Tideworks Technology Inc, a leading provider of full-service terminal management and planning software solutions, has announced that Vale New Caledonia has selected Tideworks Technology to implement its terminal operating system solutions to manage operations at Prony Port in New Caledonia.

In April 2012, Konecranes received an order for two RTG (Rubber-Tyred Gantry) cranes and two BoxRunner straddle carriers from the Estonian company AS Muuga Container Terminal ("Muuga CT").

The first phase of the latest £4.3m investment in the refurbishment of the Port of Liverpool's lock system is nearing completion.

Container volume in the Port of Charleston rose nearly 8 percent last month over 2011 levels, in results announced during the South Carolina Ports Authority's (SCPA) Board meeting earlier today.

The Port of Virginia handled 169,644 TEUs in April, an increase of 5.2 percent when compared with totals from April 2011.

Inchcape Shipping Services (ISS), the world's leading maritime services provider, is expanding its footprint in the Asia-Pacific region with the opening of a new Global Marine Travel (ISS GMT) office in Singapore.

The self-propelled cutter suction dredger 'Ambiorix' was recenty named in the port of Rotterdam by Mrs Marie-Claire van Haaren-Donnet, spouse of the late Paul van Haaren, managing director of Ackermans & van Haaren until 1981. The Ambiorix is one of the most powerful and advanced cutter suction dredgers in the world and was built for the DEME Group at the IHC Merwede shipyard in Hardinxveld-Giessendam, the Netherlands.

The Port of Virginia in June will add a "first-in" vessel call from Asia to an expanding string of announcements that point to growing interest from global ocean carriers seeking to capitalize on the port's deep water, rail connections and modern facilities.

The EBRD is considering providing a EUR18.8 million loan to Port of Split Authority (PSA) in Croatia.

Ecuador's state-owned Manta Port Authority (Autoridad Portuaria de Manta – APM) in Ecuador has issued a tender for a 25-year concession to expand and operate the port.

Conductix-Wampfler, a part of the Delachaux Group and the world's leading manufacturer of systems for data and energy transmission to moving machinery, has signed a contract with LCB Container Terminal 1 Ltd. ( LCB1) in Laem Chabang – the largest port in Thailand – for the electrification of rubber-tired gantry cranes (RTGs).

The Altamira Port Authority (Administración Portuaria Integral de Altamira) in Mexico has issued a national and international tender.

South African port operator Transnet Port Terminals (TPT) intends maximising on the enormous growth market represented by Africa, by forming partnerships with other African ports and promoting the country as a regional hub for the rest of the continent.

Panamanian ocean shipping company, SC Line, is beginning its new service to export new and used vehicles, boats and heavy equipment from Port Everglades to Colombia, Panama and the Dominican Republic.

Cargotec changes roles of Executive Board members in order to further accelerate the implementation of its strategy. 

The first project cargo shipment for Westinghouse Electric Company in a series of deliveries spanning several years has arrived at the Port of Charleston's Columbus Street Terminal. This high, wide and heavy cargo is being shipped through the port to support South Carolina Electric & Gas Company's (SCE&G) nuclear plant expansion near Columbia, SC.

Liebherr Container Cranes Ltd recently announced that it had secured orders to deliver two super post panamax cranes to the Port of Tauranga in New Zealand. The delivery of these ship to shore cranes will bring to seven the number of Liebherr STS cranes operating in the Port of Tauranga.

The Port of Brisbane has for the first time surpassed the one million teu mark handled over a 12 month period.

Citing the expected benefits a free-trade agreement between Canada and the European Union would bring to the Port of Montreal - and indeed to all Canadians - Sylvie Vachon, President and Chief Executive Officer of the Montreal Port Authority, gave her support to negotiations toward such an historic agreement.

Shipping lines calling at Southampton's container terminal are benefitting from the terminal's continued drive on productivity as vessels turnaround times reduce.The South Coast terminal set its best ever vessel turnaround performance when it handled the maiden call of the largest ship in the Hyundai fleet.