TEU (20-foot equivalent units) with 2.03 million containers moving through the harbor in 2011.  The record was broken in 2010 with 2.1 million TEU'. 2011 is the third year the harbor has exceeded 2 million TEU.

The Port of Gothenburg now acquired a new service between Gothenburg and Killingholme in the UK. The service is being operated by the recently established shipping company North Sea RoRo. 

Terex Cranes has established a new performance record with a customized, high-capacity version of its reputed Terex® TFC 46M HC Reach Stacker, with two units recently delivered to MultiRio Operaçoes Portuarias S.A., one of Brazil's leading port handling operators.

RFA Fort Victoria, part of NATO's counter piracy task force Operation Ocean Shield has successfully disrupted a suspected pirate vessel looking to launch attacks on merchant vessels transiting through the Gulf of Aden.

With a sixth strike notice issued in a bitter dispute that has dragged on for months, Ports of Auckland is pondering whether to sack its 320 wharfies and go to contract labour.

PT BMT Asia Pacific Indonesia, a subsidiary of BMT Group, the leading international maritime design, engineering and risk management consultancy, has announced its latest project with state-owned port operator, Pelindo II. BMT will deliver a technical review of bulk handling operations at Banten Port, located along the Sunda Strait between Sumatra and Java.

The South Carolina Ports Authority (SCPA) closed calendar year 2011 with volume increases across business segments, concluding a year highlighted by progress on the Charleston Harbor Deepening Project, record big ship traffic and the completion of major capital improvements.

IHC Offshore Systems, part of IHC Merwede, is proud to announce it has beenawarded a rental contract for the Noise Mitigation System NMS-6900. Dutch offshore contractor Seaway Heavy Lifting will operate the NMS-6900 during the installation of 30 monopile foundations for the Riffgat offshore wind farm off the north-west coast of Germany.

The Mayor of Harwich has officially 'plugged-in' a new electric vehicle charging point at Harwich International Port today (17th January), the first port to be included in the Source East Electric Vehicle Recharging Network.

The Port of Kiel turned round more than six million tons of cargo last year for the first time ever. It posted a turnover figure of 6,293.374 tons exactly at the turn of the year - an increase of 8.5 % over the previous year.

All told, 24 million tonnes of goods (gross) were handled via the various port facilities in Rostock in the year 2011; 1.3 million tonnes or five percent less than in 2010. 22.3 million tonnes of freight were loaded or unloaded at Rostock seaport.

As DCT Gdansk prepares for its next major expansion phase, two internationally experienced authorities in sales & marketing and in finance will join the senior management team of the Baltic's fastest growing container terminal.