The shipping volume handled at Hong Kong's container terminals posted a double-digit decline in April as a strike by dockworkers over a wage dispute disrupted operations at the world's third-busiest port.

Tourist arrival – departure figures from the port of Piraeus have recorded a 24,69 pct rise in the first quarter of 2013 compared to the same quarter last year, the Piraeus Port Authority announced.

The cost of transiting the Suez Canal has gone up. The Suez Canal Authority (SCA) announced increases of 5% for tankers and petroleum product carriers and 2% for container ships, Ro-Ro’s and similar vessels.

Glencore Xstrata has scrapped plans for a coal export terminal in Queensland, citing excess port capacity and a worsening outlook for the sector.

The Piraeus Cruise Passenger Terminal is set to open its doors for the very first time on Monday 27th of May 2013. Greece’s Shipping Minister Costantinos Mousouroulis will do the inauguration honors at the new 5.600 sq. meter building which will welcome passengers from cruise ships arriving at Alkimos, Palataki and Themistokleous piers of the Central Cruise Port.