In January 2014, Wuhan New Port saw an increase of 23% in container throughput compared to the same month last year by handling a total of 73,100 TEU.

According to Reuters The Panama Canal Authority and Sacyr, the Spanish-led consortium expanding the major maritime artery have reached a preliminary deal to complete work on the project stymied in a row over USD1.6 billion in cost overruns, the Panama Canal's administrator said on Thursday.

Reported earlier this year, work on phase two of the Bengbu river port is progressing rapidly and work has recently been completed. Benghu is the first container port in the north of Anhui province and will open shortly for business.

Navis, the global technology standard for managing the movement of cargo through terminals, has  announced that DP World's Terminales Rio de la Plata (TRP), the largest container facility in Argentina, successfully went live on the Navis N4 terminal operating system (TOS).

Konecranes Lift Trucks and Portrucks Equipments Pvt Ltd  are pleased to announce their collaboration in the Indian lift truck market.

In 2013 the Port of Hamburg achieved total throughput of 139 million tons.

Following the success and overwhelming positive feedback of the previous U.S. events over the last five years MCI Media are delighted to host the 6th International Port & Terminal Technology Conference & Exhibition in Savannah, Georgia on May 20th & 21st  2014. The event is supported by the Georgia Ports Authority and Konecranes are Silver Sponsors and Environ (Bronze Sponsors) which is testimony to the event's success. GPA's Executive Director Curtis Foltz will give the keynote address.

The Port of Vancouver USA welcomed the M/V Siangtan commanded by Capt. Huawei Cai of China on her maiden voyage to the United States on February 22, 2014.

Led by strong exports, The Port of Virginia in January handled 167,272 TEUs surpassing the mark set in January 2013 by 8,506 TEUs.