One of the nation's leading logistics providers is opening a container transloading facility at the Port of Charleston to speed its customers' supply chains.

Antwerp is the first port in the world to publish a sustainability report focusing on and supported by the port community.

With a combined total of 68.5 million tonnes processed (including ship supplies and bunkering), 2011 traffic for the leading port for the external trade of France reflects the context of the year itself – a strained economic situation for global markets and, for general cargo, a beginning to the year that was marked by important negotiations within the scope of the port reform implementation in France.

 L-3 Security & Detection Systems (SDS) is the corporate sponsor of the Third Annual World Customs Organization (WCO) Technology & Innovation Forum to be held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, at the Renaissance Marriott from March 6 through March 9, 2012.

The Ministry of Infrastructure and the Environment is expanding the Maasgeul to prevent waiting times for ships entering the port of Rotterdam.

Rapiscan Systems, a leading global supplier of security inspection systems, today announced that it has completed the installation and commissioning of a Rapiscan Eagle® R60 High Speed rail scanner, on behalf of Dutch Customs, designed for the effective high speed scanning of cargo transported by rail.

The Virginia Port Authority wrapped up calendar year 2011 with a 1.2 percent increase in cargo volume, surpassing the mark set in 2010 by 23,011 TEU; the VPA completed the year having handled 1,918,029 TEU.

A state-of-the-art scanner for container screening was recently installed at the Baltic Container Terminal (BCT), International Container Terminal Services, Inc. (ICTSI) subsidiary in Poland through the efforts of the Pomeranian Customs Office.