The Port of Esbjerg is expanding its crane capacity with the world's largest mobile harbour crane, the Liebherr LHM 800. The new machine has a total height of 48 metres and a boom length of 66 metres.

The Jacksonville Port Authority (JAXPORT), Florida’s largest container port, achieved record volumes in containers, vehicles and overall tonnage during the fiscal year ending Sept. 30, 2019.

The British Ports Association is publishing a collection of case studies demonstrating the work that ports across the UK are doing with their local communities.

On 4th October 2019 the first of two coal handling lines at the new Taman Seaport in Krasnodar Region on the Black Sea was commissioned in the presence of the Russian President Vladimir Putin.

Global trade enabler DP World inaugurated its Kigali Logistics Platform in the presence of President of the Republic of Rwanda, H.E. Paul Kagame and DP World Chairman and CEO, Sultan Ahmed Bin Sulayem.

Port of Seattle Executive Director Stephen Metruck officially released his proposed 2020 budget and five-year capital development and investment plans recently.

The Port of New York and New Jersey achieved an all-time monthly record in August. Monthly total volume for August 2019 was 679,585 TEUs (385,288 lifts), a 4.3 percent increase over August 2018, which posted 651,752 TEUs (371,710 lifts).

DP World PLC handled 17.7 million TEUs across its global portfolio of container terminals in Q3 2019, with gross container volumes growing by 1.1 % year-on-year on a like-for-like basis.

As membership of the Port Equipment Manufacturers Association (PEMA) hits 120 companies, Pietro De Michieli  - on the sidelines of the Association’s annual autumn meeting – speaks about how the Association is broadening its scope to help tackle challenges facing the global ports and terminals sector, and how PEMA plans to drive change in the industry.

Liebherr Reachstacker celebrate decisive success on the Central and South American market. A large number of the most important ports will in future be equipped with next-generation reachstackers from Liebherr.

In terms of transport geography, Czechia lies in the heart of Europe. Its economy is one of the EU’s most rapidly developing growth markets.

The Port of Virginia is beginning work on its ship-channel deepening-and-widening project as the staging of heavy equipment needed for the project got underway recently following one last approval from the federal government.

JAXPORT Chief Operating Officer Frederick Wong Jr. is one of eight graduates from the U.S. and Canada to earn the 2019 American Association of Port Authorities (AAPA) Professional Port Manager (PPM) certification.

South Carolina Ports Authority has long been a powerful economic engine for South Carolina, and as container volumes have doubled over the past decade, the port’s positive economic impact on the state has significantly increased. 

Cargo handling solutions provider Kalmar has won the 2019 Port Equipment Manufacturers Association's Innovation Award for its fully electric terminal tractor and FastCharge system.

During the celebration of the 150th anniversary of the infrastructure, the President of the Port of Barcelona underlines the need for "a new governance model that will allow us to have the same tools as other European ports"

Liebherr Container Cranes Ltd. recently delivered three RTGs to CSX Intermodal Terminals (CSXIT) in the US.

The cranes arrived in Charleston Harbour recently aboard the Zhen Hua 28 vessel after a two-month journey from China. SCPA’s crane purchases are part of a multiyear effort to further modernise operations and upgrade infrastructure to handle larger ships. 

By signing two Memorandums of Understanding, appointing a Representative Office in India and supporting the establishment of a maritime university in collaboration with educational institutions in Rotterdam, the Port of Rotterdam Authority is intensifying its joint activities with parties in India.

Transnet National Ports Authority has redeployed another of its powerful, new tugs to the Port of Cape Town to enhance marine efficiency and enable the port to cater for increased demand from bigger commercial vessels.

The Port of Virginia is purchasing 25 new hybrid shuttle carriers to support the ongoing capacity expansion project at Norfolk International Terminals (NIT).

The Port Equipment Manufacturers Association's annual autumn meeting kicked off recently with PEMA’s Board of Directors meeting to discuss plans for 2020 including the PEMA AGM, which will be held in London on March 10th and 11th.

The 2019 edition of the two-day African Ports & Rail Evolution conference and exhibition took place in Durban recently at the Durban ICC, with Transnet National Ports Authority (TNPA) as host port authority. 

The docks were busy in Long Beach recently, lifting the port to the best September in its 108-year history.Dockworkers moved 706,956 TEUs in September, 0.8% more than the same month a year ago. Imports were down 0.7% to 354,919 TEUs, while exports were up 1.4% to 123,215 TEUs.

The Northwest Seaport Alliance is proud to receive the American Association of Port Authorities’ 2019 Environmental Improvement Award for its Clean Truck Programme. 

The port of Rotterdam handled 112.4 million tonnes of freight during the third quarter of 2019. This means a total of 353.5 million tonnes has been trans-shipped up to the end of the third quarter.

Following SFT’s first seminars on fender design throughout Indonesia, the company has received tremendous positive feedback from the participants.