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 German feeder lines cooperate OPDR and Team Lines are setting up a new service linking Felixstowe, Rotterdam and Tilbury... Click here for more Longer term contracts gaining favour in reefer trades Both ocean carriers and shippers/consignees involved in the reefer container trades are keen on signing longer term contracts as the respective parties seek to secure more predictable and sustainable profits from the business and a guaranteed supply of equipment.... Click here for more First train out of London Gateway DB Schenker Rail UK has carried containers for ZIM Line to its Trafford Park terminal... Click here for more Florida ports awarded $150M State Governor Rick Scott has announced $150M in bond proceeds has been allocated to 16 port projects at Florida ports.... Click here for more APMT moves on reefer monitoring APMT is moving to implement a reefer monitoring system across several of its terminals.... Click here for more Busan tackles the traffic The Busan Port Authority (BPA) has signed an agreement with Busan City to provide real time traffic information to its trucking community through the Busan Port Logistics Information System (BPA-NET).... Click here for more Virginia labour pool goes online The Hampton Roads Shipping Association is preparing to launch an online portal to allow ILA members to accept daily jobs without going to an ILA hiring hall.... Click here for more Conductix-Wampfler acquires Lasstec The Conductix-Wampfler Group, a leading manufacturer of systems for energy and data transmission to mobile equipment, has acquired LassTec Sarl... Click here for more IDENTEC & Savi partnership IDENTEC SOLUTIONS AG and Savi Technology have entered into a "worldwide mutual reseller agreement".... Click here for more Reefer monitoring for TecPlata IDENTEC SOLUTIONS has announced ICTSI subsidiary TecPlata will use the RAMS Reefer Asset Management System at its new terminal in Port La Plata.... Click here for more Mixed reactions on container weighing The DSC/18 meeting in London has resolved to amend SOLAS to require verification of container weights, but stopped short of introducing mandatory pre-shipment container weighing... Click here for more Hapag-Lloyd successfully places bond Hapag-Lloyd AG has successfully placed a €250M bond with institutional investors... Click here for more OIA expands with British acquisition US-based OIA Global has purchased a majority stake in Belville International... Click here for more Hyster for Freightliner Cardiff Briggs Equipment has supplied a new Hyster reach stacker for Freightliner's Cardiff terminal... Click here for more IANA recognises Richard Coleman The Intermodal Association of North America (IANA) has announced that Richard (Dick) Coleman, retired President of ContainerPort Group, will be honored with the 2013 IANA Silver Kingpin Award at this year's Intermodal Expo in Houston, Texas.... Click here for more Groupe Bollore enhances French connection in India Bollore Africa Logistics has acquired a 49% stake in ABG Container Handling, an affiliate of ABG Infralogistic for R48.64 Cr (US$7.5M)... Click here for more Feeder lines to share same table Unifeeder and United Feeder Services will create the largest Pan-European feeder operator... Click here for more Peak season - mixed results US ports are reporting mixed results as the traditional peak season period gets underway.... 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Click here for more ...shut out in India Indian media and financial press are abuzz with the news that ZPMC has been denied security clearance to supply six STS cranes and 20 RTGs to Gammon Infrastructure Projects for its new Indira Container Terminal (ICT) at India's Mumbai port.... Click here for more EC clarification on "harmful" reefers The European Commission has adopted a formal Opinion to clarify when the EU's ban on ozone-depleting substances applies to intermodal containers used in international transport.... Click here for more ZPMC into Sri Lanka... Sri Lanka-based Access Engineering has teamed up with ZPMC to form ZPMC Lanka (Pvt) Ltd, to offer maintenance and repair of ZPMC's STS cranes and RTGs.... Click here for more RailShuttle from Paceco Paceco Corp has launched a lightweight, rail car shuttle system with the aim of making perpendicular layout, automated stacking crane (ASC) yards more efficient. Called RailShuttle, the new system uses rail-mounted electrically powered vehicles to move containers along the length of (twin) ASC blocks.... Click here for more British ports in spat The Port of Felixstowe has launched an attack on DP World London Gateway's claim that its new Thameside container port will allow companies to "completely reevaluate their supply chains."... Click here for more Kalmar's Rainbow RTGs Kalmar, part of Cargotec, has announced that it will relocate production of RTGs from the multiassembly unit (MAU) of Cargotec Industries (China) Co Ltd (CICL) in Shanghai to Rainbow-Cargotec Industries (RCI).... Click here for more Modulift lifting frame UK-based Modulift, a specialist in lspreader beam design and manufacture, has launched its first modular spreader frame.... Click here for more Eight in for JNP Eight potential bidders have expressed interest in building the much delayed fourth container terminal at Jawaharlal Nehru Port (JNP), India's largest container handling facility.... 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. Why not subscribe to the Market Briefing from Bulk Materials International? Just click here to subscribe and select the subjects that suit you. 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