Visy Oy, a leading provider of gate automation and port technology, has been awarded a contract to provide a multi-site/multi-tenant Visy Access Gate Operating System (“GOS”), as a subcontractor to Swarco, to the Ports of Stockholm terminals in Värtan and Kapellskär.

United Arab Shipping Company (UASC) and Ahli United Bank, Egypt marked the passing of 18,800 TEU Vessel M.V. Al Zubara, the world's greenest ultra-large container vessel, through the new Suez Canal this week.

A new safety initiative at the world's largest proprietary container terminal, APM Terminals Pier 400 Los Angeles, has resulted in the implementation of revised yard layout and procedures to enhance the safety of the 2,000 to 3,000 Over-the-Road (OTR) truck drivers who deliver and pick up containers at the terminal in any given 24-hour period.

The 52-foot Charleston Harbor Deepening Project was recommended to Congress for authorisation this week, continuing the project's historic momentum through the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) planning process.

Hamburg Messe und Congress GmbH and their local partners, Goca Exhibitions, have announced that the SMM Istanbul conference and exhibition, scheduled for 25 & 25 February 2016, will not take place. The tense political situation in the region and the changing Turkish shipbuilding market have created a sense of uncertainty among international exhibitors, leading to a general reluctance to register for the SMM Istanbul conference and exhibition.

Benoit de la Tour has been appointed President, Navis and the head of software business in Kalmar as of 1 February 2016. Based in Oakland, California, he will report to Chairman of the Navis Board Olli Isotalo and be part of Kalmar Management.

Complementing its GCT Deltaport Intermodal yard configuration project in Port Metro Vancouver, GCT Canada has confirmed the order of twelve state-of-the-art rubber tyred gantry ("RTG") cranes from leading clean energy equipment manufacturer, Konecranes of Finland.

On the 15th of December 2015 port Bronka investor Fenix LLC and one of the leading shipping companies CMA CGM signed a long-term agreement for handling and storage of containerised cargo.

The second phase of the modernisation and expansion works of the port of Nacala in Mozambique is scheduled to go-ahead later this year.

Gdansk Port Authority (GPA) has announced it will issue a tender late this year for the construction, operation and management of their External Port, a new deep-water, trans-shipment facility for containers and general cargo.