With the goal of validating the action guidelines set out in its Emergency Plan, APM Terminals Barcelona has performed fire and evacuation simulation on an SC crane. The simulation was carried out in coordination with the Port of Barcelona.

The Port of Virginia® in April processed 245,933 TEUs (twenty-foot equivalent units) in April, making is the busiest April in the port's history. The strong cargo performance was driven by an increase of more than 22 percent in loaded import containers, which lead to increase in truck, rail and barge volumes.

Liebherr recently handed over two Liebherr mobile harbour cranes type LHM 550 to Maputo Port Development Company (MPDC). The LHM 550 delivers high capacity and fast movements for an outstanding productivity in bulk handling operation.

Maputo is the capital of the East African state of Mozambique. The port city on the Indian Ocean is one of the most important trans-shipment points for goods of all kinds on the east coast of Africa. The central port operator, the Maputo Port Development Company (MPDC), already invested in two Liebherr LHM 550 in 2015. Due to the high satisfaction and convincing productivity of the existing LHM 550s, Maputo Ports recently decided to add two more LHM 550 to their MHC fleet.

The remarkable growth of the Port of Maputo and its activities in recent years and the increasing demand from its customers have been the key drivers in the choice of acquiring new mobile harbour cranes. The two existing cranes have proven to be drivers of productivity growth. By adding another two units to the fleet, Maputo Ports is prepared to continue its successful development in the future.

The investment in equipment also includes the training of several operators and technicians for the handling and maintenance of the new machines. In addition, the existing service contract between Liebherr and Maputo Ports was extended to include the new devices. Liebherr thus guarantees the best possible reliability and availability of the cranes. "In addition to the two mobile harbour cranes, we have recently acquired 14 payloaders, 8 tractors, 8 forklifts and 2 rail excavators (for wagon unloading operations). This investment is in line with the need to improve the berth usage and the rehabilitation and deepening works that are taking place at the moment," said Chief Operations Officer, Marla Calado.

Caption: Maputo Ports recently decided to add two more LHM 550 to their MHC fleet

On Wednesday, May 8, 2019, the 2,000th Konecranes Gottwald mobile harbour crane was inaugurated in a formal ceremony at the Ership terminal in the Mediterranean port of Cartagena in southeastern Spain. The crane is Ership's new eco-efficient Konecranes Gottwald Model 6 mobile harbor crane, in the G HMK 6407 B four-rope variant. They will use it mainly for continuous-duty bulk handling, and also for general and project cargo up to 100 tons.

According to Naval Dome CEO Itai Sela, a former senior officer in the military, four tankers have been attacked outside the strategically important Strait of Hormuz. "Our indications are that these incidents could develop to include cyber-attacks on vessels operating in the region. It is highly likely that vessels operating in high-risk areas could be targeted, systems hacked and GPS spoofed in order to render vessels immobile or re-directed as part of wider actions.

The International Chamber of Shipping (ICS), which represents the world's national shipowner associations, remains confident that shipping will improve its carbon efficiency by at least 40% by 2030 compared to 2008, in line with the UN International Maritime Organisation (IMO) targets to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions.

The Deputy General Manager for Strategy and Commercial of the Port of Barcelona will preside the main global port industry organisation for a third term. Santiago Garcia-Milà, Deputy General Manager for Strategy and Commercial of the Port of Barcelona, has been re-elected President of the International Association of Ports and Harbors (IAPH) for the third consecutive term, at the close of the 32nd Annual Conference of the organisation held in Guangzhou (China) from 6 to 10 May.

A delegation from the International Chamber of Shipping (ICS), the Asian Shipowners' Association (ASA) and the European Community Shipowners' Associations (ECSA) has, at the World Trade Organisation (WTO) in Geneva, expressed concern over recent increases in protectionist measures. Presenting two position papers to the WTO, the shipping sector has "fully committed to the preservation and promotion of free trade policies and principles around the world."

Cargotec will continue joint projects with seven startups as an outcome of the Rainmaking Trade & Transport Impact Programme, a leading maritime startup collaboration platform. The intention of the programme is to address the largest challenges in maritime, cargo transport and logistics.

In May Konecranes Lift Trucks is launching the SMV ECC 6/7 110 DS, an empty container handler with a double stack capacity of up to 11 tons. The new vehicle will join the fleet of versatile lift trucks already available from Konecranes.

PSA International Pte Ltd (PSA) and SATS Ltd (SATS) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to provide cargo owners and logistics service providers with seamless connectivity for greater supply chain efficiency, to boost Singapore's status as a key multimodal transport hub.

The Port of New York and New Jersey continued its streak of record-setting months through the first quarter of 2019. In March the Port moved 585,098 TEUs (333,688 lifts) compared to 572,576 TEUs (327,096 lifts) in March of 2018. This number represents a 2.2 percent increase over the record set the previous year, and the most ever recorded for the month of March.