After an European tender procedure the planned Belgian offshore wind farm Rentel has awarded the contract for the export cable to the Swedish company ABB AB.

United Arab Shipping Company (UASC) has announced the opening of a new joint-venture agency in Uruguay. The initiative is part of the carrier's ambitious growth plans and customer-focused strategy, and highlight the importance of the South American market for UASC.

In consultation with the Executive Board, the Supervisory Board of Van Oord has decided to appoint Jolanda Poots-Bijl as the new CFO for Van Oord.

Mark Delaney has been appointed Managing Director of GAC India, following the retirement of Paul Haegeman who has held the position since September 2004. Mark brings his over 30 years of related industry experience to this new role and is responsible for overseeing the continued growth of GAC's shipping and logistics businesses in India.

UK-based Fargo Systems has launched the new TOPS ePOD system which provides for obtaining proof-of-deliveries in real-time.

Fans of TV illusionist Dynamo flocked to North Greenwich Pier last week for a spectacular show at The O2, but they almost had to make other travel arrangements – until the Port of London Authority stepped in with a little bit of magic of its own.

Today, a new 40,000 TEU container vessel called at the Eurogate Container Terminal in Hamburg, Germany...

Source: Eurogate

With the implementation of the SOLAS VI Regulation 2 amendment coming in to force on 1st July - requiring the verification of the gross mass of packed containers - the UK Maritime and Coastguard Agency (MCA) has announced that it has set an enforcement tolerance of ±5% or ±500kg, whichever is the greater value to avoid disruption within the supply chain, however this value is for enforcer's guidance only and it is the shipper's responsibility to be as accurate as possible.

Following an article recently published in the press entitled "Le Havre loses the CKYHE alliance" and given the incorrect information that this article contains, HAROPA and the CKYHE alliance like to make the following clarification: CKYHE is not leaving Le Havre.

APM Terminals has been named as the operator of a new container trans-shipment terminal at the Tanger Med 2 port complex. APM Terminals already operates the APM Terminals Tangier facility at Tanger Med 1 port, which started operations in July of 2007 and handled 1.7 million TEU in 2015.