The Belgian dredging, environmental and marine engineering group DEME and China COSCO Shipping - the largest shipping company in the world – have formed a joint venture to develop offshore wind energy in China.

Leading French port Marseille Fos handled 20.17 million tonnes of cargo from January to March in a near identical repeat of last year's first-quarter result.

Exis is pleased to announce the introduction of two new e-learning courses for safe handling and packing in accordance with the CTU Code and to assist compliance with the SOLAS Verification of Gross Mass (VGM) regulation.

The Antwerp lift truck rental company Cuypers Vorkliften NV (Cuypers) has ordered another six Terex® Liftace™ 5-31 reach stackers from Terex Port Solutions (TPS).

CSA (Central Systems & Automation Ltd) is to implement Autostore TOS for Eimskip (Eimskipafélag Íslands hf) across four container terminals: Sundahöfn, Reyðarfjörður and Grundartangi in Iceland and at Tórshavn in the Faroe Islands.

A group of lucky staff from ABP's Humber ports were offered the chance to test their sea legs when they were given a training day by seafaring charity Maybe Sailing.Fifteen staff from across the four ports of Hull, Goole, Grimsby and Immingham set sail from Hull Marina out onto the Humber Estuary so they could learn how to crew the 80-foot gaff-rigged vessel.

On 7 May 2016, at 19.13 hours CET (01.13 hours local time), Maersk Line was contacted by "Safmarine Meru", a Maersk Line owned container vessel. En route from Qingdao to Ningbo in China, the Safmarine Meru had collided with the "Northen Jasper, a German-owned container vessel.

Last week the U.S. Coast Guard announced its approval for U.S. ports to verify the weight of containers on behalf of the shipper to comply with the Safety of Life at Sea (SOLAS) regulations, and South Carolina Ports Authority (SCPA) will provide this weight to the shipper or exporter.

The South African government's Operation Phakisa:Oceans Economy initiative has yielded more results with the ceremonial launch of two more powerful tugboats built for Transnet National Ports Authority (TNPA).The two tugs – named QUNU and CORMORANT – form part of TNPA's R1.4 billion contract awarded to Durban ship builder, Southern African Shipyards.

During the first six months of fiscal year 2016, JAXPORT recorded 16 percent growth in Asian container shipments over the same period last year, moving 157,689 twenty-foot equivalent containers units (TEUs) compared to 135,429 TEUs in FY2015.