MacGregor, part of Cargotec, will supply loose lashings equipment for twelve 19,200 TEU container vessels under construction in South Korea for a European owner. The equipment is planned for delivery during 2016. The order was booked into first quarter 2016 order intake.

The Northwest Seaport Alliance managing members approved USD141 million worth of construction and cranes to dock two of the largest container ships simultaneously at Husky Terminal in the South Harbor.

In the presence of guests and employees, Ms Lydia van de Kerk, the wife of CFO Arjan van de Kerk, named Van Oord's latest cutter suction dredger Biesbosch on 7 April 2016.

JAXPORT's newly completed Intermodal Container Transfer Facility (ICTF) at Dames Point is being used in support of a high-level military training exercise this month in advance of its official opening to commercial container movements later this year.

Strainstall has launched a portable Container Weight System (CWS) for container shippers to support compliance with the fast approaching International Maritime Organization (IMO)'s SOLAS regulations for container weight verification.

Kalmar, part of Cargotec, organised its first hackathon CargoHack on 8-10 April 2016 at its Technology and Competence Centre in Tampere, Finland. The event brought together about 100 participants from all around the world, including 57 hackers that formed 16 teams to solve the challenges that the terminals are facing today.

United Arab Shipping Company (UASC), a leading container shipping line and emerging global carrier, and Gulftainer, the world's largest privately-owned, independent port operator based in the UAE, marked the maiden call of UASC's 15,000 TEU M.V. Linah into Khorfakkan Container Terminal (KCT), at an event yesterday.

TRUCONNECT, Konecranes remote fleet monitoring, has been available for lift trucks during the last few years. Konecranes Lift Trucks has re-launched the system packed with upgrades that, says Business Development Manager, Bertrand Marion, "Deliver a brand-new world of monitoring services to customers."

Konecranes and Aalto University have recently agreed on cooperation within the area of Industrial Internet. In the cooperation, Konecranes will install a smart CXT NEO-based crane on the Aalto University Industrial Internet Campus (AIIC) in Otaniemi, Finland.

The Aqaba Container Terminal (ACT), the Kingdom of Jordan's primary port, has been named the winner of the Workplace Safety and Health Award by the Jordanian Social Security Corporation. The achievement was recognized at a ceremony in Amman on March 29th sponsored by the Jordanian Minister of Labor and Board Chairman of the Social Security Corporation, Dr. Nidal Qatamin, who was represented at the event by the Social Security Corporation's Director General, Nadia Al Rawabdah.