MacGregor, part of Cargotec, organises an open innovation hackathon event at the Interschalt Marine Center near Hamburg, Germany on 11-13 November 2016.

The first rail shuttle between China and the Netherlands is a fact. The service was launched by the Chinese rail operator CDiRS in June, and now the Chengdu-Tilburg-Rotterdam-Express is in full operation.

Kalmar, part of Cargotec, has received an order for five forklift trucks and two T2 terminal tractors from HeavyMovement S.L in Barcelona, Spain. The delivery will take place during December 2016.

Experts of politics and industry engaged in a lively discussion on 21 September 2016 during the Fehmarnbelt Days in Hamburg's HafenCity University. The panel discussion, which was organised by Port of Hamburg Marketing (HHM) as a partner in the EU Interreg Baltic Sea Region Programme project TENTacle, was dominated by one question: What effects will the Fehmarnbelt fixed link have on intermodal freight flows between Northern Germany and Scandinavia?

The projects of the ports of Bremen, Cartagena, Dunkirk, Guadeloupe and Riga have been shortlisted for the eighth European Sea Ports Organisation (ESPO) Award on Societal Integration of Ports.

Navis, part of Cargotec, and provider of operational technologies and services that unlock greater performance and efficiency for the world's leading terminal operators, has announced the general availability of N4 3.2, the latest version of its flagship terminal operating software (TOS).

A ground-breaking project supported by the Port of Tyne has resulted in budding entrepreneurs seeing their work brought to life in an advertising campaign to promote unity in football.

The JAXPORT Board of Directors unanimously selected an updated slate of officers during a special meeting. The following officers will each serve a term ending 30 September 2017:

DEME was named winner of the annual IADC Safety Award during IADC's Annual General Meeting in Cascais, Portugal. The award was received for the "enhanced muster station" initiative on board of jack-up vessel 'Neptune'.

Kalmar, part of Cargotec, is pleased to announce the phase 2 of the DP World Brisbane Automatic Stacking Cranes (ASC) project has kicked off with a successful target delivery.

Konecranes and Kito Corporation ("Kito") have decided to dissolve the strategic alliance signed on March 23, 2010, between the companies. While the alliance has been successful in certain areas, the parties have agreed that it is in the companies' interest to pursue their respective strategies independently.

Cargotec plans to re-organise operations at the maritime software company INTERSCHALT. The re-organisation is estimated to affect INTERSCHALT personnel in Germany, USA (Houston) and China (Shanghai).

Last week, the European Court of Auditors has published its special report, Maritime Transport in the EU: in troubled waters – much ineffective and unsustainable investment, which looks into the value for money delivered by EU funded investments in ports. Concretely the Court of Auditors audited EU funded port infrastructure projects in 19 ports in five Member States. The audit covers the previous financial periods (2000-2013) and is looking almost exclusively at regional and cohesion funding.

The Board of Commissioners of the Port of New Orleans have elected Michael W Kearney Chairman. Kearney represents Orleans Parish and joined the Board in December of 2012 when he was appointed by former Governor Bobby Jindal.

In August 2016, Konecranes signed a frame agreement with Finnish industrial service company Efora Oy. According to the agreement Konecranes will deliver Agilon material management systems to Efora's largest units in Finland.

On September 19th, Pawe? Wojciechowski, the European Coordinator for the Rhine-Alpine Core Network Corridor, called on the Port Authority of Savona for a visit the port system and meetings with industry players and local Institutions. In the afternoon he visited the ports of Savona and Vado Ligure and the VIO Intermodal Terminal and Logistics centre.

Cooper Specialised Handling, arguably the largest independent supplier of port equipment in the UK, has secured contracts with a total value of £6million with Associated British Ports (ABP) for the supply of five Mantsinen hydraulic cranes.

After 12 years of leading APM Terminals, Kim Fejfer will take up new role in APM Holding A/S. He will be replaced by Morten Engelstoft (pictured), currently Chief Executive of A.P. Moller Shipping Services effective November 1, 2016. Morten succeeds Kim Fejfer, currently CEO of APM Terminals and Executive Board member in the A.P. Moller-Maersk Group, who will take up a new role in APM Holding A/S in Copenhagen, Denmark.

Governor Terry R. McAuliffe announced that The Port of Virginia has signed a new, long-term lease for Virginia International Gateway (VIG) that clears the way for the port to begin work on doubling capacity at the deep-water container terminal.

DP World Southampton is growing to meet the needs of the mega vessels which call each year by providing new land, container handling equipment and quayside cranes.

Terex Port Solutions (TPS) has obtained design approval for Terex Gottwald Model 8 floating cranes in the G HPK 8200 B four-rope grab variant operated on the open sea. This was necessary because the Lloyd's Register Code for Lifting Appliances in a Marine Environment has changed since the initial approval of the machines in 2007.