UK Transport Minister, Andrew Jones MP visited the Port of Liverpool yesterday (Monday 16 May) to view the latest developments at Liverpool2 as the terminal approaches its opening.

Bromma, the world leader in crane spreaders, will deliver its first order for six units of Automated Lashing Platforms (ALPs) to the fully automated Victoria International Container Terminal (VICT) in Melbourne Australia from August 2016.

In 2015, cargo traffic handled at the Port of Montreal rose 5.2% over the previous year to reach 32 million tonnes. This is a record high for the Port of Montreal.

APM Terminals has signed a contract for the enlargement of 10 STS cranes, including the raising of the overall height, and extension of the crane boom, to accommodate Ultra-Large Container Ships (ULCS) of up to 20,000 TEU capacity.

Kalmar, part of Cargotec, has secured an order for nine diesel-electric straddle carriers from the leading European port and transport logistics group Hamburger Hafen und Logistik AG (HHLA). The order was booked in Cargotec's 2016 first quarter order intake, with delivery taking place during the fourth quarter of 2016.

Today, Finland-based Konecranes, signed an agreement to acquire from Terex Corporation its Material Handling & Port Solutions segment against consideration consisting of cash and shares and to terminate the previously announced business combination agreement.

DP World Yarimca has been officially opened for business by the President of the Republic of Turkey, Recep Tayyip Erdo?an in the presence of senior government officials and executives of DP World.

A multi-coloured work of art made entirely from litter is highlighting the shocking levels of dumped plastic in London's river. Michelle Reader's A Bellyful of Plastic was made using rubbish collected on the River Thames. It was created after experts revealed that stunning numbers of fish living there have plastic in their gut.

Mitsui O.S.K. Lines (MOL, President & CEO: Junichiro Ikeda), Nippon Yusen Kaisha, "K" Line, Hanjin, Hapag-Lloyd and Yang Ming have agreed to create a new alliance covering all East-West trade lanes namely, Asia-Europe/Mediterranean, Asia-North America West Coast, Asia-North America East Coast, Transatlantic and Asia-Middle East/Persian Gulf/Red Sea.

Two new landmarks at the Port of Ngqura, which are part of ongoing developments to position the port as a container transhipment hub for Sub-Saharan Africa, were officially launched by Transnet National Ports Authority (TNPA) on Wednesday.