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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 Gaussin in Turkish ATT deal Turkish stevedore Akan-Sel Logistic has signed an MoU with Gaussin for 60 (+ 40 on option) automotive terminal trailers with all-electric drive... Click here for more ECT signs for 63 more VDL AGVs ECT has exercised an option for 63 more hybrid drive VDL AGVs in a contract signed today (26 June) at the TOC CSC conference in Rotterdam... Click here for more Channel Tunnel legal proceedings The European Commission has started formal infraction proceedings against the British and French Governments "for their failure to regulate the Channel Tunnel rail sector"... Click here for more Gulftainer adds Gulf Stevedoring UAE-based Gulftainer has announced it has acquired a 51% stake in Saudi Arabia's Gulf Stevedoring Contracting Company (GSCCO), allowing it to assume the full management of three Saudi terminals in Jeddah and Jubail.... Click here for more Zeebrugge goes Forth Forth Ports plc and Zeebrugge port authority have signed a MoU aimed at exploring and developing new containerised cargo opportunities... Click here for more Fiorini hits the 1000 mark The Italian logistics group has built its fleet of swap bodies and wide-body bulktainers to 1000 units... Click here for more East Harbour opens in Esbjerg The 65-ha expansion of the harbour is aimed at consolidating Esbjerg's position as the leading North Sea port for the wind turbine industry and increase its potential to develop and grow other business areas... Click here for more UTLC for Customs Union countries The national railways of the three Customs Union states, Russia, Kazakhstan and Belarus,have set up the United Transportation and Logistics Company... Click here for more Freightliner buys ERS Railways The acquisition marks the UK rail operator's entry into the Continental deepsea container market and its first stab at swap bodies and trailers... Click here for more Boost for Karlskrona Stena Line plans to build a new rail terminal in the Swedish port of Karlskrona to connect with Gothenburg and Stockholm.... Click here for more Liebherr confirms repeat orders Liebherr Container Cranes in Ireland has confirmed a brief report in the November 2012 edition of WorldCargo News (p1) that existing customer HPC Ukraina, part of HHLA, has ordered three more STS cranes for the new project of Odessa Container Terminal along the port's Karantinny (Quarantine) Mole.... Click here for more Portek to lease new cranes Singapore-based Portek Group, part of Mitsui & Co, is preparing to step up its activities in the crane leasing market by offering long term lease arrangements for new STS and RTG cranes.... Click here for more Muuga acquisition deal Transiidikeskuse (TK), the company that operates Muuga Container Terminal (MCT) in the Estonian port (Noviy Tallinn), has acquired Rail Garant Estonia (RGE), up to now the local affiliate of Russia's major privately owned industrial rail carrier Rail Garant (RG) and the designated operator of Muuga's prospective second container terminal.... Click here for more New rope rocker damper Germany's Romer Fordertechnik GmbH has launched a new rope rocker device to provide protection against a falling load in the case of a wire rope failure.... Click here for more DP World for Quequen Through its local affiliate and Puerto Nuevo, Buenos Aires terminal operator, Terminales Rio de la Plata (TRP), DP World has signed an agreement with Quequen port authority (Consorcio de Gestion de Puerto Quequen) (CGPQ) in the province of Buenos Aires to develop a new container terminal and related logistics park.... Click here for more Taranto dispute As if the corruption scandal engulfing ILVA, Europe's largest steel plant, and the damage caused by the huge tornado last November were not enough, the Port of Taranto has been hit by legal action by bulk operator Consorzio Terminal Rinfuse Taranto (CTRT), a sister company of quarry company Italcave and ship agent Carmed within the privately-owned Caramia group.... Click here for more Australia's first Terberg 6 x 4 Through its Australian distributor and service agent, Clark Equipment, Terberg Benscop recently supplied what Clark claims to be the first 6 x 4 Terberg YT in the country, to Toll Intermodal, part of Toll Group, in Western Australia.... Click here for more Special Gottwald mobiles for Napier Terex Port Solutions (TPS) has reported an order for two Terex Gottwald G HMK 6408 Model 6 mobile harbour cranes from longstanding customer in New Zealand, Port of Napier Ltd.... Click here for more New bulk tipping Container Mover Finland-based Oy Meclift Ltd has come up with another niche product, based on its proven ML36CM Container Mover range.... Click here for more Honduran tender off The tender to build a dry bulk terminal at the Honduran port of Cortes has been cancelled and will begin again.... Click here for more Monrovia hub opens APM Terminals' newly completed 600m quay at Liberia's Freeport of Monrovia has been officially opened by President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf. The 17-ha terminal is APMT's first 100%-owned port concession in Africa, which will operate under a 25-year deal agreed in 2010.... Click here for more Hold-up for Lekki Construction of the new port of Lekki in Nigeria has been delayed. The project was originally scheduled to open last year and latterly was expected to be completed in 2015.... Click here for more New port for Walvis Bay? The government of Namibia is considering the development of an entirely new port in Walvis Bay, about 3 km north of the existing harbour.... Click here for more En route to Savannah Four Konecranes superpost-Panamax STS cranes have been shipped semi-erect on board a DockWise teal class ship to the Port of Savannah, operated by the Georgia Ports Authority (GPA).... Click here for more New GPA simulator Earlier this year GlobalSim delivered an advanced crane training simulator to the Georgia Ports Authority (GPA) facility at Garden City Terminal in Savannah, Georgia. The simulator is configured with two separate models to provide training for both a Konecranes STS cranes and a Konecranes RTG.... Click here for more Hybrid straddles for Freeport Terex Port Solutions (TPS) has reported a recent order for 10 Terex NSC 634 E ECO hybrid straddle carriers from Freeport Container Port (FCP), the Hutchison Port Holdings affiliate in the Bahamas, with an option to purchase an additional 12 machines.... Click here for more Progress on Lamu A consortium of Chinese companies has been awarded a contract to begin construction work on the new port of Lamu in Kenya. China Communications Construction Company is the lead contractor, while China Road and Bridge Corporation will build the first phase of the container terminal with three berths.... Click here for more Liebherr toasts Galigrain Liebherr-Werk Nenzing reports that Spanish customer Galigrain SA in the Port of Marin is regularly reaching a peak rate of 1800 tph with its 4-rope LHM 550, which is used to unload bulkers up to panamax size. The crane, which is fitted with Liebherr's hybrid Pactronic drive, was supplied in 2011.... Click here for more TTS for Pelindo III TTS Group has, through its subsidiary TTS Port Equipment AB, signed an agreement to supply seven 2-axle translifters together with 90 cassettes for the PT Terminal Petikemas Surabaya in Indonesia (Pelindo III, Tanjung Perak).... Click here for more It's a Goa for Italgru Italgru has delivered a model IHC 2120 mobile harbour crane to Mormugao Port Trust in Goa. Supplied in 4-rope configuration to handle bulk as well as general cargo and containers, the crane has a maximum SWL (hook load) of 120t and outreach is 11m -51m.... Click here for more Kalmar refurbishment deals Kalmar, part of Cargotec, has completed the heightening of six quay cranes at MSC Home Terminal. The project involved increasing the hoisting height of all the Kalmar quay cranes by 4m from 38m to 42m above quay level. All modifications were completed within a 12 month time frame Work initially started in April 2012. The first crane was recommissioned in September and the sixth crane was recommissioned in March. The cranes were jacked up by Kalmar's specialist crane services team and leg extensions were added just below the gross girders.... Click here for more ZPMC going direct ZPMC is moving to rationalise its network of agents and spare parts suppliers and will be setting up a network of 15 offices worldwide to service customers in large markets directly.... Click here for more Unsubscribing You can change your selection of content in your Market Briefing from WorldCargo News Online, or unsubscribe at any time. 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