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If this newsletter is not properly displayed, please click here. ABOUT US SUBSCRIPTION ADVERTISING CONTACT US - Edition: 1386 Headlines Qatar won't take 787s until engine fault fixed Lufthansa Cargo launches Tel Aviv service Qantas acts to boost cargo network Gol orders 60 Boeing 737 MAX Air Canada to merge tours business and low-cost carrier Brazil to launch tender for new port Mombasa to benefit from anti-piracy offensive Turkey's Yildirim buys major stake in Gemport US firm to upgrade major port in Iraq Singapore to construct mega port at Tuas Ennore may seek fresh bids for box project FedEx opens hub in Singapore Maersk Logistics unit seeks Myanmar presence FedEx expands Priority Alert services Another Canadian Pacific executive resigns Contents Qatar won't take 787s until engine fault fixed Qatar Airways will not take delivery of Boeing Co's 787 Dreamliner until an engine defect is modified, its chief executive said, reported Reuters. Lufthansa Cargo launches Tel Aviv service This winter Lufthansa Cargo will operate its first all-freighter service to Israel. Qantas acts to boost cargo network Qantas has bulked up its freight operations by taking complete ownership of Australian air Express and selling road freight business StarTrack Express. Gol orders 60 Boeing 737 MAX Gol Linhas Aéreas, Latin America's largest low-fare airline, has ordered 60 narrow-body jets with improved fuel efficiency from Boeing after soaring jet fuel prices triggered a year of heavy losses, reported Reuters. Air Canada to merge tours business and low-cost carrier Air Canada, the country's largest airline, said it would wrap its tour operator business into a planned low-cost carrier, forming a new integrated leisure business, reported Reuters. Brazil to launch tender for new port Brazil's national waterway regulator Antaq will launch a US$223 million tender this year to build and operate a new port in Amazonas state capital Manaus, Brazil's ports department SEP said, reported Business News Americas. Mombasa to benefit from anti-piracy offensive Kenya's main port of Mombasa, East Africa's chief trade gateway, expects more business after an offensive that has driven rebels out of Somalia's Kismayu port and is therefore likely to reduce offshore piracy further, the Kenyan transport minister Turkey's Yildirim buys major stake in Gemport Turkish industrial group Yildirim Holding will invest further in the country's fast-growing ports industry after buying a majority stake in Isbank's port unit Gemlik Liman (Gemport). US firm to upgrade major port in Iraq Iraq has signed a US$14 million deal with a US consortium to modernise a major port in the country's southern province of Basra in a move aimed at developing key infrastructure neglected during years of war and sanctions, reported Associated Press Singapore to construct mega port at Tuas Singapore has officially decided to consolidate all its container port activities at Tuas over the long term with the first berths to be built there in 10 years. Ennore may seek fresh bids for box project India's Ennore Port is likely to invite fresh bids for the US$248.5 million new container terminal project, reported The Hindu. FedEx opens hub in Singapore FedEx Express (FedEx), a subsidiary of FedEx Corp and one of the world's largest express transportation companies, today officially opened its new South Pacific Regional Hub in Singapore aiming to better support customers in the Asia Pacific region and Maersk Logistics unit seeks Myanmar presence Damco, the logistics business unit of shipping company A P Moller-Maersk Group, plans to establish a company in Myanmar by the end of this year in anticipation that the Southeast Asian nation will emerge as an important sourcing location and to help FedEx expands Priority Alert services FedEx is offering added connections and peace of mind for global customers who require the highest level of reliable monitoring for their time and temperature-sensitive shipments, reported BusinessWire. Another Canadian Pacific executive resigns Canadian Pacific Railway said chief operations officer Mike Franczak resigned effective immediately, the latest top executive to leave Canada's second-largest railroad, reported Reuters.   Produced by Cargonews Asia 10/F, Block C, Seaview Estate, 2-8 Watson Road, North Point, Hong Kong. Tel: 852-3965 7800 Fax: 852-2508 0255 Contact Editorial: cnaedit@cargonewsasia.com.hk Advertising: octang@cargonewsasia.com.hk Other enquiry: customer@cargonewsasia.com.hk You have been sent this email because you requested to receive it, either as a registered user of CargonewsAsia.com, or as a registered reader of Cargonews Asia newspaper. If you would like to unsubscribe from this newsletter click here. If you received this newsletter from a friend and you would like to subscribe to it free of charge please go to the cargonewsasia.com registration page and fill out the registration form. This news service is designed for optimal viewing with MS Outlook. 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