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Click here for more Container weighing and SOLAS Following its post-DSC/17 workshop in London last October, ICHCA will convene another one on 16 April, which it says will be the last opportunity for interested parties to influence matters before DSC/18... Click here for more DB Schenker "on track" with London Gateway Carsten Hinne, Managing Director of DB Schenker Rail UK (Logistics, says he is "looking forward to the opening of the [on dock] rail terminal and to running the first container train" into the new DP World port... Click here for more Running on empty? A container terminal in Genoa has witnessed an unusual "traffic flow"... Click here for more North America's ports prepare for first post-Panamax decade Colliers International has released its third North American Port Analysis report, which examines evolving trade patterns resulting from the upcoming Panama Canal expansion in 2015.... Click here for more Cruise terminal for Hamburg Steinwerder? A Hamburg senator has proposed that the Steinwerder site - originally earmarked for a container terminal and then as a multi-purpose terminal for industrial shippers - should become a cruise terminal, at least until around 2025... Click here for more Gdynia-Warsaw rail intermodal service Polzug Intermodal is starting a new block train service between BCT and GCT in Gdynia and the container terminal in Pruszkow (Warsaw) (with photo)... Click here for more Oz bottleneck removed One of the greatest handicaps suffered by intermodal services on Australia's east coast has been removed with the opening of the A$1B Southern Sydney Freight Line (SSFL).... Click here for more Cork outlines development plans Ireland's Port of Cork Company has unveiled details of potential port development plans in Ringaskiddy.... Click here for more Reefer output stabilises again After attaining an all-time high in 2011, global reefer container output slowed during 2012, although it still managed to top most other years.... Click here for more Getting the twins mixed up The TT Club is calling for action to reduce the number of incidents involving mistakes with twin 20ft lifts.... Click here for more TSR still falling short The Trans Siberian Railway has never fulfilled its promise as a serious contender in the Far East-Europe container trade, but could this be about to change?... Click here for more Box scanning gains momentum The US may have delayed introducing its controversial 100% box scanning requirement until mid-2014, but the global uptake of container scanning technology is on the increase.... Click here for more Stick with the knitting you know A new study of different unaccompanied combined transport (UCT) techniques for semi-trailers commissioned by the UIRR from Kombi-Consult GmbH in Germany (authors Rainer Mertel, Kai Petri and Klaus- Uwe Sondermann), focused on the transalpine routes via Switzerland, has come down firmly in favour of established lifting techniques and standard P270 pocket wagons.... Click here for more Floating a new container terminal concept A radical proposal has been made for a pure transhipment terminal that, it is claimed, would be capable of turning around a complete 18,000 TEU ship (2 x 18,000 TEU) in just one day.... Click here for more All change in big truck market Konecranes will acquire the container handling truck business of Kion Group's Linde brand. The announcement follows the announcement from Kion Group at the end of January that it was minded to close its Linde Heavy Truck Division production facility in Merthyr Tydfil, Wales, although its timing appears to foreclose on the 90-day consultation period with the unions.... Click here for more Flexible twin 40/45ft handling A single waterside hoist with one or two spreaders could be the way forward.... 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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