International Container Terminal Services, Inc. (ICTSI), in partnership with the Philippine Department of Transportation (DOTr) recently launched the development of the country's first container roll-on roll-off barge terminal in Tanza, Cavite.

In the first three months of the year, 66 ships calling at terminals on the Thames qualified for the UK's first port charge discount for cleaner ships.Introduced by the Port of London Authority (PLA) on 1 January, the discount is available to ships that exceed international emissions standards set by the International Maritime Organisation (IMO) in a scoring scheme run by the World Ports Climate Initiative. Among the ships qualifying for the discount were car carriers, container ships and tankers.

Liebherr´s ship crane department is proud to announce that Damen Shipyards Group ordered its 110th Liebherr crane product. The historical order comprises a Liebherr floating crane type CBG 350 that is going to be used on a Trans-shipment Crane Barge 6324 built by Damen.

Navis, a part of Cargotec Corporation and provider of operational technologies and services that unlock greater performance and efficiency for the world's leading organizations across the shipping supply chain, today announced that Port Newark Container Terminal (PNCT) successfully handled a record number of container volumes without disruption to its customers following its January 2017 upgrade to the N4 terminal system.

On 1 December 2016, Maersk Line announced its intention to acquire Hamburg Süd, the German container shipping line, and on 14 March 2017, Maersk Line announced the signing of a sale and purchase agreement with the Oetker Group, owner of Hamburg Süd.
Today, the sale and purchase agreement for Maersk Line's acquisition of Hamburg Süd was approved by the boards of Maersk Line and the Oetker Group. The acquisition still remains subject to regulatory approvals.

Global trade enabler DP World has won three categories at the prestigious Golden Peacock Awards 2017, the annual business event organised by the Indian Institute of Directors (IOD).Sultan Ahmed bin Sulayem, Group Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, DP World was voted by business executives for the Leadership Award with DP World's Nhava Sheva International Container Terminal (NSICT) winning a distinguished award in the Innovative Product category. Meanwhile, World Security, part of the DP World Group based in Dubai, won an award in the Business Excellence category.

The team at MCI Media Ltd, organisers of events for the container, port and maritime industry, are delighted following the success of their 9th International Port & Terminal Technology Conference & Exhibition USA 2017, which took place on in April in Norfolk, Virginia. Aimed at representatives from operations, maintenance and engineering across the port and container market, the event delivered over 20 technical presentations from an impressive panel of industry experts attracting in excess of 185 attendees.Specially designed as an intimate, niche and focused conference – with an exhibition comprising a select handful of market-leaders - Port & Terminal Technology shirks the typical trade show format preferring to build on a quality versus quantity approach.This formula clearly works with the event establishing itself as a "must-attend" for key port, terminal and maritime representatives, receiving much positive feedback from attendees citing Port & Terminal Technology as enjoyable, informative and worthwhile.The convention attracted participants both old and new, and in particular, welcomed its largest contingent of port authorities and terminal operators to date.

Total domestic and international container volumes increased by more than 14 percent for the month of March, and year-to-date volumes were up 10 percent at NWSA.

During the first six months of fiscal year 2017, JAXPORT recorded 13 percent growth in Asian container shipments over the same period last year, moving 178,249 twenty-foot equivalent container units (TEU) compared to 157,689 TEU during the same period in FY2016. JAXPORT's fiscal year runs Oct. 1 through Sept. 30.

Strainstall, a leading provider of container weighing systems and part of James Fisher and Sons plc, has successfully achieved full Automatic Weighing Instruments EU-type approval from the National Measurements and Regulatory Office (NMRO) for its innovative Container Weight System (CWS)™.