In mid-December 2016 Ports America and Sydney Harbour Investment Partners (SHIP announced an agreement for the promotion, development and management of Novaporte, the marine container facility in the Port of Sydney, Nova Scotia.

Valenciaport has ended the year 2016 with container traffic of 4,722,273 TEU, a figure that represents an increase of 2.32% and means exceeding its best historical record.

Maritime union RMT responded to the report published today on UK Seafarer Projections, carried out for the Department for Transport by Oxford Economics, in line with the recommendations of the Maritime Growth Study.

The Georgia Ports Authority marked 12.3 percent container volume growth in December, moving 292,172 twenty-foot equivalent container units, an increase of 32,099 TEUs compared to December 2015, a record for the GPA.

South Carolina Ports Authority reported a 5.4 percent increase in twenty-foot equivalent unit (TEU) volume fiscal year to date, with 1,029,450 TEUs handled since the period began in July.

Pentalver has announced a further investment in its materials handling resources after concluding a new £5 million deal with asset management and engineering services specialist Briggs Equipment.

ZIM has announced details of its revised network in the transpacific trade, scheduled to commence on April 2017.

Back in October 2016, Cargotec launched a programme to achieve annual cost savings of approximately EUR 25 million by seeking efficiency improvement and cost savings.

A surge in coal and wheat exports has underpinned a new trade record for the Port of Newcastle, delivering another wave of bright economic news for Australia's third largest port.

The container hinterland network Contargo is further expanding its rail transport offer. As of January this year, the enterprise is offering a new rail connection between Rotterdam and Koblenz.