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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 ORBCOMM for Hub Group ORBCOMM has announced a multi-year agreement to provide container tracking services for Hub Group Inc.... Click here for more Toll/Asciano rail deal Asciano Limited has reached two new rail agreements with Toll Group for its Queensland intermodal business.... Click here for more Auto terminal for Tampa The Tampa Port Authority has approved a terminal use agreement with AMPORTS, paving the way for a new auto handling terminal.... Click here for more Da Chan Bay Terminal One hits 1M TEU The facility has broken through the 1M TEU/year barrier for the first time... Click here for more Maersk AE7 vessel calls London Gateway NEDLLOYD DRAKE was unexpectedly diverted from Felixstowe to London Gateway a couple of days before Christmas... Click here for more Hanjin moots expansion of CKYH Alliance Hanjin Shipping has again approached Evergreen Line to join the CKYH Alliance... Click here for more NTB invests in cleaner straddle carriers North Sea Terminal Bremerhaven has taken delivery of another latest generation, 4-high straddle carrier from Terex (Noell)... Click here for more Antwerp sets new freight record The provisional traffic figure for 2013 is 190.6 Mt, an increase of 3.5% on 2012 and a new record for the port... Click here for more Crewless cargo ships on the horizon? The "technology for remote-controlled ships exists," says Rolls Royce's Oskar Levander... Click here for more New port for US Gulf The US government has approved construction of a new deep water port at the mouth of the Mississippi River... Click here for more Japanese carriers fined US$2.325M The US Federal Maritime Commission has fined K Line and NYK Line US$1.1M and US$1.225M respectively for alleged violations of the US Shipping Act in respect of their car carrier operations to/from the US... Click here for more Paranagua next in line ANTAQ, Brazil's national waterways and ports agency, has officially opened up the process for a second tranche of new port concessions The new round includes Brazil's second largest port of Paranagua in the state of Parana, along with Sao Sebastiao in Sao Paulo state and Aratu and Salvador in the north eastern state of Bahia.... Click here for more Savannah STS cranes in service All four of the new superpost-Panamax ship-to-shore cranes that arrived at the Port of Savannah in June are now fully operational at Georgia Ports Authority (GPA)'s Garden City Terminal.... Click here for more Clean trucks in Charleston The South Carolina Ports Authority (SCPA) has announced a new Clean Truck Certification Programme, which is scheduled to come into effect on 1 January 2014 at the Port of Charleston.... Click here for more Loan for Walvis Bay The African Development Bank Group (AfDB) has agreed a ZAR2.9B (US $338M) sovereign guaranteed loan to Namibia Ports Authority (Namport) to finance the construction of a container terminal at Walvis Bay New Port.... Click here for more London Gateway covered Leading international transport and logistics insurance provider, The TT Club, will be providing liability cover for London Gateway, DP World's new deepsea container port in Stanford-le-Hope, Essex.... Click here for more PPPs to drive trade and intermodal in Pakistan The Pakistan government's plans to use public-private partnerships (PPPs) to raise investment and increase efficiency levels in the country's rail network will also have a positive impact on trade and intermodal transport systems.... Click here for more Three in for Kingston DP World, PSA International and CMA CGM's terminals subsidiary, Terminal Link, have been prequalified by the Development Bank of Jamaica (DBJ) to take over the operation of Kingston Container Terminal (KCT).... Click here for more ACT expansion complete The Aqaba Container Terminal (ACT) Berth Expansion Project, which has doubled the capacity of Jordan's largest Red Sea port, was officially opened this month by His Majesty King Abdullah II.... Click here for more Auckland alternative? New Zealand's Northland Port Corporation (NPC) has disclosed that it is preparing plans for a container terminal at its deepwater North Port at Marsden Point, hitherto used mostly for forest products.... Click here for more EU-funded R&D project boosts port security A new Port Security Management System (PSMS) will be launched at the Transport Security Expo in London this month by Netherlands-based Tosepo BV.... Click here for more Work starts on new Djibouti terminal Construction work on the new US$400M multi-purpose terminal at the Port of Doraleh in Djibouti began in September.... Click here for more TIS set to expand TransInvestService (TIS), a private operator at Ukraine's Yuzhny harbour, located some 30 km north east of Odessa, is planning to increase annual capacity of its container terminal from 400,000 TEU to 1.5M TEU within the next five years.... Click here for more MHCs to cover Darwin STS crane failure The failure of a boom brake on an IHI ship-to-shore gantry crane has seen the Australian Northern Territory port of Darwin scrambling to obtain alternative container handling equipment for its East Arm Wharf.... Click here for more Spain sets new port budget Spain's Economic Development Ministry is to invest €861M in port and security development in 2014, of which €766M has been allocated to Puertos del Estado, the national ports agency.... Click here for more South Gate Novo Rolf SCS, the Russian automotive logistics operator controlled by NYK Group, and Delo, the private transport and logistics group operating at the Novorossiysk harbour, have launched a new ro-ro terminal in the Black Sea port, called South Gate Novo (SGN).... Click here for more Liverpool2 piling under way Steel piling is underway in the River Mersey for Liverpool2, the Port of Liverpool's new deepwater container terminal. Specialist rock drilling equipment will provide sockets for 329 tubular steel piles weighing 47t each, which will provide the backbone for the new in-river terminal.... Click here for more ACCC approval for Oz waterfront The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) has delivered an unusually glowing report on the nation's waterfront performance, while warning that off-dock connections need to be improved.... Click here for more Marseilles mulls over its future The Fos Industrial-Port Zone (ZIF) in Marseilles is one of Europe's biggest industrial sites and dates back to the early 1960s when Europe's then biggest oil port, Lavera, was created, with pipelines serving the Alsace, Germany and Switzerland.... Click here for more SCCT gears up to handle bigger ships "It's all about handling big ships and handling them efficiently," said Klaus Holm Laursen, CEO of APM Terrminals' Suez Canal Container Terminal (SCCT) in Port Said. "We are that big ship port in the eastern Mediterranean and we have improved and will continue to improve our facilities to handle them."... Click here for more South Urals rail project Kazakhstan Railways (KTZ) has signed an agreement with Russia's Chelyabinsk regional government to take part in the South Ural (Yuzhnouralsk) rail project to link Russia and China by rail through dedicated container shuttle services between Urumqi in north Western China and a new industrial and logistics park being developed in Yuznouralsk.... Click here for more MacAndrews adds Teesport PD Ports has attracted a new multimodal logistics service into Teesport by new customer MacAndrews, part of the CMA CGM Group.... Click here for more Mombasa crane tender cleared A disputed contract to supply three new STS container gantry cranes to Mombasa container terminal has been cleared by Kenya's Public Procurement Administrative Review Board (PPARB).... Click here for more New volume record for APMT APM Terminals (APMT) handled 9.3M TEU (weighted by equity share) during the third quarter of 2013 - a new record for container volumes to pass through the global port operator's worldwide portfolio during a single quarter.... Click here for more New Klaipeda port project China Communications Construction Company (CCCC), China's biggest port design and construction group and the owner of ZPMC, is considering investing in the construction of a new deepwater port at Klaipeda, Lithuania's only multi-purpose sea port.... Click here for more More investment for Tanzania Pan-African private equity firm Jacana has invested in a bulk cargo handling business, called DSM Corridor Group (DCG), at the Port of Dar es Salaam.... 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. 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