Senator Daniel K Inouye and the state Department of Transportation (DOT) celebrated the completion of Honolulu Harbor's Pier 29 Container Yard Reconstruction Project in a dedication ceremony in late May.

The Suez Canal Container Terminal (SCCT) received and worked the first eastbound call of the new ABX (Asia - Black Sea Express) Service operated by the G6 Consortium, comprised of APL, Hapag-Lloyd AG, Hyundai Merchant Marine, Mitsui O.S.K Lines, Nippon Yusen Kaisha and Orient Overseas Container Line.

PD Ports has recently been awarded the ISO 14001 Environmental Management Systems (EMS) certification, one of the first UK ports businesses to achieve this qualification.

China Shipping Container Line Company, the world's 8th-largest container shipping company by capacity, will begin cargo service to the US Gulf Coast and Florida through a slot charter arrangement on the weekly Pacific Express 3 string operated by CMA-CGM, which will include calls at APM Terminals Mobile, APM Terminals Jacksonville and Miami's South Florida Container Terminal (SFCT), in which APM Terminals is a joint venture partner with Terminal Link.

Plans to increase toll charges for the Panama Canal are 'rushed, excessive and likely to cause further problems for shipping companies' given the fragile state of economic recovery, say shipowners.

Important investments in port infrastructure and the dynamic growth of Polish container industry is an opportunity for Poland to position itself as the major gateway to Russia and the Central-Eastern European countries.

Following a ban on exports of Virginia logs that has lasted more than a year, the Chinese government has agreed to a six-month pilot program that will begin re-opening that critical market to hardwood and softwood logs from the Commonwealth.

The Florida Department of Environmental Protection has issued a permit that will allow the US Army Corps of Engineers to dredge and deepen in and around Government Cut in the port of Miami by up to 50 feet.

International Container Terminal Services, Inc (ICTSI) recently added a new line of port equipment at the Manila International Container Terminal, the multi-trailer system (MTS). 

The Port of Rotterdam Authority and the Broekman Group intend renovating and redesigning the eastern section of the RDM site in the Waalhaven.