South Carolina Ports Authority reported 2016 fiscal year-end operating earnings of USD39 million, revenues of USD211 million and operating expenses of USD172 million.

The Georgia Ports Authority has extended its multiyear agreement with the South Atlantic Chassis Pool of Consolidated Chassis Management (CCM) to provide the region with a "gray" chassis pool, a fleet of chassis that can be used by any trucking line to serve any port terminal in the Southeastern U.S.

In the first six months of 2016 containerised cargo handling totalled 4.5 million TEU – corresponding to a downturn of 1.2 percent. While total seaborne cargo stood at at 70.2 million tons, including general and bulk cargo segments – slightly down (0.9 percent) in the same period last year.

A total of 14.9 million tonnes (gross) of goods passed the ship's rail in Rostock during the first half of 2016. Of this total, 13.9 million tonnes were handled at the overseas port.

The cable carriers in the EasyTrax series from Tsubaki Kabelschlepp allow extremely fast cable laying: cables, hoses, etc. are simply pressed into the flexible lamella crossbars. No tools required! This makes it possible to fill up to one meter of cable carrier in less than a second, saving installation costs.

Global trade enabler DP World has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with US-based Hyperloop One to explore the role of innovation in the future of world trade. The collaboration is for feasibility studies that analyse the value of using Hyperloop systems in the UAE, with an initial focus in Phase 1 on moving containers from ships docked at DP World's flagship Jebel Ali Port via the Hyperloop tube to a new inland container depot in Dubai.

Damen Green Solutions is proud to announce that the InvaSave technology has completed shipboard testing onboard the Henrike Schepers. During the shipboard tests, ballast water was taken in untreated and the efficiency of the technology was validated upon discharge.

Advent Intermodal Solutions, a leading provider of IT-based intermodal solutions, has announced it has appointed Hilda Rodriguez to serve as senior business development manager. In her new role, Rodriguez is responsible for developing business solutions for the Southeast U.S., Latin America and Caribbean regions.

Port Bronka, the new deepwater port in St. Petersburg, was opened by mid of December 2015. Regular services started by January 2016. Meanwhile, the port offers a wide range of maritime logistics services including container-, RoRo- and general cargo handling and after little more than half a year the operational start-up phase is successfully completed.

One of the closing conditions of the acquisition was that Palfinger Marine GmbH had to get acceptances for at least 90 per cent of the TTS shares on a fully diluted basis.