MacGregor, part of Cargotec, and China State Shipbuilding Corporation's (CSSC) Nanjing Luzhou Machine Co Ltd (LMC) signed a joint venture contract on 15 September 2016 to form CSSC Luzhou MacGregor Machine Co Ltd. Subject to all relevant authority approvals, expected within this year, LMC will own 51 percent and MacGregor 49 percent of the new joint venture company.

Port of New Orleans Chief Operating Officer Brandy Christian joined Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards in signing a memorandum of understanding with Cuba on Oct. 4 pledging to expand trade and commerce opportunities between Louisiana and the Caribbean nation. The agreement also calls for joint marketing and information sharing efforts to meet those objectives.

DP World London Gateway has completed the creation of 65 hectares of important intertidal habitat, comprising 59 hectares of mudflat, which will provide feeding ground for wading birds and fish, and six hectares of saltmarsh.

The Port of Long Beach and Long Beach Container Terminal have received a prestigious Clean Air Award for working to reduce pollution in Southern California with the Middle Harbor redevelopment project.

Damen Shiprepair Van Brink Rotterdam in the Netherlands has completed a three-week repair project on the Jumbo Javelin, a DP2 Heavy Lift Crane Vessel owned and operated by long-standing Damen client Jumbo.

Richard Ballantyne has taken up his new role as the Director of the British Ports Association following the retirement of David Whitehead.

For many years, DFDS has had weekly connections between Klaipeda in Lithuania and the Port of Fredericia in Denmark. The volume of cargo between the two destinations is high, and DFDS is consequently adding a third weekly call.

"The Port of Brunswick already supports 9,000 jobs in Glynn and its five surrounding counties," said GPA Board Chairman Jimmy Allgood. "Our efforts to accommodate the demands of auto manufacturers serving the Southeastern U.S. economy will create jobs and business opportunities within this region."

Kalmar, part of Cargotec, is to deliver 34 Kalmar Gloria reachstackers to the European ro-ro terminal operator C.RO Ports SA.

Barcelona Europe South Terminal (BEST), a subsidiary of Hutchison Ports, and the Port of Barcelona and Merlin Properties' intermodal logistics platform, Logistics Activity Zone (ZAL Port), signed an agreement on 3rd October, to optimise and reduce supply chain costs.