On Monday, Vice President Joe Biden visited the Port of Charleston, saying Charleston Harbor needs to be deepened to 50 feet to accommodate post-Panamax ships that can access the East Coast after the Panama Canal expansion.

Sweden-based spreader manufacturer Bromma has announced that it will upgrade its SCS3 to SCS4 with spreaders delivered in 2014. While the SCS3 builds on the foundation of Bromma SCS2 (first introduced in 2001), in that it is a comprehensive spreader control system that makes possible fast and specific fault diagnosis.

International Container Terminal Services, Inc. ("ICTSI") and ICTSI Treasury B.V. ("ICTSI Treasury") announced on September 12, 2013 the results of their exchange offer and consent solicitation transaction, which commenced on August 15, 2013.

On September 13th the Zim Rotterdam called at DP World London Gateway port  to undergo required maintenance.

In his State of the Port address, Georgia Ports Authority Executive Director Curtis Foltz reported record cargo volumes, an influx of new business, and more than 1 million square feet of distribution center space leased or developed.

As if keeping in step with its parent company's 25th year, International Container Terminal Services, Inc.'s (ICTSI) flagship, the Manila International Container Terminal (MICT) handled its 25th million TEU in June this year, the anniversary month of ICTSI. 

Asyaport Liman AS ("Asyaport") is looking to finance the construction and operation of their deep-sea container terminal located in town of Barbaros,Tekirdag in Turkey. The increase in container handling capacity as a result of the project will reduce existing bottlenecks and improve the quality of port services in the Bosphorus.

The RoRo facility for Berth No 1, which has been completely refurbished at ADM Kiel by Nobiskrug GmbH, was installed in late August.

Kalmar, part of Cargotec, will relocate the production of rubber-tyred gantry cranes (RTGs) from Cargotec Industries (China) Co, Ltd, (CICL) Shanghai multi-assembly unit (MAU) to Rainbow-Cargotec Industries (RCI).