The Port of Helsinki recently held an official opening ceremony for its new West Terminal 2 passenger ferry terminal, where our innovative MoorMaster™ automated mooring system moors large ferries safely, quietly, cleanly and efficiently.

The largest containership to ever call at the Port of Liverpool arrived on Monday 6 March. The 6,552 TEU 'HS Paris' berthed at the Liverpool2 deep-water container terminal.

JAXPORT's Governing Board announced that its CEO Brian Taylor and the Authority have agreed to part ways. Taylor will pursue other business opportunities. Brian Taylor joined the Authority in 2013 after a long and distinguished career in the maritime industry, serving in executive roles at both SeaLand and Horizon Lines.

Liebherr’s maritime manufacturing plant in Rostock has been awarded the contract to supply the heavy-lift crane for the Orion, a new wind farm installation and platform decommissioning vessel ordered by DEME from COSCO (QiDong) Offshore, a subsidiary of COSCO Shipping Heavy Industry. The crane is rated at 3,000 tonnes at more than 50 metres, with a lifting height in excess of 170 meters and a designation of HLC (Heavy-Lift Crane) 295000. Delivery will be spring 2019.

Gantrex and Oleo International have announced the signing of an exclusive distributor agreement in over 100 countries worldwide for Oleo's Industrial line of hydraulic buffers.

Midway through its 2014-2018 strategic plan, 2016 turnover at leading French port Marseille Fos rose to €148.7 million - marking a 9.7% increase over the first two years of a growth initiative based on diversification of trades, tight cost control and developments to boost income from logistics and industrial tenants.

In February 2017, Konecranes signed an agreement with The Gold Bond Group Ltd (Conterm) in Israel for the supply of two BOXHUNTER Rubber Tired Gantry (RTG) cranes to Conterm's logistics center in Ashdod.

Global container shipping consortium 'THE Alliance' has announced that all of its mainline UK calls will be handled by DP World, the Dubai-based global ports and logistics services company.

Hutchison Ports has signed a formal agreement with Ports of Stockholm to operate the container terminal under construction at Stockholm Norvik Port. The new port, which is near Nynäshamn 60km south of the Swedish capital, will have better access, deeper water and greater capacity than the city-centre facilities it will replace.

Three new, ship-to-shore container cranes have been constructed in Ireland and are scheduled for delivery to Crowley Puerto Rico Services' Isla Grande Terminal in San Juan later this month.