On 28 March, ESPO was delighted to congratulate the ports of Piraeus, Bremen/Bremerhaven and Aqaba for achieving the Port Environmental Review System (PERS) certification.

Kalmar, part of Cargotec, will introduce a new terminal tractor at Mid-America Trucking Show on 27-29 March 2014, in Louisville, Kentucky, USA.

As part of ZIM's strategic plan to develop and enhance service in South America, we are pleased to announce that as of April 2014, ZIM will be represented in Rio de Janeiro by a fully-owned agency. 

South Port NZ Ltd (South Port), located at Bluff in New Zealand's South Island, has just completed the order for a new LHM 550 mobile harbour crane.

In advance of next week's meeting of the IMO Marine Environment Protection Committee (MEPC), the International Chamber of Shipping (ICS) has suggested a number of steps by which IMO Member States might address implementation problems associated with the Ballast Water Management Convention, which has yet to enter into force. 

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