The European Parliament has voted in favour of the inclusion of CO2 emissions from shipping in the EU Emission Trading Scheme (ETS) and the establishment of a maritime climate fund "in the absence of progress at international level" as from 2023.

In 2016 Germany's largest universal port achieved a turnaround in seaborne cargo throughput, reaching a total 138.2 million tons in the general and bulk cargo segments.

Sweden-based ELME Spreader has launched a new range of fully all-electric spreaders for laden container handling with RMG, ARMG and RTG cranes to their product range.

South Carolina Ports Authority reported an 8 percent increase in container volume since its fiscal year began in July.

DP World Group Chairman and CEO Sultan Ahmed Bin Sulayem and Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk have discussed potential uses of Tesla technology for DP World's global operations in a meeting at the World Government Summit in Dubai.

Regulators and industry experts including IMO, UNECE, APM Terminals and Hapag-Lloyd convene in London on 6 March to address misdeclaration, poor packing and other key risk factors for dangerous goods in the container supply chain.

Bromma has won a major order of 91 spreaders from Konecranes for their Port of Virginia deliveries.

Transnet National Ports Authority's (TNPA) R1.4 billion tug building contract in Durban continues to create jobs and develop local marine capabilities, with the fifth of the authority's nine new tugs recently launched in Durban.

Marseille Fos CEO Christine Cabau Woehrel has called for a united approach to marketing hinterland rail and waterways connections after being named as 2017 chair of Medlink Ports – the promotional body for Rhone-Saone river services.

Konecranes and the Virginia Port Authority in the USA have signed a contract for the delivery of four Cantilever Rail Mounted Gantry (CRMG) cranes. This follows upon the signing of contracts between the Virginia Port Authority and Konecranes for the delivery of 86 Automated Stacking Cranes, which took place in November of 2016.