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Click here for more SHIFTRAIL drive for modal shift in Europe The European Commission has published its proposal for a Council regulation establishing the SHIFTRAIL Joint Undertaking... Click here for more Gulftainer ambitious for top five slot Sharjah (UAE)-based international terminal operating company Gulftainer hopes to be handling 18M TEU/year and to have a presence in 35 ports across the world by 2020.... Click here for more Hapag-Lloyd stirs the pot Hapag-Lloyd's chairman Michael Behrendt says that the line will catch up with the P3 partners and possibly become the Number 1 container carrier... Click here for more Tex tops 3M TEU mark Already the world's largest container leasing company by fleet size, Textainer Group Holdings has announced that its fleet has surpassed 3M TEU, representing a major milestone for the company as well as the industry.... Click here for more New DC for Gothenburg A new 24,000 m2 warehousing and distribution centre at Arendal, located directly beside the port, is now complete... Click here for more Renewed threat to Mozambican freight Rebel group Renamo has stepped up its attacks on logistics operations in Mozambique... Click here for more Duisport on for 3M TEU in 2013 Container traffic over Duisport is expected to grow by 16% to a record 3M TEU in 2013... Click here for more New port for the Crimea? Ukraine's KyivHydroInvest has signed an agreement with Beijing Interoceanic Canal Investment Management regarding construction of a deep water port and industry park by Lake Donuzlav... Click here for more Containerships switches from Hamburg to Lubeck Containerships will add the port of Lubeck to its existing sailing schedule with weekly east and westbound connections between St Petersburg and Helsinki... Click here for more New locos for DRS British rail freight company Direct Rail Services will introduce 15 new Class 68 locomotives for mixed traffic operations... Click here for more New Grimaldi Adriatic service Grimaldi Naples is launching a new direct ro-pax service between Ravenna, Igoumenitsa and Patras... Click here for more Gottwald in Italy Two mobile harbour cranes have just been commissioned in Genoa... Click here for more Adriatic dreams of European glory Ports in the Northern Adriatic are expanding facilities and installing systems that should enable them to process a larger slice of Europe's international trade.... Click here for more Flexitank industry raises the bar After a somewhat chequered past, moves are afoot to reinforce verifiable standards for flexitank manufacturing and testing to enhance quality and integrity.... Click here for more Sany Port Equipment starts to target crane market As reported in the December 2012 issue of WorldCargo News (p1), Sany Port Machinery is working on an order for a Panamax STS container crane from Baltic Container Terminal (BCT) in Riga, a Hili group company. BCT already has Sany equipment in the shape of a reach stacker delivered last November. The crane is scheduled for delivery in the first half of 2014 from China.... Click here for more Turning down the volume in ports Kalmar has published an interest ing article, called the Voice of Noise, by Ismo Matinlauri, its business development director, who heads up the company's Port 2060 concept. As part of this long-term vision, Matinlauri has floated some ideas that, by his own admission, are "futuristic" even though they are based on solid engineering principles. However, his views on noise reflect current thinking and, to some extent, current reality as well, and they will be shared by other OEMs and by port authorities and terminal operators.... Click here for more Living in the land (sea) of the giants The first 18,000 TEU ship has made her maiden voyage. Even bigger vessels may be on the way.... Click here for more New life breathed into old cranes Italy-based MGM-OMG has been noted during the past 10 tears for its crane revamping and modernisation work. It has carried out several major projects in ports such as La Spezia, Genoa and Trieste as well as outside Italy, such as in Morocco, Malta and Spain. etc.... Click here for more Better shortsea expectations Intra-northern European con tainer trades are set for modest growth but operators face challenges.... Click here for more Testing times for dry freight box builders The dry freight box building industry is having another tough year, with production volumes down and pricing still depressed.... Click here for more Reefer box building capacity grows The coming year will see the reefer box manufacturing industry add more than 70% to capacity levels.... Click here for more Major casualties impact container sector The big news from the container industry has come not from over-tonnaging or rate cutting but the casualty record of boxships.... 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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