Marmedsa Noatum Maritime and SLP have come up to a double agreement by which SLP acquires 50% of the social capital of Agemasa, general cargo stevedore company of Port of Bilbao and simultaneously,  Marmedsa Noatum Maritime enters the social capital of SLP , bulk terminal of the Port of Bilbao, with 24% of the shares.

The site of what is now Rotterdam's Yangtzehaven was inhabited by humans in the Middle Stone Age. At a depth of 20m, in the sea bed, unique underwater archaeological investigation found traces of bone, flint and charcoal from around 7000 BC. These finds are the very first scientific proof that humans lived at this spot in the Early and Middle Stone Age. Up to now, very little was known about this period in particular, the Early and Middle Mesolithic, so far to the west of the Netherlands.

PD Ports has recently appointed Geoff Lippitt as Business Development Director. Geoff also joins the Company's Executive Committee team, reporting to Chief Executive Officer, David Robinson. Geoff's remit is to lead the commercial business development activities across the Company, which includes assuming responsibility for PD Ports' commercial personnel reporting lines.

Lord Chris Smith, Environment Agency Chairman has visited London Gateway to view what is now recognised as one of Europe's largest environmental management programmes. The London Gateway development site, which spans over three square miles, has needed over 100 environmental licenses and approvals in the past eight years from various Government departments and agencies, making London Gateway a unique development for the UK in terms of size and scale.

HTS, specialised in Optical Character Recognition (OCR) and the machine vision systems market, has announced the appointment of Benjie Wells as its VP Cargo Systems for HTS Americas Inc. This appointment comes in the wake of HTS's increased activity both in the Americas and worldwide in the provision of turnkey automation systems to ports operators globally.

Cargo throughput in the Dutch Port of Rotterdam increased during the first nine months of 2011 by 1.7% to 327 million tonnes. Throughput increased for agri-bulk (up 17%), coal (up 3%), other dry bulk (up 10%), containers (up 11%), roll-on/roll-off (up2%) and other general cargo (up 24%).

The Port of Liverpool has achieved a 75% year on year increase in steel volumes handled in 2011 thanks to a £1.5m investment in infrastructure and the creation of a new senior management role dedicated to metals. 

DP World Southampton is leading the way on vessel productivity when quay crane rates hit a new high this past weekend.

Cargo shipments to and from the Port of Hamilton generate $5.9 billion of economic activity and 38,000 jobs in Ontario, according to a new study released.

Georgia Ports Authority Executive Director Curtis J. Foltz announced today the ports saw a growth rate of 5.0 percent in the first quarter of  FY2012, moving 6.5 million tons of freight.