Following the success of electric car incentive programmes in Norway, a group of engineers, investors, and representatives from the maritime sector are teaming up to expand the use of electrically powered ships in the Nordic country.

The Port of Ajaccio, the main commercial port in the south of Corsica, is now equipped with the latest generation maritime Vessel Traffic Surveillance system from Transas.

For the first time, the direct line shared by the world's largest shipping companies – Maersk and MSC – called at an Israeli port as part of their
massive 2M Alliance.

Exactly one year into the construction of the UK's first ever offshore wind turbine manufacturing, assembly, installation and service facility, the dredging campaign which will allow deeper-draughted vessels to call at ports along the Humber Estuary has also now provided the foundations for the Siemens development at Associated British Ports' (ABP) Alexandra Dock in Hull.

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Looking at how Japan's leading container ports performed in 2014 it seems that any changes either up or down were minimal leading to a similar result to 2013 as Sheila Moloney reports...

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This year is shaping up to be an interesting one for FLT manufacturers as World Port Development reports ...

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Seven years after the initial planning began for the Louisiana International Deep Water Gulf Transfer Terminal, which is intended to be a cargo transfer point for mega-vessels that are too big to navigate the lower Mississippi River, financial support has finally been found for the construction. World Port Development reports...

In 2015, the number of Liebherr mobile harbour cranes (LHM) in the Americas continues to rise.

Port of Sunderland has strengthened links with a major North East manufacturer, after a significant infrastructure project paved the way for increased cargo handling capabilities.

Members of the DP World London Gateway Port and Logistics Park team passed on environmental wisdom as part of a campaign aimed at
demonstrating the positive impact ports can have on the environment around them.