At the beginning of January, Paceco Espana, S.A. delivered two units of Transtainer cranes (RTGs) for the new Terminal de Contenedores de Tenerife (Canary Isl.).

A new joint service offers a wide port coverage, additional direct links between North West Continent and East Med and enhanced schedule reliability.

Kalmar, part of Cargotec, has signed an order for 11 automatic stacking cranes with Europe Container Terminals (ECT) in the Netherlands.

Transas Middle East has successfully installed and commissioned a Standalone AIS Solution at the Port of Aqaba, Jordan within the EU-funded SafeMed II Project.

The International Chamber of Shipping (ICS) - the principal international trade association for shipowners, representing all sectors and trades and over 80% of the world merchant fleet – has voiced serious concerns about toll increases just announced by the Suez Canal Authority (SCA), to be implemented on 1 May 2013. 

International Container Terminal Services, Inc (ICTSI) won the International Public Bidding Process for the Design, Financing, Construction, Maintenance, Operation and Exploitation of the Specialized Container and General Cargo Terminal of Puerto Cortes in Honduras.

Cargotec's Board of Directors has in its meeting on 27 January, 2013 appointed Mika Vehviläinen as Cargotec's new President and CEO.

The Government of Jamaica has unveiled ambitious plans that will create the Caribbean island into a Global Logistics Hub for the Americas and position it as a regional trading rival to Singapore.

With 9.8 percent growth in 2012, the Port of Virginia was the fastest growing container port on the US East Coast last year, according to comparative data from the coast's leading container ports compiled by the Virginia Port Authority (VPA).