USA-based Mud Cat has revealed that multiple amphibious, multi-function dredges are operating in Iraq to clean various dams and barrages that are positioned along the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers.

On 15 January 2016, the Port of Murmansk welcomed the new 300,259dwt FSO Umba, owned by RPK Nord.

Global marine terminal operator DP World announces that it has been granted a 25 year concession to develop and operate a new logistics centre in Kigali, Rwanda.

SOHAR Port and Freezone has announced full-year throughput figures for 2015, its best ever. Total cargo volumes in 2015 were up by 12% compared to 2014, at well over 50m tons - an impressive average of almost one million tons a week.

The Port of Barcelona ended 2015 with positive results in its key traffic indicators, with record figures in foreign trade and certain strategic cargo segments such as vehicles and motorways of the sea.

From 9 January 2016, StreamLines has started a new round trip of the "BLUE STREAM" service. Sailing from the Terminal of Radicatel, five new destinations will be connected including Martinique with competitive transit times: Fort-de-France in 10 days, and then the ports in Honduras and Guatemala in Central America, Florida and the Dominican Republic.

2015 was very successful for Damen's Cutter Suction Dredger (CSD) range. Throughout the year 12 CSDs were sold and delivered to clients around the world.

More and more countries are ratifying the IMO's Ballast Water Management Convention (BWMC) and it is very likely that it may enter into force as early as the first half of 2017; in any case, it is only a matter of time.

South Carolina Ports Authority (SCPA) posted 10 percent container growth in 2015, a year highlighted by strong volumes and significant progress on the harbor deepening project.

APM Terminals and Colombian-based port and terminal operating company, Compañia de Puertos Asociados S.A. (Compas S.A.) have finalised the incorporation of Cartagena Container Terminal Operator (CCTO), a new joint venture which will manage and operate Compas S.A.'s existing multi-purpose facility in Cartagena, Colombia.