How long-term partnerships between governments and the private sector can help Senegal and other African nations develop their economies was the focus of a discussion between the global trade enabler's Group Chairman and CEO Sultan Ahmed Bin Sulayem and Senegalese President Macky Sall on the opening day of the World Government Summit.

Maersk Line introduces a new service – the AE7 – on the Asia - North Europe trade and a new service – the TP16 – on the Transpacific trade. T

Work is underway at Virginia International Gateway (VIG) on a USD320 million expansion project that will nearly double the terminal's annual cargo handling capability.

The dredging of the access channel to the port of Maputo from 11 to 14.2 meters deep has been completed.

TTS Liftec Oy, has secured a new contract for a steerable lifting trailer called SafeRoll - a new model translifter.

GreenBridge Multimodal has responded to growing volumes by introducing a 4th roundtrip train to connect the Duisburg rail hub and the port of Trieste.

Kalmar, part of Cargotec, has secured orders for a total of 708 terminal tractors in the Americas region. The orders were received during the annual Dealer Meeting held in Bonita Springs, Florida in the beginning of February and they will be booked into Cargotec's 2017 first and second quarter order intake.

"The Federal Administrative Court in Leipzig has expressly underlined the necessity for the adjustment of the navigation channel with its decision on today," says Jens Meier CEO of Hamburg Port Authority commenting on the judgement of the Federal Administrative Court for the fairway adjustment of the Lower and Outer Elbe.

In 2016, Sennebogen introduced the new 850 E-Series, a mobile material handler for port handling. As one of the first implementations, the machine went to the Netherlands to handle sand for Spaansen.

The Board of Directors of Cavotec SA is pleased to announce that Mikael Norin has been appointed CEO of the Cavotec Group.