UK based International Terminal Solutions Ltd (ITS) are pleased to announce an empty chassis detection upgrade for their trailer positioning system (TPS).

The Port of Long Beach expects a "Temporary Empty Container Depot" planned for a vacant pier on Terminal Island to be open and operating in December, which will help to alleviate congestion at the docks.

With total throughput of around 110 million tons, the Port of Hamburg set a new record in the first nine months of 2014.

Inchcape Shipping Services (ISS) is advising that port workers in Belgium today, 24th November 2014, started a 24 hour strike which will end at midnight 00:00hrs.

David Tozer, Global Manager of Container Ships at Lloyd's Register, Lars Meurling, Vice President of Marketing and Product Business Development at Bromma Conquip, and Markus Theuerholz, Sales Manager at German Lashing Robert Böck will be providing separate addresses at ICHCA's Container Lashing & Securing Seminar, taking place at ECT's Delta Terminal, Rotterdam on 10 December.

The Port of Virginia completed October with record cargo volumes and an operating income of $314,000, continuing the port's consecutive string of profitable months.

APM Terminals has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the Government of Ghana, representing a private investment in excess of USD 1 billion for the expansion of Tema Port.

The SC Ports Authority announced October volumes up nearly 17 percent year over year, continuing a strong growth trend in container traffic well above the organization's financial plan.

Maher Terminals LLC in the USA has ordered 8 more straddle carriers from Konecranes. When delivered in June 2015, Maher will operate 27 Konecranes straddle carriers. The order was booked in the third quarter 2014.

Germany-based igus has launched the "magsnap" - a magnetic adapter for e-chains. The small magnetic adapters, can easily be clipped on the crossbars of energy chains allowing new possibilities for hanging or circular applications.