Market Briefing from WorldCargo News Online

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 UASC places US$1.4B boxship contract Dubai-based United Arab Shipping Company (UASC) is to invest US$1.4B in new ships, a move that will see it forge an even closer relationship with China Shipping Container Lines (CSCL) and at the same take control of the largest containerships in the world.... Click here for more Every picture tells a story? Does this CGI of London Gateway tell us anything about the identity of the first Asia-Europe carrier?... Click here for more Timor-Leste invites bids Private sector bids are being solicited for a PPP to develop the Port of Tibar Bay... Click here for more Peel Ports continues Liverpool upgrade Peel Ports has awarded Farrans Construction in £9M contract to upgrade Gladstone Lock and the container terminal quay... Click here for more Challenges for Thamesport? This smaller part of Hutchison Ports (UK) Ltd is faced with a reduction in throughput... Click here for more New Clean Truck proposals New legislation is being introduced in Washington... Click here for more CargoWise for CMA CGM Logistics CMA CGM Logistics will adopt ediEnterprise through CargoWise's WiseCloud cloud technology... Click here for more GAX calls Port Everglades Hapag Lloyd's PHILADELPHIA EXPRESS recently made the first GAX call at the South Florida port... Click here for more More auto business for Novorossiysk Global Container Services has won two more customers for the supply chain services it operates via the Russian port of Novorossiysk... Click here for more Naming Ceremony for EVER LIVING Evergreen Group has held the naming ceremony for its first L-type vessel built by CSBC Corporation in Taiwan, the EVER LIVING... Click here for more Hoist books major US DoD deal The Illinois-based lift truck maufacturer has won a rolling contract of major proportions from the Defense Logistics Agency... Click here for more Invitation for Expression of Interest Public Private Partnership: Tibar Bay Port The Government of Timor-Leste, through the Ministry of Transport and Communications, is seeking to develop Tibar Bay Port and wishes to invite private sector participation to enter into a Public Private Partnership arrangement for the Project. Click here for more information and contact details G4S inks security pact with TMSA/TMPA Morocco's Agence Speciale Tanger Mediterranee (TMSA) and Tanger Med Port Authority (TMPA) have signed a three year deal with G4S, the world's largest secur ity outsourcing group.... Click here for more Portek books more crane upgrade jobs Singapore-based Portek International, part of Mitsui group, has reported several orders for port crane upgrades worth around US$5M in total.... Click here for more Growing interest in Sao Tome Brazilian and Angolan companies have expressed an interest in bidding to develop a new deepwater container port on the island of Sao Tome in the Central African state of Sao Tome and Principe. The country's Prime Minister Gabriel Costa has revealed that several unnamed Angolan companies are interested in developing the project.... Click here for more New tracked Stormajor Samson Materials Handling, part of Germany-based Aumund Group, has launched Stormajor BF40415, a tracked derivation of the popular rubber-tyred Stormajor principle for stockpiling, barge loading, ship loading and rail wagon loading. The new design is aimed at arduous applications on rough surfaces and can deliver a capacity of 625 m3/h for products with densities of up to 1.6t/m3.... Click here for more FLT tie-up in France The Bozoni Auramo and Meyer brands of fork lift attachments are now under one roof in France. Italy-based Bolzoni group acquired Germany's Hans H Meyer Group in 2006, but it has taken time to work through the brands and dealerships and bring everything together. The French tie-up follows hard on the heels of the tie-up in Italy.... Click here for more Kalmar in SITA crane refurbishment deal Kalmar, part of Cargotec, has won another order to retrofit and upgrade STS cranes, following on from recent awards in Argentina and the completion of a major crane height raise project at the MSC Home Terminal in Antwerp.... Click here for more Ortec launches new radiation monitor US-based Advanced Measurement Technology Inc (AMETEK)'s Ortec Products Group has launched a new spectroscopic portal monitor designed for primary radiation screening in container, truck, rail and air cargo applications.... Click here for more Apapa prepares for RTGs Five new eco-RTGs are scheduled for delivery to APM Terminals (APMT)'s Apapa terminal in Nigeria within the next month as part of the third phase of a US$135M upgrade programme.... Click here for more ICTSI to take legal action against BSP Manila-headquartered terminal operating company International Container Terminal Services Inc (ICTSI) is to seek judicial arbitration over what it describes as an "extremely adversarial approach" from the new management at Batumi Sea Port (BSP) over its container, ferry and general cargo operations at the Georgian port.... Click here for more Green light for Santos terminal Brasil Terminal Portuario (BTP), the new container and liquid bulk handling facility at the Brazilian Port of Santos, has finally received an operating licence from The Brazilian Institute of Environmental and Renewable Natural Resources (IBAMA).... Click here for more Taranto dispute settled The dispute over bulk handling rights that threatened the 300M plans to upgrade Taranto Container Terminal (TCT) for Hutchison and Evergreen appears to have been settled.... Click here for more Pasajes to go under regional control? The Basque autonomous government in Spain has called on the Financial Development Ministry in Madrid to allow it to take over the management of the Port of Pasaia (Pasajes).... Click here for more New Zealand firm in Fiji joint venture A joint venture between New Zealand's United Containers Ltd (UCNZL) and Fiji's Hong-Tiy family has opened a new container depot in the Pacific nation's capital, Suva, which is playing an increasing role as a hub port for regional and east-west mainline services.... Click here for more Brazil earmarks 50 concessions Brazil's president Dilma Rousseff has released the names of the first 50 port terminals that could be constructed by the private sector using the new regulatory framework that came into force on 5 June. One of these is located at Guaruja, at the start of the access channel to the Port of Santos, which is being promoted by the Brazilian branch of the Italian multinational company Saipem.... Click here for more Himoinsa adds RTG gensets Spain-based Himoinsa, which specialises in the manufacture and sale of power generation systems, recently supplied gensets for five rubber-tyred Paceco Transtainers built by Paceco Espana SA.... Click here for more Konecranes breakthrough in Oz Konecranes has confirmed an order for four RMGs from Asciano's Pacific National (PN), Australia's largest private rail freight operator. The investment in these cranes is part of larger modernisation projects at PN's terminals in Sydney and Melbourne. The cranes will be delivered during 2014 and 2015, two of them to Sydney Freight Terminal (SFT) and two to Melbourne Freight Terminal (MFT).... Click here for more Nooteboom delivers major order to ALE UK-based, global heavy lift and transportation specialist ALE recently placed a multi-million euro order with Nooteboom Trailers for 16 vehicles for the transport of wind turbine parts. Almost all the (mostly 8-axle) extendible semi low-loaders and 4-axle Quatro extendible Telesteps have by now been delivered.... Click here for more LPS 600s in Gdansk Two Liebherr LPS 600 rail portalmounted cranes for dedicated bulk handling have recently been delivered and installed at Port Polnocny Co Ltd (PPS), the Sea-Invest group company in the Port of Gdansk.... Click here for more Container weighing from Strainstall UK-based Strainstall Marine states that its container weighing system (CWS) will soon be in use in the Port of Felixstowe and is being considered by other operators in Europe, Chile and North America. Available in numerous formats, a twistlock version of the CWS has already been installed on a straddle carrier spreader in Tilbury.... Click here for more Melbourne not for sale In an announcement greeted with some scepticism in political and industry circles, new Victorian Ports Minister David Hodgett has declared that the state government has no intention of privatising the port of Melbourne.... Click here for more Calabar controversy After at least eight years' delay, the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) revealed earlier this year that a contract to dredge the port of Calabar would be awarded by July. Calabar, which is located in the far south east of the country, was historically a very important port, but a combination of silting, underinvestment and the domination of the Lagos ports have seen it lose ground. As planned, the dredging project and a contract to maintain the harbour's access channels have now been awarded to Niger Global Engineering.... Click here for more Kombiverkehr expands in Rostock Germany's Kombiverkehr, part of DB Schenker Rail and Europe's biggest UIRR company, has announced a major expansion programme in the German Baltic port of Rostock. Rostock Trimodal GmbH (RTM), in which Kombiverkehr has a 25.2% stake and Port of Rostock vehicles SHRU Beteiligungsfond GmbH and HERO 64.8% and 10% respectively, is increasing its "footprint" by 2-ha to 7-ha.... Click here for more Big spend planned in Saudi Arabia Riyadh-headquartered Saudi Ports Authority (SPA) is planning to spend SAR3.4B (US$914M) on expanding the country's ports, with over 80% of the capital budget earmarked for Dammam where a second 1.8M TEU/year capacity terminal is under construction.... 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. 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