DP World London Gateway Port, the UK's most advanced deep-sea container terminal, has been awarded The Planet Mark for demonstrating its commitment to carbon emissions reduction.

Peel Ports has yesterday (20 July 2016) announced that it has secured 100 advocates for its Cargo200 initiative and is urging other cargo owners in the North West to add their weight to the campaign.

The takeover bid made by the Palfinger Group for the Norwegian ship equipment supplier TTS Group ASA, listed on the Oslo Stock Exchange, was approved and published on Monday by the Oslo Stock Exchange following a detailed review.

The two main construction projects in the Marseille harbour area of leading French port Marseille Fos are nearing completion following a decisive stage in works costing almost €64 million that will cater for mega-ships by enlarging the Passe Nord port entrance and recommissioning the giant No.10 drydock.

Strainstall, part of James Fisher and Sons plc, has been awarded a major contract with the Japanese Penta Ocean-Toa joint venture, for its advanced mooring solution to be installed at the Pengerang Independent Deepwater Petroleum Terminal (PIDPT) in Malaysia.

This will be Konecranes' fifth RTG delivery to Noatum Container Terminal Valencia in Spain. When the six RTGs on order go into operation, Noatum will operate a fleet of 27 Konecranes RTGs.

The Board of Directors of Konecranes has on July 15, 2016, issued a notice to convene an Extraordinary General Meeting of shareholders ("EGM") to be held on September 15, 2016, in order to consider resolutions required for the completion of the acquisition of Terex Corporation's ("Terex") Material Handling & Port Solutions business announced on May 16, 2016, (the "Acquisition") and certain other proposals.

Liebherr Maritime Cranes recently delivered first two Liebherr mobile harbour cranes LHM 800 in container configuration to Montecon in Uruguay.

It was an early victory for one of ICTSI's most anticipated container terminal projects. On July 15, 2016, Victoria International Container Terminal (VICT) signed a syndicated loan facility worth AUD 398 million (approximately USD 300 million) with seven leading global financial institutions, namely: Citibank N.A., KFW IPEX-Bank, Standard Chartered Bank as Mandated Lead Arrangers and Bookrunners, Bank of China Limited, DBS Bank Ltd., Investec Bank PLC as Mandated Lead Arrangers, and Cathay United Bank as Lead Arranger.

Yesterday, South Carolina Ports Authority (SCPA) welcomed the Hannover Bridge, first post-Panamax size vessel to call Charleston after transiting the newly-opened Panama Canal expansion.