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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 TT Club course tackles poor container packing The mutual insurer will tomorrow launch the CTUpack e-learning course with the aim of combating bad practice in warehouses and other packing facilities that is costing industry millions of dollars... Click here for more Camoplast Solideal acquires Cherokee Industrial tyre manufacturer Camoplast Solideal has added 13 service facilities in the US by acquiring Cherokee Tire.... Click here for more Halifax up 6.1% Container throughput at the Port of Halifax grew to 416,572 TEU in 2013.... Click here for more Road legislation proposal to harm intermodality? A number of European transport associations in the road-rail, rail and inland waterways sector have issued a common statement on vehicle weights and dimensions in response to the upcoming vote in the European Parliament on the amendment of Directive 96/53.... Click here for more Savannah tops 3M TEU The port of Savannah has handled over 3 million TEU for the first time.... Click here for more Ro-ro boost for Gothenburg Ro-ro traffic through the Port of Gothenburg last year rose for the first time in three years... Click here for more Reefer focus at Intermodal Asia 2014 Reefer containers will be under the spotlight at the inaugural Intermodal Asia 2014 exhibition and conference from 1-3 April at the Shanghai World Expo Center.... Click here for more MCI clears the air Maersk Container Industry (MCI) has partnered with Boston-based technology company Primaira LLC to develop an air cleaning system for its Star Cool Integrated refrigerated containers.... Click here for more Algericas tonnage up 2.1% in 2013 The Port of Algeciras Bay had a record throughput of over 90 Mt last year, with containerised tonnage up 5.5% to 4.34M TEU... Click here for more Marseilles traffic down by 7% in 2013 The port ascribes the overall figure of 80 Mt to a sharp decline in crude oil and petroleum volumes during the year... Click here for more Global Ports sets 2014 investment budget The Board of Directors of Global Ports Investments has approved the group's capital expenditure (CAPEX) programme for 2014... Click here for more London P&I Club warning on iron ore The London P&I Club says the lifting of an iron ore ban in India, together with the recent total loss of two ships, has put the spotlight once again on the problem of cargo liquefaction... Click here for more Antwerp up 3.6% in 2013 The port of Antwerp handled almost 190.85 Mt of freight in 2013, an increase of 3.6% compared with 2012... Click here for more PROMOTION Free White Paper - Ten ways to make cost savings throughout the intermodal leasing process This white paper has been designed to help organisations in the intermodal industry improve their business processes and consequently save money and increase profits. RAM has listed ten suggestions as to how container and tank lessors can make cost savings throughout the intermodal leasing process. Click here to request your free copy Paranagua squeezed The Brazilian port of Paranagua, which is the second most important in the country in terms of grain exports, is generally regarded as operating at the limits of infrastructure capacity. The situation at the fertiliser terminals, in particular, is dire: in 2011, fertiliser traffic amounted to 7.78 Mt, although official installed capacity is 6.54 Mt.... Click here for more Liebherr at Niagara A new Liebherr FCC fixed pedestal crane with a lift capacity of 200t (440,000 lbs) at 15m (49ft) outreach has recently begun operations as a boat lift in a US$32M dry dock being created by Maid of the Mist for its tourist boats on the New York side of The Niagara Falls.... Click here for more Expansion for Rostov Russia's Rostov Universal Port (RUP) should proceed next year with construction of the final phase of its new multimodal transport and logistics hub on the left bank of the River Don near the Sea of Azov.... Click here for more Kuenz bags Italian deal Austria-based Hans Kuenz has booked its first order in the Italian ports market, with a 3.35M deal for one 45t SWL, 27m span RMG from PSA Sinport for the intermodal rail yard at Voltri Terminal Europa (VTE) in Genoa.... Click here for more Canadians buy into Brisbane Canada's La Caisse de Depot et Placement du Quebec has secured a 26.7% stake in the Port of Brisbane after Global Infrastructure Partners (GIP) earlier this year decided to liquidate its investment.... Click here for more Steelbro changes Steelbro New Zealand has gone into voluntary receivership as the company begins a new strategy based on manufacturing in China.... Click here for more Karlskrona hub plan A few months ago Stena Line stated that it would develop a new intermodal rail terminal in the Swedish port of Karlskrona, in which it acquired a majority stake in 2012, to link unaccompanied ferry traffic with Gothenburg, Stockholm and other destinations (see WorldCargo News May 2013, p7).... Click here for more New box terminal for Leixoes The Port Authority of the Douro and Leixoes (APDL) is undertaking preliminary studies for a new container terminal, for which it will be seeking approval in late 2014. A total of 300M would be invested in the new North Terminal, noted Brogueira Dias, president of APDL. The original budget of 200M, for a project that was originally supposed to have been published in May, was considered insufficient and had to be revised upwards.... Click here for more Row over Buss compensation Hamburg-based Buss Group is caught up in a row about a compensation payment made to it in 2009 by Hamburg Port Authority (HPA) in connection with the since cancelled plans to develop a new container terminal at Steinwerder Hafen.... Click here for more New Liebherr for Port of Tyne The UK Port of Tyne has taken delivery of a new Liebherr mobile harbour crane, a model LHM 550 worth £3.5M.... Click here for more Antofagasta doubles up Antofagasta Terminal Internacional SA (ATI), which is the concessionaire of the northern Chilean port of Antofagasta, has completed work on the extension of berth 7 and has been given permission by Chile's Ministry of Merchant Marine (DGTM) to handle two vessels of up to 160m loa there. This has effectively doubled the capacity of Quay 2.... Click here for more Oz port sales gather speed Record prices achieved in 2013 for the sales of long-term leases of Port Botany/Port Kembla and a major share in the port of Brisbane (see below) have prompted an acceleration of efforts to monetise other governmentowned ports.... Click here for more Bridgewater plan moves forward After receiving the green light from local planning authorities earlier this year, Peel Ports has appointed Jones Lang LaSalle and B8 Real Estate to masterplan and market the former Bridgewater paper mill site on the banks of the Manchester Ship Canal at Ellesmere Port for portcentric logistics.... 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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Please note this is an automated operation. http://tocmarket.msgfocus.com/u/12ka9sz3own38 Friday, January 24, 2014 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 HPH opens Brisbane Hutchison Port Holdings said the opening of its new Brisbane terminal "marks a seismic shift on Australia's waterfront."... Click here for more London Gateway handles twin 40fts DP World London Gateway has been able to deploy its RAM Spreaders Singflex STS crane spreader system to unload 2 x 40ft containers for the first time... Click here for more PROMOTION Free White Paper - Ten ways to make cost savings throughout the intermodal leasing process This white paper has been designed to help organisations in the intermodal industry improve their business processes and consequently save money and increase profits. RAM has listed ten suggestions as to how container and tank lessors can make cost savings throughout the intermodal leasing process. Click here to request your free copy Hapag-Lloyd CSAV deal a little closer The two carriers have signed a non-binding MoU to merge... Click here for more Eurotunnel posts strong results Groupe Eurotunnel SA has reported a 12% increase in revenues in 2013 to a record €1.092B... Click here for more AAPA announces top award The American Association of Port Authorities (AAPA) has named Senator Barbara Boxer and Congressman Bill Shuster as joint winners of its "Port Person of the Year Award".... Click here for more New Estonia trailer service P&O Ferrymasters (P&OFM) has launched a daily FTL/LTL service between the Benelux/Ruhr areas and Estonia using a dedicated trailer fleet... Click here for more LNG powered RTG patent ZPMC has announced a patent covering LNG fuelled RTGs.... Click here for more More freight for HS1 High Speed 1 and DB Schenker Rail (UK) have announced additional freight services from the Continent to London Barking... Click here for more 25-wide gantries arrive at ECT Five 72.5m outreach, 50m lift height cranes have arrived at ECT Rotterdam from China... Click here for more Caterpillar bemoans US port constraints The shipper has explained why it is increasingly using Canadian and Mexican ports... Click here for more Harbour tyres keep up the pace A number of new tyres and related services for port handling equipment have been announced recently.... Click here for more Hybrid AGVs enter the fray ECT Rotterdam has started taking delivery of a total of 85 AGVs from VDL with a hybrid drive developed for VDL by Siemens.... Click here for more Security seal progress gathers pace A final revision made to iso 17712:2010 covering mechanical seals has resulted in the publication of iso 17712:2013 and now increased attention is being focussed on electronic container security seals.... Click here for more Operators seek strength in numbers The project cargo market remains robust, but there is an underlying feeling that the current fleet ownership structure and composition is unsustainable.... Click here for more TICO muscles its way into US market TICO Corporation has successfully transitioned from manufacturing for its own in-house fleet to become the third player in the North American tractor market.... Click here for more Kalmar's battery reared prodigy Kalmar has developed what is arguably the most advanced straddle carrier hybrid drive design to date.... Click here for more Cutting port tractor tyre costs Operators do not have to accept conventional road truck tyres and the costs and aggravation that goes with them.... Click here for more Stage IV starts to move centre stage As briefly reported last month on worldcargonews.com, pilot test ing has been undertaken in the Port of Valencia, under the auspices of the EU-backed Greencranes scheme, on a Stage IV homologated terminal tractor from Terberg Benschop bv in the Netherlands running on LNG fuel. The "green tractor" scheme, at Noatum Container Terminal Valencia, is headed by the Port of Valencia. (As reported separately by WorldCargo News, another Greencranes pilot has been undertaken in the Port of Livorno on a dual fuel (diesel/LNG) reach stacker from Kalmar. A third Greencranes project is slated for the Port of Koper).... Click here for more Mobile cranes continue to be a big success WorldCargo News started a series of mobile harbour crane (MHC) market surveys - and MHC railmounted and pontoon-mounted derivatives - in January 2003 and up to and including January 2009 they enjoyed the support of the leading OEMs, who supplied their annual references.... 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. Publisher WCN Publishing Northbank House 5 Bridge Street Leatherhead SURREY KT22 8BL United Kingdom Tel: +44 (0)1372 375511 Fax: +44 (0)1372 370111 Visit other WCN Publishing publications: Bulk Materials International (c) WCN Publishing FEATURED EVENT TOC CSC: Asia 2014 The event has been running since 1995 when it first convened in Singapore and now returns in 2014 for the 18th edition with a renewed focus on the supply chain, making it the premier business and networking forum for stakeholders within the container supply chain. 8-9 April 2014 Marina Bay Sands Hotel, Singapore Click here for more information Reports Container Terminal Planning - A Theoretical Approach A major study by Dr Itsuro Watanabe (Container System Technology). This comprehensive 245 page study is an in-depth analysis of capacity constraints, productivity, selectivity and flexibility of different container handling systems in terminals of different types and sizes: common-users or dedicated; hub centre (transshipment and/or relay) or import/export vocation; gateway or feeder port; intermodal rail or truck distribution inland; with or without CFS, etc. Click here for more information Upcoming events Cargo Logistics Canada Expo & Conference 29-30 January 2014 Vancouver Convention Centre West Canada Click here for more information Cool Logistics Africa 4-6 March 2014 Vineyard Hotel & Spa,Cape Town South Africa Click here for more information Intermodal Asia 2014 1-3 April 2014 Shanghai World Expo Center, Shanghai China Click here for more information Intermodal South America 2014 1-3 April 2014 Transamerica Expo Center, Sao Paulo Brazil Click here for more information TOC CSC: Asia 2014 8-9 April 2014 Marina Bay Sands Hotel Singapore Click here for more information SIL 2014 3-5 June 2014 Montjuic-Plaza Espana Exhibition Center at Fira de Barcelona Spain Click here for more information TOC CSC Europe 2014 24-26 June 2014 Excel, London UK Click here for more information RORO 2014 24-26 June 2014 ExCeL, London UK Click here for more information Cool Logistics Global 30 September - 2 October 2014 Rotterdam The Netherlands Click here for more information Intermodal Europe 2014 11-13 November 2014 AHOY, Rotterdam Netherlands Click here for more information World Maritime & Logistics Outlook Panama 2015 9 - 11 February 2015 Hard Rock Hotel, Panama City Panama Click here for more information Powered by Blogger.