On 21 September 2012, Eurogate, a leading container-terminal group, inaugurated the first deep-draught container terminal in Germany, the Eurogate Container Terminal Wilhelmshaven, on Germany's North Sea coast.

On 15th October DCT Gdansk, the Baltic's rapidly growing gateway to Central-Eastern Europe and Russia celebrated its 5th birthday. On this occasion DCT also increased its capacity by 25% to 1,25 million TEU with the addition of new stacking areas.

Konecranes recently delivered three Konecranes Rubber Tyred Gantry (RTG) cranes to Luka Koper in Slovenia.

The Port of Liverpool is close to securing the licences it needs from the Marine Management Organisation (MMO) to enable it to proceed with one of the most significant investments in its long history and bring much needed jobs to the area as early as next January.

Liebherr Container Cranes Ltd recently installed and commissioned two (2) Rail Mounted Gantry Cranes for the Freightliner Ltd Southampton Maritime Rail Terminal. The cranes were transferred from the erection site and commissioned over the course of a single weekend at the end of August.

On Wednesday 17 October 2012 DP World Southampton raised the bar again in the UK container industry by setting another UK productivity record.

Barcelona Europe South Terminal (BEST), a member of the Hutchison Port Holdings (HPH) Group, launched a new rail service connecting the Spanish cities of Barcelona and Pamplona, which are 480 kilometres apart. 

The Port of Virginia handled 182,318 TEU in September, an increase of 11 percent when compared with totals from the same month last year.

At the Brazilian container terminals Tecon Salvador and Tecon Rio Grande both part of the Wilson Sons Group, Cargotec is integrating the SmartLanes process automation solution for gate automation.