Following a press release issued this morning regarding an intended offer for Dockwise Ltd ("Dockwise"), Royal Boskalis Westminster NV ("Boskalis") announces that it has acquired approximately 4 million shares in Dockwise in the course of trading today.

International Container Terminal Services, Inc (ICTSI) recently appointed Guillaume Lucci as Vice President and Global Infrastructure Director as part of the ICTSI Group's organizational restructuring of its corporate engineering functions.

For the first time in nearly two years Portsmouth Marine Terminal (PMT) is operating as the facility has been temporarily reactivated to handle an overflow of automobiles that normally would be handled at a separate Virginia Port Authority (VPA)-owned terminal.

The ZIM Luanda arrived yesterday as planned at the Port of Ashdod, making it the first vessel to call there as part of the ZCA service's new route.

Last week in the European Parliament the Intermed association, comprising the ports of Barcelona, Marseilles and Genoa, defended the excellent potential of Mediterranean ports to achieve more balanced and sustainable logistics in Europe.

The Port of Split Authority (PSA) is planning to extend and update their cruise ship berth area in the Southern Port.

Belgium-based dredging contractor DEME, has named their new heavy-duty cutter suction dredger (CSD) 'Amazone'. The naming ceremony took place at Marina Bay Cruise Centre in Singapore and the vessels was named by Mrs Monique Marcourt, spouse of Mr Jean-Claude Marcourt, Vice-president and Minister for Economy, SME's, Foreign Trade and new Technologies of the Walloon Government.

Public transport, ports, airports, trains and road transport in Argentina will come to a full stop tomorrow as immigration, customs, health, port administration and agriculture staff will go on strike.