Rapiscan Systems, a global provider of security scanner inspection systems, today announced that the Government of Albania has awarded them a fifteen-year contract to provide turnkey cargo and vehicle security screening services at various sites throughout the country.

The Port of Long Beach has cut diesel particulates by 81 percent since 2005, according to an analysis released this month.

The number of export containers passing through the Port of Gothenburg increased by four per cent through to the end of June. At the same time, imports fell by one per cent.

Total throughput in the Port of Hamburg in the first six months of 2013 reached 68.1 million tons (+ 3.5 percent). Both on imports and exports of general and bulk cargoes, results were positive.

The Maersk Mc-Kinney Moller, the first of 20 EEE-Class 18,000 TEU capacity vessels now being delivered into the global container ship fleet, brought its first cargo of containers from the Far East to the APM Terminals Rotterdam terminal, in Europe's largest and most important container port.

Kalmar, part of Cargotec, delivered the new graphic user interface (GUI) for its equipment control system for the operations of AutoStrad(TM) to Asciano for roll out at their container terminals in Brisbane and Sydney.

Last week, Jan De Nul Group ordered a new vessel at the Uljanik Shipyard in Pula, Croatia.

Liebherr was recently awarded a remarkable contract covering the delivery of six heavy lift ship cranes for the traditional German shipping company Rickmers. 

Kalmar, part of Cargotec, has gained an order to supply two shuttle carriers to a long-standing customer, Total Terminal International (TTI) Algeciras SAU.