In August 2013, Konecranes received a repeat RTG order from transportation supplier CSX Intermodal Terminals in the US.

A project to finance the dredging of the entrance channel and harbour basin at the Port of Durres in Albania to allow vessels with a draft of 10.5m to enter the port, equating to vessels of a size of 30,000 DWT (Deadweight Tonnage) for bulk cargo or 1,700 TEU (Twenty-foot Equivalent Unit) for containers has been proposed.

Heightened security should be implemented now on all merchant ships transiting the Suez Canal and the Mediterranean, a UK Maritime security company has warned. The warning comes after reports that the "Cosco Asia", a Panamanian registered ship, was attacked on Saturday while transiting the Canal.

Rio Tinto has achieved the significant milestone of loading the first shipment of iron ore from its expanded port, rail and mine operations in Australia. This marks the commencement of commissioning of the expansion programme, which will see overall capacity for Rio Tinto's iron ore operations in Western Australia increase to 290 million tonnes a year.

Global Ports Investments (LSE ticker: GLPR), of which APM Terminals is a co-controlling shareholder, has announced today it has entered into a binding agreement to acquire 100% of the Moscow-based NCC Group Limited, a Russian  terminal operator.

ZIM is pleased to announce that starting mid-September ZIM's flagship ZCP Service will add the port of Qingdao to its rotation.

The Port of Virginia handled more than 200,000 TEU in July and by doing so set a new record for single-month cargo volume, shattering the former mark set nearly six years ago.

Another Terex Gottwald portal harbor crane will be helping to efficiently move bulk cargo in Brazil.

From July 15 to July 19, more than 250 maritime professionals from 41 countries gathered in Maryland, USA to discuss the Future trends and New Challenges in Maritime Simulation during the Transas Simulation User Conference (Transas SimUC).

2013 has been a good year for Liebherr Maritime Cranes in the Oceania region, with deliveries of mobile harbour cranes, ship to shore container cranes, and straddle carriers to the area.