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Click here for more HS2 "will benefit rail freight" British rail freight interets have welcomed the British government's commitment to the "High Speed 2" link between London and Birmingham and (phase 2) onwards to Manchester and Leeds... Click here for more Mika Vehvilainen appointed president and CEO of Cargotec An industry outsider will take over at the helm of the owner of Kalmar, Hiab and MacGregor. Finnair's curent president and CEO is taking on a new challenge... Click here for more Captrain increases frequency The number of departures between France and Italy on behalf of Gefco has increased to 10-11/week... Click here for more Setubal revokes container charges The Port of Setubal has cancelled its container tax in an effort to stimulate business... Click here for more Italian container traffic steady in 2012 The overall figure increased by 1%, but individual operators experienced contrasting fortunes... Click here for more China Merchants buys into Terminal Link CMA CGM has signed an agreement to sell a 49% equity stake in its Terminal Link affiliate to China Merchants Holdings (International) Company Limited for €400M... Click here for more GCS adds RMG at Moscow terminal Global Container Services (GCS) has added a second rail-mounted gantry crane (RMG) at its MANP terminal on the outskirts of Moscow.... Click here for more CSX opens New England's first double-stack route CSX Transportation (CSXT), working in concert with the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, has opened New England's first double-stack cleared intermodal route.... Click here for more China Shipping to sell 20% of box fleet China Shipping Container Lines (CSCL) is selling a fifth of its container fleet to raise cash and strengthen its financial position.... Click here for more Khalifa now in full swing Abu Dhabi Terminals has completed the strategic transfer of lolo container traffic from downtown Abu Dhabi to the new terminal located 60 km east of the city centre.... Click here for more Langh gets super heavy Langh Ship Cargo Solutions has reported that its "super heavy" 40ft hard top/open top (40 HTOC) steel coil cradle container has now been classified for a payload of 100,000 kg.... Click here for more Thermo King unveils advanced gensets Thermo King has introduced a new generator set series, which it says is its most advanced genset platform ever.... Click here for more New RMG for Wiencont Local assembly and erection work has started on a new 33m span RMG at WienCont Container Terminal in Vienna's Friedenau port. The 45t SWL crane, the third at Wiencont, stacks 1 over 4 and has been built by Austria-based crane maker Hans Kuenz. Operations should commence in early 2013 and WienCont's joint managing director Karin Zipperer said that the crane is expected to boost handling capacity by 30%.... Click here for more Eco-packaging solution GAC Packaging Solutions, part of global shipping, logistics and marine services provider GAC Group, has launched a new ecologicallyfriendly and cost-effective packaging solution for liquid and dry cargo transportation.... Click here for more Post-NPX proposal from Aleman The immediate past-Chairman of the Panama Canal Commission (ACP), Alberto Aleman Zubieta, believes that the Panama Canal is due for at fleast one additional expansion at some stage after the current "New Panamax" works are completed.... Click here for more Shiploader to Chile Hansa Heavy Lift (HHL) recently completed a technically demanding project to load, ship and unload a Sandvik linear shiploader with two shiploading systems for the Minas Invierno coal project in Punta Lackwater, Chile, using the HHL TOKYO.... Click here for more New ECP for Melbourne ANL Container Line and its parent, the CMA CGM Group, have established their own container park in Melbourne in a move they say is necessary to further control costs and ensure ongoing efficiencies for customers.... Click here for more Giurgiulesti planning container expansion Danube Logistics Srl, the general investor and operator of Giurgiulesti International Free Port (GIFP) on the Lower Danube - the only water outlet of landlocked Moldova, sandwiched between Romania (and the EU) and the Ukraine - is planning to expand the port's annual container handling capacity from 30,000 TEU to 130,000 TEU.... Click here for more Carrier launches new gensets... Carrier Transicold has launched a suite of technologies, dubbed ecoFORWARD, to enhance the performance and fuel efficiency of its PowerLINE generator sets.... Click here for more CargoBeamer trial proves concept A successful test run from Leipzig to Calais has been completed using the CargoBeamer intermodal transport system, demonstrating that CargoBeamer fulfils all technical and operational requirements to run on the European rail network.... Click here for more GreenCat adds rail module GreenCat, part of Netherlands-based Groenveld Group, has launched a new module for intermodal train operators, called Cat4RailOperator. This has the same standard application and the same architecture as the Traffic Management System (TMS) and terminal operating system introduced by GreenCat in 2007, but is aimed at companies using their own rail equipment to transport containers, swap bodies or trailers.... Click here for more Damage-free with Levaton UK-based Levaton has come up with a platform that allows valuable cargo, such as vintage or luxury cars, to be loaded inside containers without the attendant damage risks of working in confined spaces.... Click here for more More Paris barge traffic Thanks to the carrot of public funding and the stick of tough new restrictions on truck movements, another intermodal barge terminal has recently opened in the Paris region, in Bruyeres-sur-Oise, around 40 km from the city centre and 35 km from Roissy. Capacity is put at 40,000 TEU/year.... Click here for more ...NaturaLINE sea trials run smoothly Carrier Transicold has reported "smooth sailing" for its new NaturaLINE container refrigeration system, after undergoing rigorous sea trials throughout 2012.... Click here for more Liverpool to boost its steel appeal Peel Ports is investing £3M to upgrade the steel terminal at the Port of Liverpool's Gladstone dock.... Click here for more Changes at the top for Seaco Seaco, the world's sixth largest container lessor, has announced the appointments of Jeremy Matthew as Group CEO and Paul Merritt as Group COO. The appointments follow the retirement of David Amble as CEO of the HNA-owned company.... Click here for more Fiji to introduce box biosecurity regime The Biosecurity Authority of Fiji (BAF) is working with the New Zealand Ministry for Primary Industries to introduce a Sea Container Hygiene System to help manage quarantine issues associated with containers at the port of loading.... Click here for more Using boxes to fight fires The Western Australian Government has found yet another use for the ubiquitous sea container, converting a dozen for use as mobile incident control offices (MICOs) for the state's firefighting agencies during the coming bushfire season.... Click here for more Coolboxx becomes 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 Asciano expands in New Zealand Asciano has increased its investment in the New Zealand stevedoring industry after buying former partner Port of Tauranga (PoT)'s 50% share in joint venture C3 Ltd.... 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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