DP World's global portfolio of container terminals has delivered another solid quarter handling gross volumes of 14.4 million TEU in the third quarter of 2011, 10 percent ahead of the third quarter last year.

RAM Spreaders has received orders for six new mobile harbour crane telescopic spreaders for Brazil, including four units going to a terminal in Santos Brazil.

The ports of Tacoma, Seattle and Metro Vancouver, B.C., will be honored this week with the Environmental Achievement Award from the Pacific Northwest International Section of the Air and Waste Management Association.

International mobile energy firm Conductix-Wampfler has landed two major deals in the ports sector. The firm, owned by the €800m turnover Delachaux Group, manufactures products at its North West site in Salford (UK) to supply electrical power to mobile machinery.

FTA has welcomed proposals to incorporate the UK's share of emissions from international shipping into the Climate Change Act, but has warned that maritime emissions reductions should be tackled at a global level through the International Maritime Organisation, rather then nationally or a regional level otherwise the UK's competitiveness could be damaged.

L-3 Security & Detection Systems (SDS) has acquired Detector Networks International (DNI) and its innovative radiation detection technologies, including the field-proven Radiation Detection Straddle Carrier (RDSC).

The State Enterprise "Sea Commercial Port of Illichivsk" invites firms and joint ventures to tender for a contract for the procurement of Cargo Handling Equipment - two (2) revolving gantry cranes for the Illichivsk Commercial Sea Port Infrastructure Development Project.

The Port of Felixstowe has set a new rail record, handling a total of 11,019 containers (16,846 TEU) in a single week. The previous record of 10,893 units was achieved in May 2011.