Continental Stevedoring Company (CSC) in Vlissingen has succeeded in securing an important fruit package. With the arrival of a new weekly Seatrade service with South and Central America, the company expects to be able to handle some 750 million bananas a year.

The Port Authority has announced that it set an all-time record for cargo volume at the Port of New York and New Jersey in 2011, surpassing the previous record set in 2007 before the start of the global economic downturn. The 5.5 million TEU

Thanks to its good cargo-generating capacity and its multi-functional capabilities, the port of Antwerp was able to further reinforce its position as an important centre for container handling in 2011.

North Jakarta's Tanjung Priok port should be able to handle nearly double its current quantity of intermodal shipping containers when a Rp 17 trillion ($1.9 billion) revamp is completed by 2017, says Richard J Lino, the president of state port operator Pelindo II. 

Erich Staake, Chief Executive Officer of the duisport Group, handed over the Management Summary of an integrated logistics and infrastructure concept for the "Sao Paulo – Santos Logistics Corridor" to Brazilian state president Dilma Rousseff on March 3rd.

In January 2012 Konecranes received an order for three RTGs from Slovenian port operator Luka Koper. This is Konecranes' seventh RTG delivery to Luka Koper, who already has 10 Konecranes RTGs in its fleet, as well as Konecranes STS cranes, grab unloaders and reach stackers.

Gulftainer, the largest privately owned port operator in the world based in Sharjah, continues its magnificent performance by today announcing outstanding results for the month of January 2012.

Zim has announced a General Rate Increase (GRI) which will take effect on April 1st, 2012, on the Indian Sub-Continent Westbound trade: $200 per TEU.