Market Briefing from WorldCargo News Online

CLICK HERE TO VIEW THE LATEST WCN E-NEWSLETTER IN YOUR BROWSER Welcome to the latest eNewsletter from the publishers of WorldCargo News, the world's leading resource for international cargo professionals. Click here to view a sample issue of WorldCargo News and subscription information. Click here for information on advertising in print or online. Market Briefing Novatrans goes to Charles Andre Pan-European multimodal transport operator Charles Andre has acquired combi-transport firm Novatrans from SNCF-Geodis... Click here for more DP World places T3 Jebel Ali orders A total of 19 STS cranes and 50 automated RMGs has been ordered from ZPMC and Trans Gulf Port Cranes. The TOS contract has been awarded to CyberLogictec of Korea... Click here for more Rotterdam World Gateway goes remote The new Maasvlakte II terminal operated by the DP World will, like its neighbour APM Terminals, operate its STS cranes with ABB remote control technology... Click here for more Charleston opts out of SPARCS N4 The South Carolina State Ports Authority has confirmed that its contract with Navis for a terminal operating system, gate system and other software has "ended"... Click here for more Melford moving ahead The promoters of the long-planned Melford International Terminal (MIT) in the Strait of Canso, Nova Scotia, are finally in the process of acquiring land to build the facility.... Click here for more US ports deep in the red A report from the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) identifies a US$16B gap between the investment needs of the US ports and inland waterways sector to 2020 and funding made available thus far.... Click here for more East Coast strike averted - for now The International Longshoremen's Association (ILA) and the United States Maritime Alliance (USMX) have agreed to a 90-day extension to contract talks, postponing the strike that would have come into effect on the US east coast on 1 October.... Click here for more CP's fast train New president and CEO Hunter Harrison is beginning to make his presence felt at Canadian Pacific Railway (CP).... Click here for more PROMOTION Free White Paper - Calculating the Return On Investment of a Specialist Intermodal IT System This white paper from Real Asset Management provides crucial cost saving information for companies involved in container leasing, tank leasing, tank container operating and trailer leasing. It contains the information they need to assess the benefits of implementing a specialist software package and to compare costs against expensive in house systems, including sample ROI calculations, strategic benefits and cost considerations. Click here to request your free copy Progress in Manta Manta port authority (APM) in Ecuador has announced the completion of five out of nine infrastructure projects that the state initiated in October last year, representing an investment of around US$5.5M.... Click here for more Peru unveils new national port plan Peru has unveiled a new National Port Development Plan designed to give local authorities more autonomy to develop regional port infrastructure.... Click here for more Japan eyes Indonesia Japan has expressed interest in investing in projects to expand seaports and airports near Jakarta and West Java in Indonesia, a move expected to help its transport system.... Click here for more Sennebogen 835 E in Eemshaven Elzinga Group in the Netherlands recently started working with a new Sennebogen 835 E hydraulic crane at its facility at Eemshaven, where it handles around 3 mtpa of scrap metal, aggregrates, grain products, round timber, piece goods and waste products.... Click here for more Briggs acquires Barloworld in UK Briggs Equipment UK Ltd has executed a purchase agreement to acquire the assets of Barloworld Handling UK. Completion is expected to occur no later than 30 September 2012.... Click here for more ABG cannot pull out of JNP deal India's Law Ministry has ruled that ABG Ports cannot withdraw from the consortium that won a contract to build a new container terminal at Jawaharlal Nehru Port (JNP), adding a fresh twist to the uncertainty surrounding the project.... Click here for more ZIM fosters Durres container traffic ZIM Integrated Shipping Services has added Durres to its circular Adriatic Express Service (ADX), so the rotation is now Haifa-Ashdod-Koper-Durres-Trieste-Venice-Ravenna-Alexandria- Haifa. The service is managed in the port by GALA (German Albanian Logsitics Company), an affiliate of Germany- based logistics company EMS Shipping and Trading.... Click here for more APMT inks Mexican deal After winning a tender on 15 December 2011, APM Terminals Lazaro Cardenas has signed a 32-year concession contract with the Port Authority of the Mexican Port of Lazaro Cardenas (APILAC) for the design, financing, construction, operation, and maintenance of a new container terminal at the port.... Click here for more New South Wales flips again The New South Wales government has performed a U-turn and declared that the state's next international container port will be Port Kembla.... Click here for more Delo plans NUTEP expansion Delo group is set to increase the annual capacity of its 100%-owned NUTEP container terminal in the Port of Novorossiysk from 350,000 TEU to 400,000 TEU this year and to 600,000 TEU by 2016.... Click here for more Cavotec reels them in Cavotec has won two large orders for electrical power and spreader cable reels for STS container cranes for ports in The Netherlands and Malaysia. The new orders follow an earlier confirmation that Cavotec will supply the power and spreader cable reels for the 12 STS cranes that ZPMC is building for CICT Colombo, the new development in Sri Lanka majority-owned by China Merchants.... Click here for more HPH fixes Port Botany contract Hutchison Port Holdings (HPH) has awarded a A$150M contract for on-ground works at Port Botany's third container terminal to engineers Laing O'Rourke.... Click here for more New Belawan box berth Indonesian port operator Pelindo I is to build a new 700m berth at Belawan International Container Terminal (BICT) in Medan, North Sumatra. Pelindo I spokesman M Eriansyah told state news agency Antara that construction will begin this year and be completed in 2015.... Click here for more Valparaiso tenders questioned Jose Manuel Urenda, whose companies (Agunsa, Grupo Empresas Navieras) have multiple interests in Chilean ports, has stated that the system set up to privatise Terminal 2 at the port of Valparaiso will favour the existing concessionaire at Terminal 1, the Von Appen group.... Click here for more Strainstall goes to Fendercare Strainstall Marine has become a subsidiary of Fendercare Marine. The Strainstall Marine name and branding will remain, "but becoming part of the Fendercare family will enable Strainstall Marine to offer local product support through Fendercare Marine's global office network," a statement said.... Click here for more Walvis Bay box plan delayed Namibian port operator Namport has decided to postpone the construction of a new container terminal at Walvis Bay, despite the fact that throughput has now exceeded 300,000 TEU a year for the first time and traffic is expected to reach 330,000 TEU for 2012 as a whole.... 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