The South Carolina Ports Authority (SCPA) is encouraging local truck owners to replace their older trucks with newer, cleaner rigs and is doubling the financial incentive for their participation.

Cargotec has secured a deal to supply four of its Kalmar ESC340W Straddle Carriers to leading Malaysian port operator - Northport (Malaysia) Bhd.

DP World's London Gateway project has been awarded the coveted 'Global Deal of the Year' for 2011 at the Infrastructure Journal Awards. The successful London Gateway team was accompanied by representatives from Allen & Overy, Royal Bank of Scotland and Société Générale, who all played key roles in advising and financing the project.

Crane service provider Mediaco Maxilift recently lifted the tower of a dockside crane from its base at a French port to make it possible to perform necessary maintenance work. In order to safely lift the 414-tonne (456 US tons) load and then place it back on its base, the company relied on the powerful performance of a Terex CC 2800 lattice boom crawler crane.

A new direct deep sea service to the Far East for Swedish import and export industry has been announced. The new service will include a weekly call to the Port of Gothenburg, commencing on April 18.

Contecon Guayaquil S.A. (CGSA), a subsidiary of International Container Terminal Services, Inc. (ICTSI) operating the Guayaquil Container and Multipurpose Terminals (GCMT) in Ecuador, recently rolled out optical character recognition technology (OCR) to step up the automation of its quay crane (QC) fleet.

Milaha (previously known as Qatar Navigation) has begun implementing a state-of-the-art Terminal Operating System (TOS) at Doha Port.  This step has been initiated by Milaha, which took over operations and management duties of the Doha Port from Qatar Ports Management Company (QPMC) in February 2011. 

The Shipping Key Performance Indicator Project, initiated by InterManager but now administered by the independent KPI Association Ltd, has passed an important milestone.

GE Energy's (NYSE: GE) Power Conversion business was the successful tenderer for the supply of the major elements of power, control and automation equipment in the mid-life upgrade of a Morris container handling ship-to-shore crane at the port of Felixstowe.

US Congressman Jack Kingston recently met with FDA Commissioner Margaret Hamburg for a briefing and tour of the Port of Savannah .