Italy-based Bedeschi has been awarded a contract by Dimisa Mexico for their Blue Dolphin Power Plant expansion project located in Mejillones, Chile.

The 19 ocean carrier members of the Ocean Carrier Equipment Management Association (OCEMA) have joined six major East and Gulf Coast ports, including the Port of Houston Authority, to develop a common streamlined "Terminal Weighing Approach" to providing verified gross mass ("VGM") at port locations.

International Container Terminal Services, Inc. (ICTSI) recently won the 2016 Gawad Sinop Corporate Award for Excellence in Supply Management Practices by the Philippine Institute for Supply Management (PISM) and the Foundation of the Society of Fellows in Supply Management (SOFSM).

Sultan Ahmed Bin Sulayem, Group Chairman and CEO of global trade enabler DP World, rang the market-opening bell on Monday to celebrate the listing on Nasdaq Dubai of a 1.2 billion US dollar Sukuk.

On Monday, Governor Nathan Deal called the expansion of the Panama Canal an "historic moment" as the first vessels began transiting the canal's massive new locks Sunday. A delegation of Georgia officials, led by Georgia Ports Authority chairman Jimmy Allgood, traveled to the opening ceremony in Panama.

Marine-based commissioning work is now underway at Liverpool2, with Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC) committing vessel support to Peel Ports to help make the trial a success. Berthing and marine trials began last week with MV MSC Nederland and will be followed by a variety of cargo handling tests throughout July and August.

The World Shipping Council (WSC), the TT Club, the International Cargo Handling Coordination Association (ICHCA), and the Global Shippers' Forum (GSF) jointly released a second Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) document designed to support the smooth implementation of the container weighing regulations that take effect globally on 1 July 2016.

The President of Liberia, Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, officially inaugurated a new port navigation system installed at the Monrovia Free Port which will enable 24-hour port access to the port for the first time in three decades.

APM Terminals Inland Services, South Asia has signed an exclusive agreement with Gothenburg, Sweden-based Volvo Cars to provide a dedicated, specialied warehouse facility in Chennai.

FEPORT joins its voice to 28 other EU transport associations to urge the European Parliament and the Council to increase the Connecting Europe Facility (CEF) budget in the upcoming review of the Multi-Annual Financial Framework (MFF).