APM Terminals and its consortium partners have announced plans to develop a new greenfield mega-port project and Free Trade Zone at Badagry in Nigeria's Lagos State, 55 km (34 miles) west of Apapa and the Port of Lagos on the Benin-Lagos Expressway.

Control Techniques is continuing to support Contship Italia's ongoing Portolab project, which is designed to teach children aged between 7 and 12 about the port and container industry

Cargotec has introduced the new Kalmar TR626i and TR632i fully CAN-Bus controlled heavy terminal tractors - which become the most powerful models available in the industry.

Following upon the successful delivery of a complete automated container yard system including 30 Automated Stacking Cranes (ASCs) to the new Khalifa Port, Konecranes will deliver a further 12 ASCs to the port, which officially started commercial operations on 1 September 2012.

The construction of Maasvlakte 2 is still on schedule and the first phase is close to completion. After the 'back door' was closed on 11 July 2012, contractor PUMA (Boskalis and Van Oord) will open the 'front door' withint he next couple of weeks.

OMC International will deliver two new products to Port Hedland as part of an exciting new 5-year 'Platinum Package' agreement to help maximise port capacity at the world's largest bulk export port, OMC's Executive Director Dr Terry O'Brien OAM announced this week.

As part of a major port sector reform program, the government of the north-eastern Brazilian state of Pernambuco hired the World Bank's investment arm, IFC, as the principal advisor on the privatization of the first dedicated container terminal (TECON) at the Port of Suape.

The Cape Town Agri Roro Terminal (CTAR) operated by Transnet Port Terminals (TPT) has taken delivery of a brand new Liebherr mobile harbour crane.

Port operator Transnet Port Terminals (TPT) made history on 20th November when it took delivery of three brand new ZPMC tandem lift ship-to-shore (STS) cranes that are the first of their kind in Africa.

On 24 November the groundbreaking ceremony for the start of the crucial Soai Rap Dredging Project Phase 2 took place in Ho Chi Minh City.