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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 Konecranes launches RTG automation Konecranes launched an "Automated RTG System" at the TOC Container Supply Chain conference in Rotterdam last month.... Click here for more Israel pushes for new private saeaports The Israeli government has published open tenders for companies to build two private ports, one in Haifa and one in Ashdod, to compete with the existing ports in those cities... Click here for more Ludwig Callens Ludwig Callens, the founder of Catracom NV in Belgium, has died... Click here for more Everglades dredging proposal published The US Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) has finally released a Feasibility Report and Draft Environmental Impact Statement for Port Everglades channel and berth deepening project, 17 years after the project study began.... Click here for more Navis launches SPARCS N4 2.5 Navis announced the latest release of its SPARCS N4 TOS at the TOC CSC conference in Rotterdam last week.... Click here for more Grimaldi inaugurates new Barcelona terminal The new ferry terminal, located at Muelle Costa, represents an investment of €20M... Click here for more New quay for UWT container centre United Waalhaven Terminals and the Port of Rotterdam Authority have reached agreement on the construction of a new quay on Bunschotenweg... Click here for more MOL COMFORT investigation steps up Shipping line, shipbuilder and class society are taking steps to upgrade the hulls of the sister ships of the broken-backed 8500 TEU MOL COMFORT, the aft part of which sank on 27 June... Click here for more People on the move Latest round-up of appointments and departures known to WorldCargo News in the shipping, ports and allied transportation and equipment sectors... Click here for more Geodis Wilson expands China rail service Geodis Wilson has announced the expansion of its Asia-Pacific operations to include domestic rail freight services in China... Click here for more Samskip adds capacity Rotterdam-headquartered Samskip Multimodal, which is a leading provider of freight transport services in the intra-European market, has phased a much larger and faster ship into its liner service linking Rotterdam and Hull.... Click here for more TE plans to build pan- Africa locomotive Pretoria (South Africa)-based Transnet Engineering (TE), an operating unit of state-controlled rail freight, ports and pipelines group Transnet, is hoping that a new locomotive it is designing will boost its sales across the African subcontinent and in South America. It is understood that the company has been working on a prototype of the locomotive for more than two years and that it should be ready early in 2014.... Click here for more Djibouti targets master plan The government of Djibouti has revealed that it has already secured 57% of the funding required to finance its planned US$5.9B investment in new transport infrastructure. According to the chairman of the Djibouti Ports and Free Zones Authority, Aboubaker Omar Hadi, the money has been promised by a variety of investors, including a Saudi Arabian investment fund and the government of China. In common with several other African states, the government of Djibouti aims to turn the country into a middle income country, in this case by 2035.... Click here for more Iran plans big in rail Iran is planning to increase the length of its domestic rail network from 11,000 kms today to 15,000 kms by 2015 and 25,000 kms by 2025. To date the Islamic Republic of Iran Railways (IRIR) has, according to its managing director Abdol-Ali Saheb-Mohammadi, had an average potential to build just 500 kms of railways per annum.... Click here for more ADIF's Murcia award Spain's rail track authority, ADIF, has awarded a concession to operate a freight terminal in Murcia to a joint venture consisting of MacAndrews, the CMACGM affiliate specialising in short sea shipping, and Spain's Continental Rail. The contract is for five years.... Click here for more New pocket guide for bulk safety When bulk cargoes shift, liquefy, catch fire or explode as a consequence of poor loading procedures, the consequences can be massive. Ships may capsize, lose stability or sustain severe structural damage. Such happenings enhance the risks - and the occurrence - of death, injury, insurance claims, operational delay and considerable expense.... Click here for more Global tank container survey The global tank container fleet now totals around 338,260 units, according to a new report by the International Tank Container Organisation (ITCO). The study also estimated that the output from the world's 16 leading manufacturers in 2012 totalled 39,700 tanks, with the same builders on course to build a similar number this year.... Click here for more Forth Ports sees the light UK port operator Forth Ports plc is continuing with its transition to low energy lighting. It has installed LED fixtures in a bulk storage shed at its Leith facility, where it had earlier installed LEDs in the engineering workshop and cruise terminal.... Click here for more Hoyer opens Saudi firm Hamburg-based tank container operator Hoyer has established Hoyer Saudi Arabia (HSA), a joint venture with Saudi Arabia's Globe Marine Group and UAE-based Sharaf Group. Based in Dammam, the new firm has branch offices in Al Jubail and throughout Saudi Arabia. HSA will coordinate intermodal liquid bulk transport operations in Saudi Arabia and GCC countries; operate a third-party drumming plant in Al Jubail; and focus on onsite logistics projects for the region's growing petrochemical industry.... Click here for more Den Hartogh orders Den Hartogh Logistics has brought forward an order for new 25,000 and 26,000 litre tanks from Singamas in China. The Netherlands-based company said strong customer demand has also prompted it to place an order for an additional 500 units at Welfit Oddy and Singamas, to enter its fleet this year.... Click here for more Hutchison's Bulldog spirit John Meredith, group managing director of Hong Kong headquartered Hutchison Port Holdings (HPH), claims he is determined to help the UK's small and medium sized businesses (SMEs) increase their exports and develop new markets overseas.... Click here for more Dar es Salaam 'must improve' The latest Tanzania Economic Update published by the World Bank has called for productivity and efficiency improvements at the port of Dar es Salaam as key to transforming the nation's economy and that of the surrounding region of East and central Africa.... Click here for more Braid launches Agi-tank Braid has introduced a new, single-trip flexitank designed for high-viscosity bulk liquids and those with a high solids content that require mixing for discharge. Braid claims the new unit, dubbed Agi-tank, overcomes the handling difficulties experienced with such products when using traditional one-way flexitanks. Agi-tank was designed in 2010 by Chris White of Grayhog Industries, an engineer with a background in the pump and agitation equipment industry. He is now part of Braid, following its acquisition of Grayhog in 2012.... Click here for more New Russian ship type Russia's Nevsky Shipbuilding and Shiprepair plant in Shlisselburg, in Leningrad region, has built a new type of fluvio-maritime bulk carrier in the fashion of the former Volga Don river-sea vessels. NEVA LEADER 3 was built for North-Western Shipping Company (SZMP) and is a self-propelled 7150dwt bulker, which at the time of writing is undergoing sea trials.... Click here for more Rubber exports banned The government of Liberia has banned the export of unprocessed rubber and intends to introduce new regulatory legislation due to corruption, theft, illegal sales and illicit tapping. President Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf also wants a greater proportion of Liberian rubber production to be processed within the country.... Click here for more Lines link up Mitsui OSK Lines (MOL) of Japan and Singapore-based Pacific International Lines (PIL) have inked a series of agreements on the small, but expanding trade lanes connecting South East Asia with the Indian Ocean islands and Mozambique. The deals will mean more effective use of existing ships, better alignment of slot capacity to demand and improved service reliability.... Click here for more It's tough for DPW Australia DP World Australia, 75% owned by investors represented by Citi Infrastructure, made a loss of A$32M in 2012 according to accounts filed with the Australian Securities and Investment Corporation. The result - a significant improvement over calendar 2011's A$74M loss - came largely thanks to a oneoff gain of almost A$47M from the enforced sale of a controlling stake in the Adelaide container terminal to Flinders Ports (WorldCargo News, July 2012, p7).... Click here for more CEVA into Eurasian landbridge CEVA Logistics recently announced the launch of a new daily China-Europe intermodal rail service, connecting Suzhou, located west of Shanghai, with the Netherlands. Total transit time for the whole journey is around 28 days, following an 11,000 kms northerly route across Russia.... Click here for more Car companies work with Achilles on risk The past two years or so have been extremely challenging ones for global car manufacturers as a spate of largely natural disasters have affected their supply chains, halted the shipment of often critical components and disrupted production programmes.... Click here for more Rhenus goes for Krems Rhenus Group is set to increase its stake in Mierka Beteilungs GmbH (MBG), the 100% owner of Austrian Danube port opertor Mierka Donauhafen Krems GmbH (MDK) from 26%, which it acquired in summer 2010, to 51%. The deal is being conducted via a capital increase in MBG and is subject to regulatory approvals.... Click here for more Kazakhstan to export rolling stock Kazakhstan, traditionally heavily dependent on engine and railcar imports, is set to produce freight rolling stock for its own and export markets. It is estimated Central Asia's largest country needs up to 53,000 freight wagons by 2020 due to substantial write-downs and retirement of available railcars.... Click here for more Asciano cuts back budget Subdued market conditions at wharves and onshore have led Australia's Asciano to shave more than A$250M from its capital expenditure budget over the next two years.... Click here for more and West Oz too? Western Australia's government has hinted it will follow its New South Wales and Queensland counterparts in "transferring" some port assets to the private sector, in a quest for increased efficiencies, but does not want to lose the returns they generate for taxpayers.... Click here for more SCT to invest Mexico's transport and communications authority, Secretaria de Comunicaciones y Transportes (SCT) is planning to invest PES5.5B (US$454M) in ports in Tamaulipas state over the next three years. The plan will be fully co-ordinated with the state government and private companies will also be encouraged to invest.... Click here for more Lubeck Ruhr rail service Lubecker Hafen Gesellshaft (LHG), the operator of the Port of Lubeck, has introduced its own intermodal block train service, catering for shipping containers, swap bodies and semitrailers, to the heart of the Ruhr.... Click here for more LoadPlate commissioned Finland's Gulf of Bothnia Port of Raahe has completed the installation and commissioning of its automated 20ft and 40ft container loading system from Actiw LoadPlate. As previously reported, Actiw has supplied a Multi LoadPlate loading system system, similar to one previously supplied to the Port of Kotka.... Click here for more PBLIS stays in NSW The New South Wales Government has vowed to continue its Port Botany Landside Improvement Strategy (PBLIS), despite the recent A$5.07B lease of Port Botany (and Port Kembla) to the NSW Ports consortium.... Click here for more Durban expects on productivity The recent commissioning of seven new tandem-lift super postpanamax ship-to-shore gantry cranes from ZPMC at South Africa's largest port Durban, should, according to the nation's public enterprises minister, Malusi Gigaba, boost the much needed improvements in productivity and efficiency levels at the port.... Click here for more Explosion-proof Phoenix Phoenix Products Company has expanded its range of LED lights with three new fixtures that have explosion-proof ratings.... Click here for more First steps for new Durban terminal... South African transport utility Transnet has taken the first steps towards developing Africa's biggest container terminal on the site of the old Durban International Airport (DIA).... Click here for more PNG push against Patrick Attempts by the PNG Ports Corporation Ltd (PNGPCL) to introduce new foreign competition into Papua New Guinea's stevedoring sector have been sharply rebuffed by local tribes invested in existing companies.... Click here for more Queensland ports now for sale The Queensland Government is likely to privatise the ports of Townsville and Gladstone after an audit of the state's finances recommended asset sales as a key contributor to regaining a AAA credit rating.... 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. 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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