MacGregor, part of Cargotec, has received a large order from Shanghai Zhenhua Heavy Industry Co Ltd (ZPMC). The contract is for four offshore cranes, including a 400 tonnes SWL active heave-compensated crane capable of deploying 3,000m of wire rope.

As from the 7th of January 2015, Distri Rail BV and Duisport Agency GmbH extend their existing direct rail connection between the logistical inland turntable of Duisburg and Frankfurt-am-Main Industriepark Höchst with a stop at the Kombi Terminal Ludwigshafen (KTL).

International Container Terminal Services Inc's (ICTSI) container terminal in the Port of Gdynia, Poland - Baltic Container Terminal (BCT) - has received two new quay cranes, further boosting BCT's status as a key port in Eastern Europe and in the Baltic region. Measuring more than 60m high with a reach of more than 50 feet over the water, BCT's new quay cranes (QCs) have a capacity of more than 60 tonnes. They arrived in Gdynia on 7 December aboard the vessel Zhen Hua 8.

The 4,360 TEU capacity Sealand Eagle became the first container vessel to call at the new Maasvlakte II expansion of the Port of Rotterdam, making the short journey from the existing APM Terminals Rotterdam terminal to the deep-water quay at the new APM Terminals Maasvlakte II terminal to re-position empty containers as part of the ongoing commercial volume tests of the world's most advanced port container handling facility.

On Saturday 10 January, the CSCL Globe, the largest container vessel in the world, and the Pieter Schelte, the largest ship in the world, are expected in the port of Rotterdam. There is even a realistic chance that the Pieter Schelte will arrive in the afternoon and pass the CSCL Globe in the Yangtzehaven.

Operadora Portuaria Centroamericana SA de CV (OPC), a wholly-owned subsidiary of International Container Terminal Services Inc (ICTSI), recently rolled out new systems and processes that reduce service times of container vessels berthing at the Specialised Container and General Cargo Terminal in Puerto Cortes, Honduras.

The Port of Dover recorded its highest levels of freight traffic since 2007 with throughput in 2014 reaching 2,368,182 vehicles as of Wednesday 16 December 2014.

The Secretaría Técnica Nacional Ambiental (SETENA), the official environmental agency of the government of Costa Rica, has granted approval to the APM Terminals Moin Container Terminal project, being developed under the auspices of the Junta de Administración Portuaria y de Desarrollo Económico de la Vertiente Atlántica de Costa Rica (JAPDEVA), the Board of Port Administration and Economic Development of Costa Rica's Atlantic Coast.

Europe Container Terminals (ECT) and the Port of Rotterdam Authority in the Netherlands have agreed to end the lengthy dispute between both parties. ECT and the Port Authority have come to an understanding that it is in the mutual interest of both companies to cooperate,? taking into account their respective rights and obligations.

After the first order in April this year for 15 diesel-electric Terex® N SC 634 E straddle carriers, Terex Port Solutions (TPS) has received a follow-up order from Eurogate Container Terminal Hamburg GmbH (Eurogate) for 15 additional machines
of the same type.