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Click here for more Enter a top lift piggyback trailer Weastflows will pilot "piggyback" intermodal trailers on West-East freight services via the Channel tunnel and one element will be a completely new top lift trailer design from Intermodality... Click here for more Cargotec to cut back "head office" Cagotec has appointed a new President and CEO and has announced a plan to save 245 man-years, of which 130 in Finland and 35 in Sweden as part of a major strategic rethink... Click here for more NAWAH inks Iraq port deal North America Western Asia Holdings (NAWAH) has entered into a 10-year agreement with Iraq's Ministry of Transportation and the General Company for the Ports of Iraq to modernise Maqal Port on the Shatt Al-Arab waterway in Basra.... Click here for more Private sector EoIs invited for Webb Dock The A$1.6B redevelopment of the Port of Melbourne took a further step forward today with Victorian Premier, Ted Baillieu, officially inviting Expressions of Interest (EoIs) from potential operators of the new Webb Dock container terminal, automotive terminal and Pre-Delivery Inspection (PDI) Hub.... Click here for more Rotterdam shows its cool ECT and Kloosterboer to develop Rotterdam Cool Port... Click here for more TCB claims handling record Barcelona Container Terminal reportedly moved more than 3500 containers in 26 hours... Click here for more Intermodal Europe security focus TAPA chairman and Nokia director Thorsten Neumann will chair a session on supply chain security at Intermodal Europe 2012 in Amsterdam... Click here for more Grimaldi and NEL team up The Italian and Greek ferry operators are joining forces on the Italy-Greece South Adriatic route... Click here for more PSA launches PPT development project PSA Singapore Terminals (PSA) has announced that it will invest S$3.5B (US$2.85B) in infrastructure and technology to develop Phases 3 and 4 of its Pasir Panjang Terminal (PPT),... Click here for more Santa Fe up for grabs A 33 year concession to develop and operate a multi-purpose terminal at the Port of Santa Fe on the Parana river in the north east of Argentina is expected to be awarded next year.... Click here for more DB Schenker Logistics expands in Russia DBS Logistics has opened four new "gateways" to Russia... Click here for more Ennore box terminal developer pulls out Bay of Bengal Gateway Terminal Private Ltd, the consortium formed to design, build and operate a container terminal at the Indian port of Ennore in Tamil Nadu state, has announced that has withdrawn from the project with immediate effect.... Click here for more Khalifa ahead of schedule Abu Dhabi Terminals (ADT) says it has completed transitioning 30% of its container business from Mina Zayed to the Khalifa Port Container Terminal since operations officially began at the new, semi-automated facility on 1st September 2012.... Click here for more New rail line for Namibia Work has finally begun on rehabilitating the 70 kms railway line from Aus in Namibia to the Atlantic port of Luderitz... Click here for more Further expansion for Grindrod South African logistics and shipping firm Grindrod has continued its expansion programme, with the purchase of Safmarine's 51% stake in Ocean Africa Container Lines... Click here for more Thailand to support Myanmar port plan Thailand has agreed to support and develop a port project at Dawei on Myanmar's southern Andaman coast.... Click here for more InBulk into Oz UK-based powder tank manufacturer InBulk Technologies, working with Ammermann Partners in New South Wales, is poised to enter the Australian intermodal market after gaining a WorkSafe Approval Certificate for its ISOVeyor tank container design.... Click here for more New ACL con-ros Atlantic Container Line has signed a contract with Hudong-Zhonghua Shipbuilding to build five units of what it says will be the largest con-ros in the world. The new G4 (Generation 4) vessels will replace ACL's existing fleet of G3 con-ros operating in the company's transatlantic service.... Click here for more Lamu takes a step forward The development of a new port at Lamu in Kenya has taken another step towards becoming reality with the launch of a tender for the design and construction of the first three berths.... Click here for more Entre Rios plans new river port A private sector project has been put forward to build a multi-purpose port in the municipality of Paraje Constanza on the Parana Guaza River in Argentina. As part of the initiative, an industrial park would be constructed, which will be accessible by barges.... Click here for more CMA CGM for Abidjan? The Ivory Coast government has confirmed that CMA CGM will bid to develop and operate a new container terminal at Abidjan as part of a consortium.... Click here for more Reefer demand to stay firm in 2013 Reefer container and machinery manufacturer Maersk Container Industry (MCI) is forecasting that reefer demand will remain intact next year. "The fundamentals in the world reefer trade remain very good" said chief commercial officer Soren Leth Johannsen.... Click here for more Cemat absorbs Italcontainer Cemat and Italcontainer, both part of FS Cargo group (now FS Logistica) for a number of years, have been merged into one organisation, providing a single source for rail intermodal transport of swap bodies, trailers and inland containers (originally Cemat) and shipping containers (Italcontainer).... Click here for more ChassisManager solution from IAS International Asset Systems (IAS), a leading provider of cloud-based solutions for intermodal transportation and container shipping, has launched ChassisManager, a solution for chassis providers to simplify the rental process and maximise asset utilisation.... Click here for more Istanbul-Sopron Express Turkey-based transport and logistics company Dragon Shipping and Multimodal and Logcon East in Vienna have set up a biweekly intermodal train service between Istanbul's Halkali terminal, on the European side of the Bosphorous, and the intermodal hub at Sopron in Hungary.... Click here for more Suttons joins @tco Global logistics service provider Suttons International has accepted an invitation to join the Asia Tank Container Organisation (@tco).... Click here for more Box builders' profits slump The world's two biggest container manufacturers, China International Marine Containers (CIMC) and Singamas Container Holdings, have both reported a significant fall in net profit for the first half of 2012.... Click here for more RCA presents ISU concept RailCargoAustria (RCA), part of Austrian Railways (OBB), has demonstrated its "ISU" concept for intermodal transport at three intermodal terminals in Germany - in Lubeck, Rostock and Berlin.... Click here for more GTS's Swiss roll GTS Rail SAGL, a Swiss rail freight company affiliated to Wind Holding, the holding company for Italy's GTS Logistic SpA and GTS Rail Srl, has obtained its safety certificate from the Swiss rail authorities and can now operate trains on the Swiss network, including transport of hazardous cargoes (with the exception of IMDG classes 1 and 7).... Click here for more Combipass opts for RAM software French intermodal equipment lessor Combipass SAS has purchased Real Asset Management (RAM)'s Rental4000 software to automate its business processes and increase optimisation of its fleet.... Click here for more New tank depot in Jamaica Isocon Engineering Ltd, which operates a full service tank container repair and cleaning depot in Scotland, has joined forces with Jamaican freight forwarder JLB Shipping International Ltd to open a tank depot in the Port of Kingston.... Click here for more TEN-T grants for Tilbury and Bilbao The Ports of Tilbury and Bilbao have been awarded a Motorways of the Sea grant by the European Commission for the "IBUK - Intermodal Corridor" project.... Click here for more Liverpool locks renewed The second and final phase of the Port of Liverpool's £4.3M investment in the refurbishment of the port's lock system has been successfully completed.... Click here for more Ust-Luga at the double Throughput at Russia's new Baltic port of Ust-Luga is set to reach 44 mt this year, almost double the 22.7 mt handled last year, and the forecast is 180 mtpa by 2018.... Click here for more New Swinoujscie ferry terminal The Polish port of Szczecin-Swinoujscie is to invest in a new fer ry berth and supporting infrastrctuure in Swinoujscie, as an extension to the existing ferry terminal. The total project cost is estimated at 36.4M, of which 17M is coming from the European Union Transport Projects Centre.... Click here for more Expansion under way at Wismar A number of projects are under way or at the planning stage in the German Baltic port of Wismar and the nearby 180 hectare commercial site in Wismar-Kritzow.... Click here for more La Paloma on track The government of Uruguay is progressing with a US$700M project to build a deepwater port at La Paloma in the Rocha Department. A decree has been sent to Congress, which will allow the Transport and Public Works Ministry to initiate steps to implement construction.... Click here for more Unsubscribing You can change your selection of content in your Market Briefing from WorldCargo News Online, or unsubscribe at any time. Click here and then click on 'Edit your email Alert' to modify your selection or to unsubscribe. If you have mislaid your password, enter your email address - angelo.evangelista2006.schedule@blogger.com - into 'Your email address' and click on 'Remind me': your password will be emailed immediately to that email address. 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