To increase funds for infrastructure projects plans for the privatisation of Port Kembla and Port Botany in Australia have been revealed by the New South Wales State Government.

Associated British Ports' (ABP) Port of Hull has signed a five-year agreement with Jenkins Shipping for the handling and storage of paper and forest products. 

Cavotec has won two large orders for electrical power and spreader cable reels for ship-to-shore (STS) container cranes for ports in The Netherlands and Malaysia. These orders follow last week's announcement that the Group is to supply similar equipment to the Port of Colombo in Sri Lanka.

HTS, a leader in the Optical Character Recognition (OCR) and computer vision systems market, has announced that the Tecondi Terminal in Santos Brazil has awarded the establishment of 20 truck OCR gates and 2 Rail OCR portals to HTS.

In early July Transnet National Ports Authority will see the MSC SOLA - one of the largest container ships to date – call at Africa's busiest and largest port in Durban, on Tuesday, 3 July 2012 at 18h00.

International Container Terminal Services, Inc. (ICTSI) has appointed Christian R Gonzalez as acting Head of Asian Region concurrent with his roles as Vice President and General Manager of the Manila International Container Terminal (MICT). The appointment takes effect 15 August 2012.

Liebherr Container Cranes Ltd. has recently secured an order for a pair of high-tech Megamax cranes. The cranes have been ordered by Maher Terminals LLC for their Port of New York / New Jersey container terminal which is strategically located in the heart of America's consumer capital.

IHC Asia Pacific, a subsidiary of IHC Merwede, has signed an agreement with Jaya Shipbuilding and Engineering Pte Ltd, which enables IHC Asia Pacific's high-specification offshore vessels to be produced by Jaya at its yards in Singapore and Batam, Indonesia.

The PD Ports Group is proud to announce it has been short listed for four prestigious port and logistics awards within the space of one week.

Cycle Link UK, a leading exporter of used paper for recycling, has chosen DP World's London Gateway port to make the company more sustainable.