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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 MCI/ASOEX cooperate to curb food waste Maersk Container Industry (MCI) and the Chilean fruit exporters' association, ASOEX, have signed a Memorandum of Understanding aimed at minimising the spoilage of fresh fruit and vegetables and other food products shipped around the world in reefer containers.... Click here for more Hoyer absorbs De Rijke bulk liquids unit Hamburg-based bulk liquids logistics service provider Hoyer has strengthened its position in Europe with the acquisition of the bulk liquids division of Dutch logistics company De Rijke. Terms of the deal were not disclosed.... Click here for more Durban receives twin hoist cranes Transnet has received the first three of seven twin hoist ("tandem lift") cranes ordered from ZPMC for Durban Container Terminal... Click here for more Hamburg operators seek rebates Terminal operators are demanding rebates on port charges for vessels with capacities of more than 10,000 TEU after the Lower Elbe deepening plan was again held up in the courts... Click here for more APMT announces plans for Nigerian mega-port APM Terminals (APMT) has announced plans to develop a new greenfield mega-port project and Free Trade Zone at Badagry in Nigeria's Lagos State, 55 km west of Apapa and the Port of Lagos on the Benin-Lagos Expressway.... Click here for more New dredger for Rouen A new suction dredger will shortly be commissioned to undertake maintenance dredging work on the "up" channel on the River Seine between Rouen and Port Jerome... Click here for more New Dunkirk terminals inaugurated Extensions to the port's TMV and DMT bulk terminals have been opened... Click here for more Coolboxx transformed into rental company Coolboxx, which was formed in 2004 to provide shippers of temperature-controlled products with a range of intermodal alternatives to road transport using 45ft reefer containers, has been transformed into a container rental company.... Click here for more Strong year for Melbourne The Port of Melbourne enjoyed record volumes and revenues in 2011-12, according to the port corporation's annual report, tabled recently in the Victorian Parliament.... Click here for more US logs to China again The first shipment of southern yellow pine logs under a pilot project to reestablish the log trade between Virginia and South Carolina and China left the Port of Charleston's Wando Welch Terminal recently... Click here for more Corpus Christi closes Ingleside deal The Texas port is finalising a sale deal with Oxy for a large part of the former Ingleside US Naval station... Click here for more BASF gets LOST in Antwerp The chemicals company has installed an anti-collision system called LOST from Essenium to ensure safety levels at its terminal in Antwerp... Click here for more PROMOTION RAM is showcasing its container leasing and operating software at Intermodal 2012, Stand B10 Real Asset Management provides software to intermodal leasing and operating companies. To find out more, why not visit us at Stand B10 at Intermodal 2012 in Amsterdam. If you cannot attend the show or would like to request a brochure, just click the link below. Click here to request your free solution overview "One shot" loader for VCK VCK Logistics in the Port of Amsterdam is the latest company to invest in a container loading system from UK-based Joloda International Ltd, for packing and stripping aluminium profiles for customers such as Gulf Extrusion in Dubai. Previously VCK loaded the cargo into open top containers using a crane, but the Joloda enables the load to be rolled in.... Click here for more Hastings battles for cargo The Victorian port of Hastings - designated by the state government as the container-handling successor to Melbourne - will, ironically, find itself almost devoid of traffic later this year.... Click here for more Two box terminals for Israel The Israel Ports Company (IPC), on behalf of the Israeli Ministry of Transport, National Infrastructure and Road Safety, has announced the first stage of an international tender for construction services for new container terminals in Haifa and Ashdod.... Click here for more New tender for Manaus Brazil's national waterway regulator, Antaq, will launch a US$223M tender this year to build and operate a new container port in Amazonas state capital Manaus, Brazil's Ports Department said.... Click here for more Avtron goes to Nidec US-based crane and industrial drives and automation specialist Avtron Industrial Automation Inc has been acquired from Morgenthaler Private Equity by Nidec Corp, the US arm of the Japan-based global manufacturer of motors and electrical controls systems.... Click here for more ZPMC meets RT's safety criteria ZPMC held a ceremony recently to mark "one million safety hours" since it began working on projects for Rio Tinto (RT)'s Australian mining operations.... Click here for more Cargotec rings the changes Cargotec, the owner of the Kalmar, MacGregor and Hiab brands, is going through a major period of change in the search for lower costs and the elusive official goal (set in 2008) of achieving a 10% annual increase in both sales and operating margin.... Click here for more Ennore 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 it has withdrawn from the project with immediate effect.... Click here for more Car terminal for Lazaro Cardenas The Mexican port of Lazaro Cardenas is to have its first dedicated new vehicles terminal, costing an estimated US$38.7M .... Click here for more PSA launches Pasir Panjang 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 "Greencranes" gets underway "Greencranes," a European Union TEN-T project aimed at reducing greenhouse gas emissions in container terminals, held its first meeting at the Port of Valencia this month.... Click here for more as Geelong eyes Bay West option The City of Geelong has joined the campaign to develop a new Victorian container port at the socalled Bay West site on Port Phillip Bay, despite the state government again reiterating its determination to progress long-standing Hastings plans (see WorldCargo News September 2012, p8).... Click here for more Vetter forks out Germany-based FLT fork manufacturing specialist Vetter Umformtechnik GmbH has launched a new range of heavy duty forks ("BigForks").... Click here for more Liebherr eighth for Exolgan Liebherr Container Cranes recently commissioned its eighth STS container crane at Exolgan Container Terminal in Dock Sud, Buenos Aires, which currently handles one third of all containers moving into and out of Argentina.... Click here for more Yilport E-5 opens Yilport, part of Turkey's Yildirim Group, has opened the Yilport E-5 inland depot located within a few minutes drive of the Yilport Gebze maritime terminal.... Click here for more ...sideloader fee rankles Australian shippers have hit out at Patrick over the pending introduction of a new fee of A$100 + GST for every visit of a sideloading trailer to the company's Port Botany terminal.... Click here for more Khalifa running 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, semiautomated facility on 1 September 2012.... Click here for more More RTGs for Bollore Konecranes has reported two more orders for a total of nine RTGs from Bollore Group.... Click here for more Vallarpadam bids to lure container lines DP World and India's state-run Kochi Port Trust (KPT) have begun talks with global container shipping lines to attract services to the Vallarpadam International Container Transhipment Terminal (ICTT) at Kochi port.... Click here for more TMG into Castellon A new company, Terminal Maritima del Grao (TMG), has commenced operations at the Spanish port of Castellon with two new Liebherr LHM 420 mobile harbour cranes in 4-rope configuration.... 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 Patrick's turn for Botany woes... Extensive work by the New South Wales government and the transport industry to rid Port Botany of its poor performance reputation are again being thwarted by problems at one of the two container terminals.... Click here for more NSL gets a boost Singapore's NSL Ltd has reported that turnover of its engineering division, NSL Engineering, which is comprised entirely of the RAM spreader business, reached S$11M in 2Q/2012, 10% up on the corresponding period of 2011.... Click here for more JOIN US ON LINKEDIN The WorldCargo News LinkedIn group complements WCN in print and online and offers you the opportunity to discuss key issues and network with your peers and a wide cross-section of industry experts. Join the discussion now at http://lnkd.in/x932Pg 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. 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