Australian Pilbara Ports Authority (PPA) has delivered a total monthly throughput of 52.8 million tonnes (Mt) for the month of December. Half year-to-date figures (July 2014- December 2014) show a total combined throughput of 314.1 Mt.

Kalmar, part of Cargotec, is delivering four of its latest generation Gloria reachstackers to International Container Terminal Services Inc Group (ICTSI). The 45 tonnes capacity units are the first operational in the Asia-Pacific territory, following their launch in Shanghai in August 2014.

At the end of December, Gaussin signed a letter of intent with PT Teluk Lamong (TTL), a subsidiary of Pelindo, extending and boosting the activity of the group in Indonesia. The signing follows a first agreement – signed in March 2013 - with Pelindo for the supply of 50 ATT Lift Diesel units and docking stations, which are now in operation in the TTL port in Surabaya.

The Port of Dover has just recorded its busiest ever year for freight with 2.42 million freight vehicles handled in 2014. That is a phenomenal growth story of 9.7% compared with the previous year and is 2.5% higher than the previous record of 2.36 million set in 2007.

SC Ports Authority, Lowcountry Open Land Trust, Coastal Conservation League and the Southern Environmental Law Center announced a milestone agreement for the Post-45 Harbor Deepening Project that includes a significant Port contribution to land conservation efforts along the Cooper River Corridor.

MacGregor, part of Cargotec, has received a large order from Shanghai Zhenhua Heavy Industry Co Ltd (ZPMC). The contract is for four offshore cranes, including a 400 tonnes SWL active heave-compensated crane capable of deploying 3,000m of wire rope.

As from the 7th of January 2015, Distri Rail BV and Duisport Agency GmbH extend their existing direct rail connection between the logistical inland turntable of Duisburg and Frankfurt-am-Main Industriepark Höchst with a stop at the Kombi Terminal Ludwigshafen (KTL).

International Container Terminal Services Inc's (ICTSI) container terminal in the Port of Gdynia, Poland - Baltic Container Terminal (BCT) - has received two new quay cranes, further boosting BCT's status as a key port in Eastern Europe and in the Baltic region. Measuring more than 60m high with a reach of more than 50 feet over the water, BCT's new quay cranes (QCs) have a capacity of more than 60 tonnes. They arrived in Gdynia on 7 December aboard the vessel Zhen Hua 8.

The 4,360 TEU capacity Sealand Eagle became the first container vessel to call at the new Maasvlakte II expansion of the Port of Rotterdam, making the short journey from the existing APM Terminals Rotterdam terminal to the deep-water quay at the new APM Terminals Maasvlakte II terminal to re-position empty containers as part of the ongoing commercial volume tests of the world's most advanced port container handling facility.

On Saturday 10 January, the CSCL Globe, the largest container vessel in the world, and the Pieter Schelte, the largest ship in the world, are expected in the port of Rotterdam. There is even a realistic chance that the Pieter Schelte will arrive in the afternoon and pass the CSCL Globe in the Yangtzehaven.