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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 Feeders from London Gateway Teesport recently became the first port to receive a feedership call from the recently-opened London Gateway... Click here for more Safety problems for Lyttelton The Port of Lyttelton has suffered three accidents at its facilities since December.... Click here for more New freight blueprint for Tasmania A year-long inquiry into shipping and transport handicaps affecting the island state of Tasmania has thrown up some controversial recommendations, just as federal government agencies weigh in with their own reports on the situation.... Click here for more SmartPort gets safer Kalmar has announced two safety improvements to its SmartPort process automation portfolio.... Click here for more ADB wants to open the lock The African Development Bank has recommended that landlocked African states should help to fund the construction of new sea ports that would benefit them... Click here for more Goldman out of Carrix Goldman Sachs fund GS Infrastructure Partners has sold its stake in FRS Capital, parent company of Carrix Inc and port operator SSA Marine.... Click here for more Brittany Ferries opts for LNG The French ferry operator has ordered what is touted as "the world's largest LNG-powered ropax ferry"... Click here for more XPO buys Pacer XPO Logistics is acquiring Pacer International, the third largest intermodal transport services provider in North America.... Click here for more Unifeeder adds Kaliningrad Northern Europe's biggest feeder operator is adding another destimation in the Baltic... Click here for more ZIM to call Asuncion ZIM Line is renewing its container operations in Paraguay... Click here for more Yusen Logistics expands in Duisburg Yusen Logistics (Deutschland) GmbH is expanding its operations in Duisburg, Germany, the world's largest inland port... Click here for more New Toughpad Panasonic has launched its latest industrial mobile computer, the Toughpad FZ-M1.... Click here for more Taking the Northwest passage The Canadian Department of Fisheries and Oceans is in discussions with Nordic Bulk over using the Northwest passage in the 2014 summer season.... Click here for more Opportunity knocks for Brownsville? The US/Mexico border port of Brownsville, Texas could benefit from the closure, due to an earthquake, of the Ensenada-Tijuana highway linking California (US) with Baja California (Mexico)... Click here for more Panama Canal delay? A dispute over cost over-runs could cause a delay in the Panama Canal expansion project... Click here for more Antwerp tackles cyber crime The Antwerp port community is setting up a Joint Security Task Force to tighten the port's defences against cyber crime. In a statement the port said it is responding to "recent computer hacks that enabled containers to be abstracted from the port in an apparently legal manner".... Click here for more New Berlin box barge HavelPortBerlin GmbH (HPB) has commenced a regular container barge service on the upper Elbe River between Wustermark, 37 km from Berlin, and Hamburg.... Click here for more COA members benefit from IICL floor audits All container owners who are Full Members of the Container Owners Association (COA) can now benefit from the Container Floor Quality Assurance Audit Programme managed by the Institute of International Container Lessors (IICL).... Click here for more Royal Wolf down but still buying Australian shipping and storage container supplier Royal Wolf is continuing on the expansion trail despite reporting lower 1Q FY14 results in a subdued market.... Click here for more New tamper evidence guideline from ISMA The International Seal Manufacturers Association (ISMA) has released a new publication entitled: Tamper Evidence Quality Management Processes For Conformance with ISO 17712:2013 Clause 6, An Industry Best Practices Guideline.... Click here for more Liner shipping at a crossroads? Container shipping lines should brace themselves for up to three years of significant overcapacity and falling freight rates. At least that was the consensus thinking of analysts and industry experts at the Intermodal Europe 2013 conference held in Hamburg last month.... Click here for more Enter Tiger Cool Express Three well-known transportation/ intermodal experts have announced the launch of Tiger Cool Express, which will transport fresh produce throughout the US using rail intermodal service.... Click here for more Getting on with integration There has been a noticeable shift in the way IT and related system vendors are talking about integration as a point of competitive advantage in the market.... Click here for more First China-Poland block train Polish Railways' subsidiary Cargosped, Austria-based Far East Land Bridge (FELB) and Russian Railways Logistics are planning to introduce a new intermodal landbridge service between China and Poland.... Click here for more Height restriction threat to UK-Ireland trade A group of leading trade associations from the UK and Ireland have written to the European Parliament's Transport Committee asking it not to damage efficient trade flows between the two countries by imposing "unnecessary and unwelcome" height restrictions on goods vehicles.... Click here for more Solvo/Refcon deal The Intermodal Europe conference in Hamburg saw Russian TOS specialist Solvo sign an agreement with Emerson Climate Technologies to fully integrate Emerson's reefer monitoring system Refcon 6 with Solvo's TOS.... Click here for more Fidelity into LA/Long Beach Colorado-based wireless network specialist Fidelity Comtech has won an order to install its WiFi Network and mobile client bridge hardware at Yusen Terminals Inc (YTI) in Los Angeles.... Click here for more TWS upping presence in Middle East Hamburg-based tank container lessor TWS is stepping up its activities in the Middle East in order to capitalise on demand from the petrochemical industry.... Click here for more MANP adds inland links The MANP inland terminal, 45 km south-west of Moscow, has launched regular intermodal rail services to a range of destinations in inland Russia, including the most remote provinces.... Click here for more Sicom specialises to survive Sicom Containers SpA, the only remaining manufacturer of ISO containers in Europe, is determined to stay in business.... Click here for more High cube containers causing problems? A recent issue of Drewry Maritime Research's Container Insight Weekly highlighted the growing share of 40ft high cube (9ft 6in high) containers in the global maritime container fleet and claimed that the phenomenon is causing problems for carriers and forecasters alike.... Click here for more CARU buys into folding box concept Rotterdam-based container lessor CARU Containers BV is taking a 5% stake in Holland Container Innovations BV (HCI), the developer of the 4Fold 40ft collapsible container design, through its investment company PORT Holdings BV. Terms of the deal have not been disclosed.... Click here for more City Deep upgrade The inland port of City Deep in Johannesburg is to benefit from investment of nearly ZAR1B over the next three years. The improvement works will involve the City of Johannesburg spending at least ZAR100M on road and access improvements and Transnet Freight Rail (TFR), which owns/operates the facility, over ZAR900M on upgrading the facility and raising its container handling capacity.... Click here for more Peacock bags GCS Netherlands-based tank container lessor Peacock Container has acquired 100% of the shares of Singapore-based GCS Global Container Solutions Pte Ltd.... 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