Konecranes has won an order from South Carolina Ports Authority (SCPA) for three Konecranes RTGs equipped with hybrid power packs. The cranes will be delivered in Q1 2020 to the Wando Welch Terminal, Charleston, South Carolina, USA.

Jintang International Container Terminal (JTCT), part of Tangshan Port Group, has gone live with Navis N4 as part of a plan to achieve five million TEUs by 2020.

Belfast Container Terminal (BCT) in Northern Ireland has placed an order with Kalmar, part of Cargotec, to supply a complete AutoRTG system.

The system will comprise eight automated rubber-tyred gantry cranes (AutoRTGs) controlled by the Kalmar Terminal Logistic System (TLS) and new-generation remote control (RC) desks.

Responding to the decision by the UK Parliament to reject a deal, which set out the terms of Britain's exit from the European Union on March 29, Robert Keen, Director General of the British International Freight Association (BIFA) said:

"The decision taken by Parliament is historic and needs to be acknowledged.

"With just a couple of months to go before the exit date, the rejection of the deal leads BIFA to recommend that our members, which are the companies that handle the processing of most of the UK's visible trade, to prepare on the basis that there will be a hard Brexit. 

The Port of Virginia set a new annual record for container cargo volume having handled more than 2.85 million TEUs in calendar year 2018, a slight percent increase over last year's total.

INFORM Software has recently been announced as one of the 20 Most Promising Artificial Intelligence Solution Providers of 2018. INFORM has been working with Artificial Intelligence for over two decades, with commercially available products in use since the early 2000's.

The Norwegian shipping company Color Line will operate the additional freight ferry "Color Carrier" on the route Kiel – Oslo as of 11th January to increase its freight-carrying capability.

The new Hyster machines, which can tandem lift two empty 40ft containers and stack higher than the terminal's current machines, will enable DP World Southampton to create more capacity in the terminal's empty park.

Crowley Logistics has expanded its North Atlantic network of vessels, adding velocity to customer supply chains operating between the Northeastern U.S., Puerto Rico, the Dominican Republic and the islands of the Caribbean Basin. Specifically, by adding additional capacity with the flat deck barge 455-4 to its rotation, Crowley will further stabilize its North Atlantic-Puerto Rico sailing schedule while increasing cargo capacity.

In the fourth quarter of 2018, JingJiang Port Shipbuilding & Engineering Co., Ltd. ordered two Konecranes Gottwald Model 8 floating cranes. To be operated by Cosco Shipping Bulk Co., Ltd. (Cosco), the cranes will handle bulk off the coast of Guinea, Africa as of the end of 2019.

Industry Guidelines for the carriage of Divinylbenzene (DVB) in containers have been jointly published by CINS (the Cargo Incident Notification System), the International Group of P&I Clubs and the TT Club.

Global trade enabler DP World has announced that it has entered into an agreement to acquire 71.3% stake in Puertos y Logistica S.A. ("Pulogsa") from Minera Valparaiso and other shareholders associated with the Matte Group. Pulogsa is listed on the Santiago stock exchange, and the acquisition will be effected via a tender offer to acquire all outstanding shares of the business. The transaction is subject to relevant third party consents and is expected to close in the first half of 2019.