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Click here for more China Shipping into Zeebrugge APM Terminals is selling a 24% stake in its Zeebrugge terminal to China Shipping... Click here for more TOC CSC: Intra-Asia trades set for strong growth Trade to/from China and the ASEAN grouping and the Middle East and India will be major factors fuelling growth in the container shipping sector over the next five to 10 years according to Rajiv Biswas, Chief Asia Economist at IHS Global Insight.... Click here for more People on the move Round-up of latest appointments known to WorldCargo News in the ports, shipping and allied sectors... Click here for more Carriers on a slippery slope? Mark Holloway, Diageo's Customer Services and Supply Chain Director for the APAC region, says he feels "unhappy and lonely" when it comes to dealing with ocean carriers.... Click here for more Pelindo III's plans reported at TOC The terminal design for Indonesian state-owned terminal operator PT Pelabuhan Indonesia III's new terminal in Surabaya has become clearer in discussions on the opening day of the TOC Container Supply Chain conference in Hong Kong... Click here for more ACT completes first phase of expansion plan Aqaba Container Terminal (ACT) in Jordan has completed the first part of a US140M expansion programme aimed at doubling the terminal's capacity.... Click here for more Gothenburg signed up for Triple E calls Three Baltic ports are included in Maersk Line's AE10 schedule with the 18,000 TEU ships from August... Click here for more Gaussin books 50 ATTs for Pelindo III Indonesia's PT Pelabuhan Indonesia III Persero has booked 50 automotive terminal trailers from Gaussin Manugistique for its new automated terminal at Lamong Bay Terminal in Surabaya... Click here for more Triple-Es to call on Gdansk DCT Gdansk has announced that it "will handle Maersk's Triple-E vessels as from August"... Click here for more Sequestration cuts start to bite US ports are starting to feel the impact of the series of across-the-board cuts to federal agency budgets... Click here for more Trieste takes part in INWAPO project The Trieste Port Authority in Italy is participating in the INWAPO (Upgrading of Inland Waterways and Sea Ports) project, which forms part of the EU's Central Europe 2007-2013 programme.... Click here for more Kalmar books more from Bolipuertos Cargotec's Kalmar has secured its second large order for port equipment from Venezuela's government-owned port operator in 18 months.... Click here for more Eurotunnel mulls bid for ports Last month Groupe Eurotunnel SA (GETSA) confirmed that it is interested in taking over the management of the Channel ports of Calais and Boulogne, the 50-year management concessions for which are up for renewal by the Nord Pas-de-Calais regional government. The current manager, the regional Chamber of Commerce and Industry (CCI Cote d'Opale), has put in a bid, and a decision is expected by the end of this year.... Click here for more Seeing double in Turkey Two very unusual double-sided ship-to-shore container cranes manufactured by Liebherr Container Cranes are now up and running at the Turkish Port of Nemrut Bay (Aliaga), operated by TCEEGE, an affiliate of Spainbased Grup TCB.... Click here for more ZPMC for PSA ASCs Siemens has reported an order worth more than 10M from ZPMC in Shanghai to engineer, plan and commission the electrical installations for 22 automated stacking cranes (ASCs) ordered from ZPMC by PSA Singapore for the extension of the Pasir Panjang container terminal.... Click here for more Patrick cranes are clear for take off Patrick Stevedores has been granted an approval related to the height of three new cranes at its Port Botany container terminal.... Click here for more Enter the hybrid reach stacker Konecranes Lifttrucks investigated various energy storage concepts for its hybrid drive reach stacker, including a flywheel system, but concluded that ultracapacitors offered the best solution, given the aim of reducing fuel consumption (and emissions) by an estimated 30%.... Click here for more Composite innovations take a bow The recent Intermodal Europe exhibition in Amsterdam attracted several exhibitors that have developed composite materials solutions intended to improve intermodal cargo transport.... Click here for more Govet carves a reefer niche Transporting materials such as volatile chemicals calls for highly specialised refrigerated transport solutions. Netherlands-based Govet claims it has a 70% share of this market in Europe.... Click here for more Reefer lessors still on an upward curve Leasing companies continued their aggressive purchase of reefer containers during 2012 despite experiencing weaker demand and renewed rate erosion.... Click here for more Search for new opportunities for strads The straddle carrier market has changed over the past few years and demand is mainly a replacement one. Even this has weakened again as container throughput growth remains modest in the traditional straddle carrier markets, while "greenfield" terminals are opting more and more for automation.... 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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