Container business at the Port of Charleston was up nine percent in the fiscal year that ended June 30, with 1.56 million 20-foot equivalent units (TEUs) handled during the past 12 months.

Leading UK marine consultancy ABPmer has been commissioned by Guernsey Electricity Limited to undertake the environmental scoping studies in support of future submarine power cable projects. 

Rio Tinto has been notified by the Government of Mongolia that the terms of the project financing provisionally secured for the underground development of Oyu Tolgoi will need to be approved by the Mongolian Parliament.

A new Joint Industry Project (JIP) has been launched to help improve the accuracy of wind tunnel measurements and Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) calculations.  The Wind Load JIP aims to address the lack of symbiosis which exists between the two and develop a standard set of guidelines to support port operators and designers of large scale offshore floating production systems.

A bumper crop of wheat has led to a booming export business at the Port of Brunswick, with the first export vessel of the season departing today.

The second Indian port with Hi-Cube double stack capability - transit times and costs to interior points are reduced. The very first double stack high cube container train left APM Terminals Pipavav on July 17th, carrying 180 TEUs destined for Container Corporation of India (CONCOR's) new double stack hub at Kathuwas in the northwest Indian State of Rajasthan.

Throughput in the port of Rotterdam in the first half of the year decreased by 0.9% compared to the first half of 2012. This was primarily caused by a reduction in the shipment of crude oil. Other sectors were unable to offset this reduction.

Terex Cranes will be attending the 35th edition of Matexpo, to be held at the Kortrjk Xpo Center, Courtrai, Belgium from 4th to 8th September. Terex Cranes has chosen this year's event to exhibit the 3-axle, 55 tonne capacity class Terex® Challenger 3160 all terrain crane.

Rail services from the Port of Felixstowe have been boosted with the start of the latest new service from the UK's largest container port. The new service, operated by Freightliner Limited, is the port's 30th daily rail service, and runs to Doncaster in South Yorkshire.

Terminal de Contenidors de Barcelona (TCB), belonging to Grup Marítim TCB, completed handling of the ship CMA CGM Effingham from the line operated by the shipping companies CMA CGM and Maersk Line.