Magna Tyres Group is proud to announce the further expansion of their global Sales Team. Christophe Cantou has been appointed as Sales Manager for the region South France.

Completed within just three months, the new 8.5km access channel directly links the East Port Said port complex to the Mediterranean Sea, eliminating the need for vessels heading to the Suez Canal Container Terminal (SCCT) to wait 6-8 hours for a time window between vessel convoys transiting the canal.

Further to the press release of 2nd November 2015 announcing DP World as sole owner of DP World Southampton, a new UK management structure has been introduced which will harness the synergies of both DP World London Gateway and DP World Southampton.

Kalmar, part of Cargotec, will organise its first hackathon "CargoHack", at its Technology and Competence Centre in Tampere, Finland on 8-10 April 2016.

United Arab Shipping Company (UASC) and Red Sea Gateway Terminal (RSGT) celebrated the world's greenest ultra-large container vessel 18,800TEU M.V. Al Nefud during its maiden call to
RSGT at Jeddah Islamic Port today. The event was attended by Dr. Nabeel Al-Amudi, President of the Saudi Ports Authority and Chairman of UASC, Mr. Waleed Al Dawood, COO at UASC and Mr. Mohammed Al-Mudarres, CEO at Saudi Industrial Services Company (SISCO), along with senior government and business
dignitaries and officials.

DP World, the leading enabler of global trade, has signed two major contracts for civil construction work at its new Container Terminal 4 on a reclaimed island in Jebel Ali Port.

The French group Bollore continues to negotiate a sub-concession for four ports with the government of Cabo Verde (Cape Verde Islands) which should be completed by the end of February.

The new deeper Suez Canal will be a beneficiary of the 'One Belt One Road' initiative taken by China's leader Xi Jinping, especially when it comes to the opening up of the Iranian market following the lifting of international sanctions and the moving into importance of the Indian refinery markets, according to Denis Petropoulos, President of Braemar Shipping Services Asia.

Gaussin has announced the delivery of 10 of the 11 Docking Stations to Terminal Teluk Lamong (TTL), a subsidiary of Pelindo that manages the Indonesian port of Surabaya.