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Request a free solution overview The overview provides information and presentations on all the software products, including lease and operating management, Maintenance & Repair, EDI and Business Intelligence. Click here to request your free copy Gothenburg posts 1% volume increase The port handled 42 Mt of freight in 2012, 1% more than the previous year... Click here for more Joe Dorto announces his retirement The President and CEO of Virginia International Terminals said his last day will be 31 March... Click here for more Gulftainer seeks quick start for Tripoli Sharjah-based port operator Gulftainer is investigating the possibility of bringing in mobile harbour cranes to try and entice lines to its new concession in Lebanon... Click here for more Antwerp off by 1.6% in 2012 The Port of Antwerp handled 184 Mt of freight in 2012, 1.6% less than in 2011... Click here for more Canadian pension fund to acquire SeaCube The Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan has signed an agreement to acquire 100% of the shares of SeaCube Container Leasing for around US$467M.... Click here for more South Carolina volumes up by 10% The South Carolina Ports Authority (SCPA) saw volume across business segments increase by 10% in calendar 2012... Click here for more G6 Alliance makes Loop 3 cut permanent The members of the G6 Alliance have announced that the Loop 3 service between Asia and North Europe, originally withdrawn on a temporary basis, will not be reintroduced... Click here for more Shenzhen to overtake Hong Kong this year Shenzhen is set to overtake Hong Kong as the world's third-busiest container port this year as total box volumes at its four main terminals have continued to rise despite the downturn in global trade.... Click here for more Warning on lifting equipment M&R The London P&I Club has warned that failure to maintain a proper record of the inspection and testing of onboard lifting equipment can jeopardise owners' positions in the event of a claim.... Click here for more Portek signs for PNG ports Portek International, part of Mitsui Group, has signed an agreement with Papua New Guinea Ports Corporation (PNGPC) to collaborate in the operations of the two largest container terminals in PNG for a 5-year period.... Click here for more 1000th Liebherr MHC at Montoir The 1000th harbour crane from Liebherr-Werk Nenzing recently began operations at Montoir Bulk Terminal (MBT), an affiliate of Belgium's Sea-Invest group and French logistics company IDEA Groupe, in the French port of Nantes-St Nazaire. This "1000 up" order was first reported by Liebherr in March (see WorldCargo News March 2012, p3).... Click here for more Hastings studies underway The next step towards the controversial siting of the Australian state of Victoria's next container port at Hastings has been taken with the launch of three key studies into the planned Western Port.... Click here for more New Magna straddle tyre Netherlands-based Magna Tyres Group has announced the launch of a new radial tyre specificaly developed for straddle carriers.... Click here for more Smiths launches Xray scanner for cars Smiths Detection has launched a low-energy X-ray scanner to meet increasing market demand for a system best suited to detecting explosives, drugs, stowaways and contraband hidden in cars, light motor vehicles and minibuses.... Click here for more Florens expands into port market Cosco Pacific affiliate Florens (Tianjin) Finance Leasing Co Ltd, part of container lessor Florens Group, has extended its leasing and finance products and services portfolio to the container handling equipment market.... Click here for more Western Australia facing A$1B suit Australian building magnate Len Buckeridge's frustration with the government of Western Australia over the still-stalled James Point private port plan has boiled over, with the businessman last month lodging a claim for damages of A$1B.... Click here for more Gulftainer wins Tripoli bid Sharjah based terminal operator Gulftainer has been awarded the concession to develop and operate a new container terminal at the Port of Tripoli in northern Lebanon.... Click here for more ZPMC's biggest crane yet ZPMC has delivered what it claims is the largest ship-to-shore container crane built to date to Shanghai International Port Group (SIPG)'s Yangshan facility in Shanghai.... Click here for more New fruit terminal for Antwerp A new fruit terminal is being co-developed in Antwerp by Euroports group and Marseilles-based Compagnie Fruitiere, with an investment budget of around 8.2M.... Click here for more Board clears revamp of JNP mega terminal Jawaharlal Nehru Port (JNP), India's busiest container port near Mumbai, has received approval to split a planned new mega container terminal into two.... Click here for more Stemcor opts for Antwerp Stemcor, the world's largest independent steel handler, has signed a long-term contract with Katoen Natie for the handling and storage of steel at a specially-built distribution centre in the port of Antwerp.... Click here for more RFID Gate from Leghorn DP World is about to introduce five completely automated "fast lanes" at its Antwerp Gateway terminal using RFID Gate, a new system from Italy-based security seal specialist Leghorn Srl and its Belgian associate company, Leghorn-Perfra bvba.... Click here for more More STS cranes for HPC Ukraina As reported briefly in last month's WorldCargo News (p1), Odessa container terminal operator HPC Ukraina, part of Hamburg-based HHLA, has ordered three post-Panamax ship-to-shore cranes from Liebherr Container Cranes Ltd for the new deepwater container terminal being jointly developed by the company and Odessa Seaport Administration at Quarantine Mole.... Click here for more Hanoi box terminal approved Vietnam has approved plans to build an international container terminal in capital Hanoi's Gia Lam district, which will relieve pressure on the nearby Hai Phong port.... Click here for more Port-Evo for Dhaka ICD UK-based Port Evolution Management (Port-Evo) has entered into a joint venture deal with Rupayan Port & Logistics Services Ltd to develop and operate Bangladesh's first private inland container terminal.... Click here for more CHEC to expand Takoradi The Ghana Ports and Harbours Authority (GPHA) has signed an agreement with China Harbour Engineering Co (CHEC) to work on the first phase of the US$150M Takoradi port infrastructure development project.... 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. 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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