Dublin Port Company has lodged a planning application with An Bord Pleanála for its Alexandra Basin Redevelopment (ABR) Project.

The foundation stone of a 330-meter standalone container terminal at Jawaharlal Nehru Port Trust (JNPT) awarded to Nhava Sheva (India) Gateway Terminal was laid by Minister of Shipping G K Vasan.

The Board of TTS Group ASA has appointed Björn Andersson as the new CEO of TTS Group with effect from March 10th 2014. Andersson has been appointed as acting CEO since 5th November, 2013.

More than 20 local maritime transportation industry representatives gathered this week to begin the work of the Motor Carrier Task Force, a group focused on improving the throughput of truck freight through The Port of Virginia.

Inchcape Shipping Services (ISS), the world's leading maritime services provider, has announced another new key hire within its Cargo Solutions division, with the appointment of Michael Ferguson as Vice President, Cargo Solutions, Terminals and Port Infrastructure.

In January of 2014 the performance of the Freeport of Riga was much better than in January 2013 - total cargo turnover increased by 13,2%, reaching 3,23 million tons. The result is outstanding compared to other Baltic ports.

In January 2014 container volumes handled by Commercial Port of Vladivostok (part of FESCO Transportation Group) surged 10 percent and amounted to 38,600 TEU y-o-y. The growth is driven by the increase of import container volumes (up 28% as compared to January of 2013).

Stable trend for vehicle throughput, decrease in containers, conventional general cargo and bulk – these are the results of the latest throughput statistics for the ports of Bremen/Bremerhaven in 2013 published by Bremen’s Senator for Economic Affairs, Labour and Ports in late February.

Gulftainer, the largest terminal operator in the Middle East by number of terminals operated, expanded its operations by 50 percent in 2013 with increased investments in overseas interests and operations.