Last week's signing of the PreConstruction Engineering and Design Agreement and passage of the omnibus appropriations bill with construction funding for Charleston marked significant milestones for the 52-foot Charleston Harbor Deepening Project.

Kalmar, part of Cargotec, has signed a third large order for additional fifteen all-electric rubber-tyred gantry cranes with Piraeus Container Terminal (PCT) S.A. in Greece, a wholly-owned subsidiary of COSCO Pacific Limited. The value of the order is approximately EUR 20 million.

The Port of Montreal is extremely pleased to welcome Hapag-Lloyd's Quebec Express on its inaugural call to Montreal. To mark the occasion, Sylvie Vachon, President and CEO of the Montreal Port Authority and Tony Boemi, Vice-President, Growth and Development, presented a painting to Captain Markus Droste, master of the Quebec Express, at a special ceremony held yesterday.

November container traffic drove a 7% increase in South Carolina Ports Authority (SCPA) fiscal year-to-date volumes, with 831,627 TEU handled since the fiscal year began in July. SCPA moved 153,594 TEU last month, an increase of 6.5% over 144,218 TEU handled in November 2014.

International Container Terminal Services, Inc. (ICTSI) recently opened its premier shared services company (SSC), ICTSI Asia Pacific Business Services, Inc. (APBS). Photo shows Christian R. Gonzalez (second from left), ICTSI senior vice president and regional head of Asia Pacific, leading the ribbon cutting at the APBS office. With him are Antonio G. Coronel (left), APBS general manager, and Jose Manuel M. De Jesus, ICTSI vice president for business development – Asia.

United Arab Shipping Company (UASC) announced today a record breaking load of 18,601 TEU on board MV Al Muraykh, one of the world's three greenest vessels currently operated by UASC.

The Transas navigational simulator Navi-Trainer Professional 5000 was installed at the Centre for Maritime and River Shipowners (CAFyM) in Asuncion for training crews in tugs operations in the Parana-Paraguay Waterway.

Terex Port Solutions (TPS) continues to systematically strengthen its position in the Asia Pacific region with four new mobile harbour cranes.

The global shipping industry, represented by the International Chamber of Shipping (ICS) throughout the United Nations Climate Change Conference, greatly welcomes the 'Paris Agreement', adopted unanimously on 12 December by 195 nations.

Scotland's largest port in Grangemouth has taken delivery of a newfleet of forklift trucks as part of a multi-million pound deal with leading materials handling solutions provider, Briggs Equipment.