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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 Rotterdam forecasts growth of around 1% in 2012 Cargo throughput in the Port of Rotterdam increased by 1.7% to 333 Mt during the first nine months of 2012... Click here for more Liebherr books 24-wide cranes at Southampton Associated British Ports has awarded a £26M contract to Liebherr to manufacture four 24-wide STS cranes as part of its redevelopment of container berths 201/202 at the Port of Southampton... Click here for more France: track and train together again? The French government has announced a plan for a new rail infrastructure holding that would adumbrate both SNCF and RFF... Click here for more Boubyan Island progressing Kuwait's new Mubarak al Kabir port on Boubyan Island is expected to begin operations in 2017... Click here for more Cargotec books Buenos Aires deal Cargotec has reported orders for four new Kalmar reach stackers from two operators in the Port of Buenos Aires... Click here for more Two milestones for Konecranes in Markaryd Konecranes has passed two milestones at its heavy lift truck plant in Markaryd, Sweden... Click here for more Gothenburg posts 3Q/2012 container growth The port has reported a 4% increase in lo-lo container traffic during the third quarter of this year, although car volumes and general ro-ro volumes fell... Click here for more People on the move Round-up of latest news known to WorldCargo News in the shipping, ports and related transportation sectors... Click here for more CIMC enters ship financing market China International Marine Containers (CIMC), the world's biggest container manufacturer, has formed CIMC Financing Lease Co Ltd, a wholly-funded subsidiary, to get into the shipowning/ financing market.... Click here for more New chassis from Kogel German trailer and swap body manufacturer Kogel launched a new lightweight container chassis at the IAA Commercial Vehicles show in Hannover this month.... Click here for more Hoyer inks UAE deal Hoyer Global Transport BV, a Dutch subsidiary of Germanybased bulk liquid logistics service provider Hoyer GmbH, has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Etihad Rail, the developer and operator of the UAE's national railway network, that will see the two companies work together to develop a safe and sustainable bulk liquid transportation system across the UAE and the Gulf Coast Countries (GCC).... Click here for more CHEC wins Saudi port contract China Harbour Engineering Co (CHEC) has won a contract to design and build a second container terminal at Saudi Arabia's King Abdul Aziz port.... Click here for more Fortress takes VBAG box leasing unit Fortress Investment Group (FIG) has acquired Immoconsult Asset Leasing GmbH, the container leasing arm of part-nationalised Austrian bank, Osterreichische Volksbanken AG (VBAG). Terms of the deal were not disclosed.... Click here for more SIS extends street-turn service SynchroNet Intermodal Services Inc (SIS) has extended its North American street-turn offering to include Beneficial Cargo Owners (BCOs) and Non-Vessel Operating Common Carriers (NVOCCs).... Click here for more AFA gets Frejus boost Traffic on the Autoroute Ferroviaire Alpine (AFA) line between Aiton (Lyon) and Orbassano (Turin) has, as expected, been boosted by the availability of UIC-GB1 structure gauge through the Frejus tunnel, following 10 years of "stop and go" work due to bureaucracy and other delaying factors.... Click here for more M&R surcharge on scrap exports Hyundai Merchant Mar ine (HMM) will impose a surcharge of US$65 per container on exports of scrap metal from the US and Canada to Pacific Rim countries with effect from next month.... Click here for more Port of Shoreham gets new FLTs The Port of Shoreham on the south coast of England has taken delivery of a new fleet of Yale fork lift trucks from Forkway Group to help handle its growing timber traffic.... Click here for more FuoriMuro to expand operations FuoriMuro, which has hitherto been limited to rail shunting and train formation operations within the Port of Genoa, has obtained a safety certificate from the Italian rail safety agency (ANSF) and is now able to provide train haul services between the port and inland destinations.... Click here for more New hatchcover support pad Hatchcover and ro-ro equipment specialist Cargo Care Solutions used this month's SMM exhibition in Hamburg to launch UltraPad, a new type of polymerbased, self-lubricating hatchcover support pad that has just received a type approval from Germanischer Lloyd in recognition of its low wear and low friction characteristics.... Click here for more Alternative refrigerant UK-based Refrigerant Solutions Ltd (RSL) has developed a dropin replacement for R404A, which is claimed to have less than half the direct Global Warming Potential (GWP) and higher energy efficiency.... Click here for more SIPG posts lower first half profit Shanghai International Port Group (SIPG) has reported an 11.6% year on year fall in its first-half profit to RMB2.7B (US$427M), reflecting slower growth in throughput and nonrecurring gains.... Click here for more Tex adds to owned fleet Textainer, the world's largest container lessor by fleet size, has entered into two separate agreements to acquire 52,000 TEU of standard dry freight boxes from its managed fleet for approximately US$$66M.... Click here for more Melbourne row heats up... Controversy is growing over the location of Melbourne's successor as Victoria's next container port.... Click here for more CCCC eyes up Tanzania China Communications and Construction Company (CCCC), the parent group of ZPMC, has announced that it would like to develop the planned second container terminal at Dar es Salaam.... Click here for more Enter the LNG "Ecoliner" Bodewes Binnenvaart BV, Damen Shipyard Group's inland waterways shipyard, and inland shipping companyQaGroup are set to launch a new inland shipping concept. A vessel running entirely on LNG is at the heart of what the parties describe as their "pioneering approach."... Click here for more PSA out of Gwadar and JNP As trailed in the August 2012 issue of WorldCargo News (p1), the Pakistan government has allowed Singapore's PSA International and its local partners, National Logistics Cell (NCL) and AKD group, to terminate the 40-year management and development contract for Gwadar port that they signed in 2007.... Click here for more Pension fund buys into Eimskip Icelandic shipping group HF Eimskipafelag Islands (Eimskip), the largest shipping and logistics company in Iceland, has a new major investor.... Click here for more Ancona antitrust move Ancona Container Terminal (ACT), owned jointly by MSC (45%). local firm Fritelli (45%) and by Ubaldo Scarpati (10%), has lodged a formal complaint against alleged monopoly practices by another port operator, Ancona Merci, with the Italian Competition Authority (AGCM).... Click here for more HPH threat provokes Australian rivals One denies it, the other admits it, but it seems clear that Australia's stevedoring duopoly is finally gearing up to battle imminent newcomer Hutchison Port Holdings (HPH) head on.... Click here for more ...Webb plans get underway The Port of Melbourne's A$1.6B redevelopment of Webb Dock is advancing with the awarding of the civil and maritime design contracts.... Click here for more Major revamp for Portuguese ports The Portuguese government has introduced its so-called "5+1 Plan" to implement modernisation of the country's ports system. 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