Record volumes were handled by the Ports of Savannah and Brunswick last year (2011), reaching 26.1m tonnes, a rise of 1.1m (4.3%) on 2010, according to Georgia Ports Authority (GPA)...

Liebherr Container Cranes of Killarney has recently secured an order for the supply of two ship-to-shore container gantry cranes to the JSC Port of Vladivostok. This order follows the recent...

Today (Tuesday 24th), sees the newly established shipping company ‘North Sea RoRo’ start its first service between Gothenburg in Sweden and Killingholme near Immingham in the UK, as a new...

Handling 187 million tonnes of freight during 2011, an increase of 5% compared with 2010, the Port of Antwerp set a new record for containers, with volumes up by 2.3%...

The Port of Long Beach has reportedly reached a tentative agreement with Hong Kong-based Orient Overseas Container Line (OOCL) for a 40-year, US$4.6b lease that will involve the port's largest-ever...

The United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) says that improved efficiency and reduced costs of modern port operations have significantly contributed to the increase in global trade and...

Two customised, high-capacity versions of have been delivered to Brazil’s MultiRio Operaçoes Portuarias (MultiRio) for operation at its Terminal II in the Port of Rio de Janeiro.

Import volumes at US major container handling ports this month (January) will be roughly the same as last year with significant growth likely to return this spring, according to the...

MSC is adding connections between the USWC, Mexico and Panama through slots on the relevant legs of Maersk Line's USWC-Mexico-Centram service. The service is currently run with four Maersk ships...

Europe must resist the temptation to cut spending on transport infrastructure, particularly inland waterways, whose contribution to environmentally sustainable economic growth is set to expand, says Inland Navigation Europe (INE),...