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Click here for more ConGlobal acquires RCS ConGlobal Industries Inc (CGI), North America's largest container depot operator, has reached an agreement to acquire the business and assets of Refrigerated Container Services (RCS) Group from Carrier Transicold. The transaction is expected to close on January 1, 2013.... Click here for more People on the move Latest round-up of appointments known to WorldCargo News... Click here for more Gothenburg to build new logistics centre The 2.4-ha facility, representing an investment of €17.3M, will be leased to DB Schenker Sweden... Click here for more Konecranes simplifies company structure The company is being reorganised as from January 1, 2013 to improve accountability, clarity, speed, and cost efficiency. This will also change the composition of the Group Executive Board... Click here for more Cavotec books Jebel Ali deal The global engineering group will supply cable management systems for all the STS cranes and ASCs ordered by DP World for its T3, Jebel Ali project... Click here for more SNCF hit with €60.9M fine The French competition authority has imposed a fine of €60.9M on the state rail company for trying to block new entrants in the post-2006 open rail freight market... Click here for more Florida port marketing deal Port Everglades and the Florida East Coast Railway will jointly market the near-dock ICTF to be built next year... Click here for more NSW reviews rail access New South Wales is reviewing its rail freight access regime for the first time since it was introduced in 1996.... Click here for more Konecranes Lifttrucks passes 4,000 mark Konecranes Lifttrucks, part of Konecanes Oy, recently completed its 4,000th lift truck, a reach stacker for laden container handling ordered by Ghana Ports and Harbours Authority (GPHA).... Click here for more China's eastern ports see strong cargo rebound Container throughput at two of China's big eastern ports - Shanghai and Ningbo - saw a strong recovery in September and their highest cargo flows of the year, suggesting that the country's export growth contraction is bottoming out as economic growth regains momentum.... Click here for more ICTSI acquires stake in Pakistan terminal Philippines-based port operator International Container Terminal Services Inc (ICTSI) has acquired a 35% stake in Pakistan International Container Terminal (PICT) from Premier Mercantile Services (PVT) Ltd for US$60M.... Click here for more Bechtel learns the ROPES An international research initiative, which is expected to lead to new international guidelines for the design and construction of future ports, has moved from the computer simulation stage to tests involving ships in port.... Click here for more LB secures EPA grant The Port of Long Beach has obtained a US$1.34M US-EPA grant towards deployment of cleaner cargo handling equipment at its container terminals.... Click here for more Monopolies under fire in Mexico The decision to award SSA Mexico the concession to operate the Specialist Automotive Terminal (TEA) at the Mexican port of Lazaro Cardenas is being seen by some as a wrong move, since it hands the company control of 90% of the capacity to handle new vehicles on Mexico's Pacific coast. The company already controls 60% of such traffic in ports on the Gulf of Mexico. In effect, it has a virtual monopoly in this traffic segment.... Click here for more Starring role for Control Techniques Control Techniques, part of Emerson Industrial Automation, has won a contract to modernise the control system on two "Starporter" STS cranes at Grup TCB's Terminal de Contenedores de Yucatan (TCY) concession in Progreso, Mexico. The cranes, which are 37 years old, were shipped from Seattle seven years ago.... Click here for more Noell strads at Wilhelmshaven As reported in the January 2012 issue of WorldCargo News (p31), Terex Noell, now part of Gottwald-led Terex Port Solutions (TPS), won the Eurogate order for 36 4-high diesel-electric straddle carrers for phase 1 of JWP Wilhelmshaven. These machines were delivered and commissioned in time for the (delayed) start-up of JWP on 21 September.... Click here for more HPH Brisbane cranes arrive Hutchison Port Holdings (HPH) has taken delivery of two ZPMC ship-to-shore cranes for its new Brisbane Container Terminal (BCT), the first stage of which is due to open before the end of 2012 to mark the company's entry into the Australian market.... Click here for more Push for Bell Bay renewed A new report into Tasmania's port system has renewed calls for the development of Bell Bay as the state's major freight facility, despite shipowners having "voted with their ships" and moved elsewhere.... Click here for more La Cisa double spreader La Cisa Trasporti Industriali Srl, an Italy-based handling and logistic specialist active in the steel, energy and other heavy load sectors, has come up with its own, patented telescopic spreader for handling two empty 20ft or 40ft/45ft containers, 1 over 1.... Click here for more RIMA CoBRa belt for Shuaiba Italy-based RIMA Srl, a leading Italian crane components engineering and manufacturing company, recently completed installation of its "CoBRa" (covered belt for rail crane) cable feeding line on 880m of linear quay at the new container terminal in the Port of Shuaiba, Kuwait.... Click here for more China opens more to cross-Strait shipping China has opened two more ports - Yantai in eastern Shandong province and Shenzhen in southern Guangdong province - for direct shipping links with Taiwan.... Click here for more First steps at Moroni Bollore Africa Logistics (BAL) has begun the process of improving services at the port of Moroni in the Comoros. BAL secured the concession to manage and upgrade the port last December, although, at just 10 years, the contract has a shorter time span than most other port management concessions in Africa.... Click here for more STVA's Tangiers deal Geodis STVA Tanger Med (GSTM), the Moroccan affiliate of Geodis and STVA, has won the tender launched by Tanger Med port authority (ASTM) to run a multi-user terminal in the port for a period of two years.... Click here for more Krishna up and running Krishnapatnam port on India's east coast, which is controlled by Hyderabad-based CVR Group, has formally started operations at a new 1.2M TEU/year container terminal built at a cost of Rs55B (US$1.05B).... Click here for more DPW bags JNP deal DP World has received a Letter of Award from Indian government-owned Jawaharlal Nehru Port Trust (JNPT) to build and operate a new container terminal at India's largest container port.... 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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