On the 4th of January, 2017, Konecranes announced that all material closing conditions have been met for the acquisition of Terex Material Handling & Port Solutions (MHPS). The acquisition of MHPS by Konecranes is now complete.

The Minister of State at the Department for Exiting the European Union (DExEU), David Jones met with leaders from Peel Ports Group on 21 December 2016 as part of an on-going fact finding mission to gauge how Brexit is having an impact on businesses across the UK.

Kalmar, part of Cargotec, has won an order for seven rubber-tyred gantry (RTG) cranes following a call for tender launched by the Algerian port procurement company Groupement D'Interêt Commun Des Entreprises Portuaires (GICEP).

From 1 January 2017 Contargo offers direct trucking via a branch office of Contargo Road Logistics which has been newly established in Hamburg, Germany.

At the Port of Montreal, Conductix-Wampfler has just completed the first e-RTG (electrified rubber-tyred gantry) container crane conversion in Canada.

Hector Rail and Samskip have agreed to develop their partnership on Sweden and the continent further. As of the 1st of January six round trips per week between Helsingborg in Sweden and Duisburg in the Ruhr area in Germany, via Copenhagen in Denmark, will be added to the existing operations.

The Board of Commissioners of the Port of New Orleans has announced that, effective 1 January 2017, Brandy D. Christian has begun service as the Port's president and chief executive officer following her two-year tenure as its chief operating officer.

"2016 was a busy and successful year for bremenports," sums up Robert Howe, Managing Director of the port management company. "Together, our staff of roughly 370 employees ensured that the infrastructure at the world port of Bremen/Bremerhaven was available for our customers without restrictions round the clock, 365 days a year," stated Howe in Bremen on Wednesday, 21 December 2016.

France-based CMA CGM has announced a new direct weekly container service to Asia from the Port of New Orleans Napoleon Avenue Container Terminal. Part of the company's PEX3 service, the inaugural vessel is scheduled to arrive on January 31 for service by terminal operator Ports America.