The UK's Secretary of State for Transport, the Rt Hon Justine Greening MP, has visited the Port of Felixstowe, the country's largest container port, to see it take delivery of its latest consignment of new cranes. Whilst at the port, the Secretary of State met with senior management of the port, before a tour of the facilities.

Martin Harris OBE, UK Ambassador to Romania, officially opened Tibbett Logistics' second intermodal (road-rail) terminal in Bucharest this week, following a 6.4 million euro investment in the development. 

Brookfield Infrastructure Group is pleased to announce that Doug Tilden, former chief executive officer of Marine Terminals Corp., has joined the company as senior consultant for its ports business.

Tenova, a worldwide supplier of advanced technologies and equipment for the iron & steel and mining industries, announces today the acquisition of Bateman Engineering N.V., a leading equipment supplier and engineering house for the mining industry.

North Rhine-Westphalia (NRW) Economy Minister Harry K. Voigtsberger intends to press the federal German government to take cross-border infrastructure projects into account in implementing the national port concept.

Year by year, the number of exceptionally large ships (known as AGFs in German) calling in the Port of Hamburg is growing and with it, the size of such ships. With the call by the "CSCL Mars", visiting Hamburg this week for the first time on her maiden voyage, the Hanseatic City welcomed one of the very largest containerships currently serving the Port of Hamburg.

London, 8 December 2011 – ICAP Shipping, the shipping arm of ICAP plc, the world's leading interdealer broker, and Saxo Bank, the trading and investment specialist, announced on Thursday that they were involved in the execution of the world's first electronic, voice-assisted trade of a container freight swap agreement settled in US dollars. 

The Port of San Diego Board of Port Commissioners will consider a staff recommendation to solicit proposals for developing a renewable energy facility in National City.

On the occasion of a high-ranking trade mission under the leadership of German President Christian Wulff, Erich Staake, Chief Executive Officer of Duisburger Hafen AG, and Capt. Mohamed Juma Al-Shamisi, Vice President Ports Unit of the Abu Dhabi Port Company (ADPC), signed a Memorandum of Understanding.

Conductix-Wampfler AG, a part of the Conductix-Wampfler Group and the global leading manufacturer of systems for power and data transmission to mobile consumers, has successfully concluded the installation of the first E-RTG systems in South America for the electrification of diesel-powered "rubber tired gantry" cranes (RTGs).