Italy-based Bedeschi has announced that its Handling division has been awarded a contract to provide port-related bulk equipment for a new coal export terminal in Vanino in Russia's Far East.

Sennebogen has announced the appointment of a new dealer for construction cranes in the UK and Ireland.

President Michelle Bachelet of Chile has promised her government will rebuild the areas destroyed by a deadly fire in the port city of Valparaiso.

Work has started at the Port of Felixstowe on the latest expansion of the UK's largest container port.

TTS Group ASA has through its subsidiary TTS Marine Inc, signed a contract for container handling equipment with Global Container Terminals in New Jersey, USA.

The first 402 Dacia cars from Morocco have arrived at Fos aboard the Neptune Lines car carrier City of Oslo under a deal that will see 20,000 vehicles per year imported for the French market.

Australian-based Northern Stevedoring Services (NSS) has placed an order for a Liebherr mobile harbour crane, type LHM 420, to operate on Berth 3 and 4 in the Port of Townsville, Queensland. 

ABP Marine Environmental Research ltd (ABPmer), a leading UK marine consultancy, has been commissioned to provide Littlehampton Harbour Board with a MarNIS 'Port Assessment Toolkit' for managing marine risk. 

ATransas Marine has announced the appointment of Jens Pfeiffer as a Business Division Director, Navigation, Transas Marine.