China Harbour Engineering Company (CHEC) and Tanzania Ports Authority have signed a USD 154 million contract to expand the nation's main port Dar es Salaam.

South Carolina Ports Authority announced the highest May container volume in its history, pushing fiscal year-to-date volumes past the Port's total FY2016 volume with one month still remaining in the 2017 fiscal period.

ABP have  announced that market leader for container transportation, Unifeeder have confirmed their second Polish/Baltic sailing to the Humber will call at the port of Hull. This additional service will complement the existing weekly Immingham call and will double their weekly capacity on this route.

The 'Madrid Maersk', the latest in a long line of record-breaking container ships, arrived on 6 June 2017 at the Port of Felixstowe's newest quay, its first port of call in Northern Europe on its maiden voyage.

DP World fully owned subsidiary, P&O Maritime today announced its acquisition of Reyser (Remolques y Servicios Maritimos, S.L.) a Spanish company providing maritime services internationally since 1966, from Bergé y Cía, S.A.*. The transaction value is below 5% of DP World's net asset value**.

At the end of March 2017, Italy-based OMG MGM Cranes – part of Bedeschi - shipped 6 RTG's from Qingdao in China to the final destination - CHCL Cargo Handling Corporation Limited in Port Louis, Mauritius.

Dos Santos International is pleased to announce they have been awarded a contract to provide their DSI Sandwich belt high angle conveyor to Italy-based Bedeschi SpA for the Yara Sluiskil project in the Netherlands.

PortSynergy/EuroFos has commissioned 15 new Kalmar straddle carriers at its Fos-sur-Mer terminal in the port of Marseille, France.

In April, COSCO Shipping Lines loaded a 126-ton plant section on to the 14,000-TEUs containership 'CSCL Jupiter' in Shanghai. On 1 June, 37 days later, this unusually heavy unit was transhipped at HHLA Container Terminal Tollerort.

"Georgian ports need to improve their services and logistical connectivity in order to maintain the country's position as a key transit corridor for the Caucasus," said Jacob Gulmann, ICTSI Europe, Middle East and Africa Business Development Director.