DP World and Swissterminal Holding AG, the leading container terminal operator in Switzerland, have entered a strategic partnership.

The Port of New Orleans (Port NOLA) moved more containers in 2019 than at any time in its history, totalling 648,538 TEUs, up 10% compared to one year ago.

Skilled dock workers with port partner Patriot Ports moved an oversized crane support beam through JAXPORT’s Talleyrand Marine Terminal recently.

A report released recently by the Florida Ports Council and the Florida Natural Gas Association shows Florida's seaports and industry partners are investing in innovations to be more efficient and effective, including the implementation of environmentally-friendly, less costly, domestically-produced natural gas as an alternative fuel. Florida's 15 ports support more than 900,000 jobs across the state, and have a total economic impact of more than $117 billion.

Hutchison Ports will operate two brand new super-post-Panamax cranes at the container terminal at the Stockholm Norvik Port. The container cranes began their journey from Shanghai on 10th January and will arrive for installation at the new port at the end of March.

In her first port visit of 2020, Maritime Minister Nusrat Ghani MP has inspected the site of work to upgrade Roll-on/Roll-off facilities at Hutchison Ports Port of Felixstowe. The works will allow the port to accommodate larger Ro/Ro vessels and improve the efficiency of vessel operations.

The shipping and maritime minister Nus Ghani opened the UK Chamber of Shipping and British Ports Association one-day conference on decarbonisation recently and talked of the importance of the industry in achieving net-zero emissions by 2050.

BIMCO is pleased to announce that following a thorough executive search, it has appointed David Loosley as its new Secretary General & CEO with effect from June 2020. Mr Loosley joins from the Institute of Marine Engineering Science & Technology (IMarEST), the international membership body for all marine professionals, which he has successfully led for the last eight years.

DP World has won a further legal hearing against the Government of Djibouti over the Doraleh Container Terminal. A Tribunal of the London Court of International Arbitration ordered Djibouti to restore the rights and benefits under the 2006 Concession Agreement to DP World and Doraleh Container Terminal SA within two months, or pay damages.

South Carolina Ports Authority had its best calendar year in its history, handling 2.44 million TEUs in 2019, a 5% increase year-over-year.