Building on a record year, the Port Commission of the Port of Houston Authority has approved a significant new redevelopment plan for obsolete properties located on the Houston Ship Channel at the Turning Basin Terminal.

Ports America has relocated its group office from Iselin to Jersey City, New Jersey.

Inchcape Shipping Services (ISS), the world’s leading maritime services provider, advises that a nationwide strike in Belgium on 30 January 2012 will close all ports in the country, with knock-on effects likely during the whole week.

Greenwave AS is honored and pleased after having signed a major deal with Scandinavian Shipping Group AS, one of the biggest privately held shipping companies in Norway, for the delivery of the fully internet based terminal operation system T3.

India's national Government aims to create a port capacity of around3200 MT by attracting investments to the tune of Rs. 2,87,000 crore to handle the expected traffic of about 2500 MT by 2020 and bring Indian ports on a par with the best international ports in terms of performance and capacity.

Georgia Ports Authority Executive Director Curtis J. Foltz announced today that the Ports of Savannah and Brunswick experienced record volumes in calendar year 2011 and handled 26.1 million tons of cargo, an additional 1.1 million tons, or a 4.3 percent increase.  

The New World Alliance consortium of ocean carriers announced a new Trans-Atlantic service that includes twice-weekly calls at the Port of Charleston's Wando Welch Terminal.

The United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) released its annual Review of Maritime Transport report for 2011 in December, observing that the share of developing countries’ GDP in overall global economic output has jumped from 17% in 1980 to over 28% by 2010, with the growth trend projected to continue.