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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 Antwerp logs 183.8 Mt in 2012 The Port of Antwerp provisionally handled 183.8 Mt of freight during 2012, 1.8% less than in 2011... Click here for more Buss parked at Steinwerder for four more years The extension of Buss group's two leases at the Steinwerder area in Hamburg until the end of 2016 mean that the port authority has pushed back its "Central Terminal Steinwerder" plan at least until 2017... Click here for more TOTE orders 3100 TEU LNG-fuelled container ships The new vessels are claimed to be the largest container ships yet ordered with LNG engines... Click here for more Cavotec books more MoorMaster deals The latest contracts for the automated vacuum mooring system include the first orders in the Netherlands... Click here for more Bejaia handles millionth TEU Portek-operated Bejaia Mediterranean Terminal has handled its one millionth TEU after just six years... Click here for more Genoa posts 2M TEU Container traffic over Italy's biggest sea port has grown by 11.5% during 2012... Click here for more Rotterdam faces labour disruptions A series of work stoppages could commence on Friday, 28 December, Rotterdam's traditional "Harbour Day"... Click here for more New temperature monitoring solution Pleasanton, California-based DeltaTRAK, a developer of cold chain, environmental monitoring and food safety management systems, has launched the new FlashTRAK RFID Temperature Monitoring Solution.... Click here for more Purfresh granted European patent Purfresh Inc, the developer of the Purfresh Transport ozone-enhanced active atmosphere system, has been granted a patent on its technology by the European Patent Office.... Click here for more DoorLogistics from SIS SynchroNet Intermodal Services (SIS), which provides repositioning services to move surplus empty containers from inland locations to ports in North America, has launched DoorLogistics, a new service that provides standard ISO container doorto-door pricing and operational support services to the company's customers.... Click here for more New tank depot Peter Hempt GmbH & Co KG has opened a new tank container storage facility at its headquarters in the Industriegebiet Nord area of Worms, Germany, doubling its storage capacity to around 2,000 units.... Click here for more Google moving into box tracking? The US Patent and Trademark Office has granted Internet search giant Google a patent on a system for securing, monitoring and tracking containers.... Click here for more Rhine ports to cooperate In an unprecedented three-country approach, nine inland ports in the Upper Rhine region have set out to explore closer co-operation, particuarly aimed at enhancing rail connections. The string of ports enjoys EC recognition as being instrumental in the Rotterdam-Genoa corridor, a key TEN-T freight corridor.... Click here for more Box cleaning by robots A new automated container cleaning system has been developed by Swedish start-up company IBC Robotics AB.... Click here for more Thumbs down for Oz safety code Protest marches in major Australian ports at the end of October appear to have done little to convince shipowners and stevedores to embrace the Maritime Union of Australia (MUA)'s version of a National Stevedoring Code of Practice (NSCOP).... Click here for more Klinge to launch new dual reefer US-based Klinge Corporation will be launching a new and improved version of its dual refrigerated container at the Intermodal 2012 exhibition in Amsterdam this month.... Click here for more Eko-Flor in the van Toronto-based Conforce International has received multiple purchase orders for its newly designed Eko-Flor Titan composite floorboard from CIMC Vanguard National Trailer Corporation.... Click here for more Cranes go up in Colombus CSX Intermodal is progressing well with the installation of three widespan RMGs at its terminal in Columbus, Ohio.... Click here for more Big plans in Vietnam The authorities in Vietnam's central Khanh Hoa province are looking to secure funds to build the US$4B Van Phong International Transit Port.... Click here for more New joint venture to develop mobile apps A new company, cenTTra Intermodal (CI), has been formed by Mark North, formerly of Cedex Services International, and Abhijt Joshi, president of WhiteHedge Technologies, a leading software development and business process outsourcing company based in Pune, India, to capitalise on the demand for Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) systems and mobile apps.... Click here for more Sideloader fee axed Patrick has backed down from its controversial plan to introduce a A$100 fee for all sideloading trailers using its Port Botany terminal (see WorldCargo News October 2012, p7).... Click here for more Bode adding new piggyback trailers German freight forwarder Spedition Bode GmbH and Co KG has started adding 50 new Kogel Cargo Rail piggyback trailers to its fleet.... Click here for more OneSeal success in patent case Denmark-based container security seal manufacturer OneSeal has won the patent infringement case it brought against Mega Fortris (Europe) Aps Ltd in respect of the latter's Flexi Klick flexible container bolt seal (see WorldCargo News July 2012, p21).... Click here for more Jebel Ali expansion on track With 60% of construction work complete, the expanded Terminal 2 at DP World's Jebel Ali Port in Dubai, which will add 1M TEU to the port's annual capacity, is on schedule to open in 1H 2013.... Click here for more Bangladesh terminal to open next year Pangaon Container Terminal (PCT), Bangladesh's first inland container terminal near the capital, Dhaka, will start operations early next year, sources at Chittagong Port Authority (CPA) said.... 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