Leading French port Marseille Fos has maintained its 2015 growth across all main business sectors with cargo throughput to the end of September totalling 60.9 million tonnes – up 4% on the first nine months last year – and passenger results boosted by a 14% rise in cruise numbers.

On 18 October, the "MSC OSCAR" called, for the first time in Le Havre, at the TNMSC Terminal of Port 2000. The vessel is the world largest container vessel in terms of loading capacity - able to accommodate 19,224 TEU.

Inchcape Shipping Services (ISS) is opening four new offices in Brazil following a new partnership with fertiliser specialist, Nelson Guilloux.

The €500 million sea lock public-private partnership (PPP) project in IJmuiden, the Netherlands, has successfully achieved financial close.

South Carolina Ports Authority (SCPA) saw strong container volume growth during the first quarter of the 2016 fiscal year, with TEU volumes 9.5% higher than the same period last year.

Inchcape Shipping Services (ISS) is advising of a towage strike in Greece from 22-23 October which will affect vessel movements at all Greek ports and terminals. The action has been announced by the Crew Union of Towage Companies in Greece and will consist of daily four hour stoppages on 22 October, 0600-10:00 local time and 23 October, 0600-10:00 local time.

At the recently held annual Brunswick State of the Port, Georgia Ports Authority Executive Director Curtis Foltz discussed an ambitious capital improvement plan for Brunswick terminals.

Final deliveries of remaining STS cranes and RTGs scheduled for December for 1st Quarter 2016 operations, creating Turkey's newest container port with an annual capacity of 1.3 million TEU and the ability to handle vessels of 16,000 TEU.

ThyssenKrupp Industrial Solutions, the plant engineering and construction specialist of the ThyssenKrupp Group, has received an order to build a cement clinker production line from Cementos Argos, the biggest cement producer in Colombia and one of the biggest in the Caribbean.

Cargotec's January-September 2015 interim report shows that Kalmar and Hiab orders and profitability developed positively, while market situation for MacGregor remains challenging.