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 ICTSI posts higher revenues in 1H/2013 International Container Terminal Services, Inc has reported unaudited consolidated revenue from port operations of US$413.7M in 1H/2013, an increase of 20% on the figures for 1H/2012... Click here for more Haskoning in Colombia deal Netherlands-based Royal HaskoningDHV has won a major flood control contract in Colombia... Click here for more David Cheslin David Cheslin, Managing Director, founder and co-owner of the marine PR company Dunelm, has died aged 64, after a long illness... Click here for more SAECS for London Gateway SAECS is the first liner customer of DP World London Gateway to be announced... Click here for more Conte-Rail for Coslada again The Board of Directors of Madrid Dry Port Company has approved a new management contract for the Puerto Seco de Coslada intermodal terminal, near Madrid... Click here for more People on the move Latest round-up of comings and goings known to WorldCargo News in the shipping, ports and related business sectors... Click here for more "Domcons" spearhead US intermodal Latest IANA figures show a 9% increase in rail intermodal volumes of domestic containers in North America... Click here for more Dunkirk posts 2Q/2013 recovery After a difficult first quarter, the Port of Dunkirk has staged a recovery... Click here for more Hupac steady in 1H/2013 Swiss-based combi-operator Hupac transported 327,366 trailers (ca. 660,000 TEU) in the first half of this year, 1.4% off the same period of 2012... Click here for more Greener ships still a challenge A Royal Academy of Engineering working party of over 20 engineering experts has found there is no "obvious single winner" in the search for more energy efficient and sustainable ship propulsion technology for the medium to long term.... Click here for more Metro Ports into Prince Rupert Metro Ports Canada, a wholly owned subsidiary of Nautilus International Holding Corp, has signed an agreement with Pinnacle Renewable Energy to operate its new wood pellet export terminal at Prince Rupert in British Columbia.... Click here for more "Improving rail freight competitiveness" Making rail freight more competitive in Europe will be the theme of a rail freight forum at Intermodal Europe 2013 in Hamburg in October... Click here for more Melbourne moves on Work is accelerating on Melbourne's Port Capacity Project (PCP) with the port corporation finalising shortlists for maritime and civil works packages.... Click here for more ...uncertainty over Dakar Doubt has been cast on the DP World concession to operate Dakar container terminal. The former Senegalese president's son, Karim Wade, is being investigated by the country's anti-corruption prosecutor for gaining his estimated U$1.5B fortune by illegal means, including the acquisition of equity in DP World Dakar, which is the Gulf firm's local operating subsidiary. Wade was a member of the government when the concession was awarded. The case appears to be serious because the chairman of DP World, Sultan Ahmed Bin Sulayem, flew to Paris to holds talks on the matter with Senegal's President Macky Sall.... Click here for more New chance for feeder barge? The Port Feeder Barge concept designed several years ago by Bremen University's Prof Dr Ing Ulrich Malchow for Elbe River navigation (see WorldCargo News, August 2007, p28) could see the light of day in the Port of Hamburg. The chaotic traffic conditions with chronic congestion on the roads within and around the port area call for an alternative transport mode. Making use of the many canals and tributaries of the Elbe River would be an ideal alternative for container transportation within the port, it is claimed.... Click here for more HNA moves in for TIP Almost two years after it acquired container lessor GE SeaCo from GE Capital and SeaCo Ltd, China's HNA Group Company Ltd has returned to GE Capital to buy the latter's European trailer rental operation TIP Trailer Services... Click here for more DPW inks JNP deal... DP World and Jawaharlal Nehru Port (JNP) have formally signed the concession awarded to DP World to construct and operate a new container terminal at India's largest box port.... Click here for more FuoriMuro/InRail expand Italian private rail freight companies FuoriMuro and InRail, which are linked by a cross-holding and common top management, are set to expand their operations. InRail (owned 40% by Tenor Srl, 24% by Inter-Rail SpA and 35% by Friulia SpA) is investing 8M in two more inter-operable Siemens E190 locos, doubling its owned fleet of E190s.... Click here for more Tworty Box makes progress Originally developed 20 years ago by German naval architect Dr Ulrich Malchow, prototypes of the so-called Tworty Box recently underwent successful sea trials on a return trip between Hamburg and Montreal.... Click here for more Inland port for Gauteng A new inland port and logistics gateway is planned near Johannesburg, in South Africa to cope with rising trade volumes in Southern Africa.... Click here for more New Woodtainer deal Innofreight Swiss, the Swiss affiliate of Austria's Innofreight, the inventor of the rotatable Woodtainer hard top open top bulk container, is teaming up with Swiss rail company SBB Cargo, to develop the market for Woodtainer and allied swap bodies and containers and Innowagons in the Swiss and Italian markets.... Click here for more MCI joins food waste initiative Reefer container and machinery manufacturer Maersk Container Industry (MCI) has joined the United Nations' SAVE FOOD initiative to help make international food logistics more efficient.... Click here for more ERS commits to AAE car Netherlands-based ERS Railways (which is being acquired by Freightliner Ltd, is the first big customer for the latest "Twin II" intermodal pocket wagon from AAE, one of Europe's leading rail freight wagon lessors. ERS has committed to a long-term lease contract for 50 of the double pocket wagons as it targets the fast-growing mega-trailer segment.... Click here for more Enter Log4Chem Three of Europe's leading chemicals logistics companies, Bertschi, De Rijke and Hoyer, have joined forces to form an independent fourth-party services provider (4PL) under the name Log4Chem.... Click here for more Freetown and Tema team up In a move that is becoming more common in Africa, the ports of Freetown in Liberia and Tema in Ghana have signed a cooperation agreement, which will see staff from the latter assist in the expansion of the former. The twinning agreement was signed by the Sierra Leone Ports Authority (SLPA) and the Ghana Ports and Harbours (GPHA) during June.... Click here for more Enter the Dragon Germanischer Lloyd (GL) has come up with a new containership design for the fast-growing Intra-Asia shipping sector.... 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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