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 New strads for APMT Gothenburg Terex (Noell) has entered the Gothenburg straddle carrier market for the first time with an order for 12 machines (+ 12) from APM Terminals... Click here for more Cuxhaven expansion plan A new berth is to be built at Germany's Port of Cuxhaven... Click here for more CN's winter woes CEO Claude Mongeau tells Trans-Pacific Maritime conference this winter has been a "once in a career event".... Click here for more West Coast contract looms Shippers at the Trans-Pacific Maritime conference in Long Beach heard that the Pacific Maritime Association is optimistic it can negotiate a new labour contract for the US West Coast without a major port disruption.... Click here for more North Continent range forecasts Hackett Associates/ISL Bremen forecast that container traffic over the seven ports in the Le Havre-Hamburg range will increase by 3.3% this year and finally break through the 40M TEU barrier... Click here for more Bechtel for LIGTT Louisiana The multi-national design, engineering and building conglomerate will provide pre-construction management services to LIGTT Project Company LLC... Click here for more Konecranes books ESLSE heavy FLT order Konecranes Lifttrucks will supply 23 heavy FLTs to Ethiopian Shipping and Logistics Services Enterprise... Click here for more Tilbury wins new shortsea/feeder service The new link will combine shortsea and feeder traffic moved over Rotterdam and covers Forth Ports' Tilbury and Grangemouth facilities... Click here for more Krueger trailers for Steelbro Steelbro has announced it has appointed Krueger Transport Equipment Pty Ltd as its supplier of sidelifter trailers for the Australian market.... Click here for more Lubeck/Travemunde-Klaipeda link Limarko Group and Vlantana Logistics test a new ferry link... Click here for more Stena acquires Ireland-France route Stena Line has acquired the Irish-owned Celtic Link ferry service which operates from Rosslare-Cherbourg... Click here for more Big ambitions for Berbera The government of Somaliland in Hargeisa has announced plans to develop a large port with container, dry bulk and dry bulk terminals at Berbera, on the Gulf of Aden opposite Yemen. Somaliland is officially part of Somalia, but has been run as an independent state for more than two decades.... Click here for more China-Vostochny train demo Last December, Vostochnaya Stevedoring Company (VSC) handled a Transcontainer demonstration train carrying containers from north eastern provinces in China for feedering over Vostochny for transhipment in Busan or ports in South China.... Click here for more Loksys tracks charity container to Ghana UK-based Loksys Solutions has provided one of its Trakalok devices to monitor the movement of a 40ft container, loaded with donated medical goods, destined for the Pantang Hospital in Accra, Ghana.... Click here for more TEN-T funds for Cork Ireland's Port of Cork has been awarded funding by the EC's Trans-European Transport Network Executive Agency (TENT EA) for the future development of port facilities in Ringaskiddy.... Click here for more MSC opts for dry port in Vilnius Mediterranean Shipping Company is planning to set up an intermodal dry port in the capital of Lithuania, Vilnius. A letter of intent for the project has been signed between Lithuanian Railways (LG) and MSC.... Click here for more Townsville offers berth North Queensland's Port of Townsville has called for expressions of interest in the redevelopment and operation of the port's main multi-purpose facility, Berth 4.... Click here for more Murmansk box plan Russia's Norilsk Nickel (NN), the world's leading producer of nickel and palladium, is constructing a dedicated container terminal at the Barents Sea port of Murmansk, on a 19,000 m2 plot of land formerly the site of a ship repair yard. A 5000 m2 warehouse and a new railway approach track will also be constructed.... Click here for more Monster cranes at ECT Five 72.5m outreach, 50m lift height cranes have arrived at ECT Rotterdam from China. The erect cranes from ZPMC were shipped on ZHEN HUA 26 and arrived in Rotterdam following a two month ocean voyage from Shanghai, via the Cape. They are being installed at ECT Delta Terminal, Maasvlakte 1, on the south side of the ECT Delta peninsula.... Click here for more Spotlight on reefers 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 Tex wins new CMS contract Textainer, the world's biggest container lessor by fleet size, has been awarded the latest US Department of Defense Container Management Streamlining (CMS) Master Lease Contract.... 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 More straddles for Southampton DP World Southampton has strengthened its straddle carrier fleet by taking delivery of six brand new Kalmar machines at a cost of over £3.6M.... Click here for more Darwin calls time on STS crane Darwin Port Corporation (DPC) will undertake a feasibility study into the purchase of a new STS gantry for the East Arm Wharf after concluding that its 1984-vintage unit is not worth repairing.... Click here for more DCLI opts for radial tyres Direct ChassisLink Inc (DCLI) has announced that it will replace bias ply tyres with radials across its entire chassis fleet.... Click here for more Logistics hub for Suez? In early January Reuters reported that Egypt has invited 14 consortia to bid to prequalify for a massive project to develop the Suez Canal area.... Click here for more NYK acquires Tranco NYK Group has increased its stake in Tranco Terminal, the largest car handling terminal in Kazakhstan, in Almaty, from 25% to 100%. The terminal opened in January 2009 and in October that year NYK Holding Europe BV purchased a 25% stake. The purchase of the outstanding shares has also been made through this vehicle, and operations have recommenced under the new name of NYK Auto Logistics (Kazakhstan) LLP.... Click here for more New port in Zarubino Russia's Summa Group is understood to have begun construction of a new harbour at Zarubino on Trinity Bay in the RFE, just 20 km from the land borders with North Korea and China. The new harbour could eventually have four terminals along 3000m of quay frontage, for containers (up to 1 M TEU/year), ro-ro (500,000 units/year), general and bulk cargoes (40 Mtpa) and grain (10 Mtpa).... Click here for more New Germany-Turkey multimodal service Samskip Multimodal and Intercombi Tranport, an affiliate of Turkey-based logistics company Turkey Netlog Logistics Group, have launched Green-Bridge Multimodal, an integrated local trucking and rail-sea package linking Europe and Turkey over Trieste.... Click here for more Quala bags ProKleen Quala, North America's largest independent provider of tank container, tank trailer and IBC cleaning, testing and depot services, has acquired ProKleen, which specialises in chemical tank cleaning and ISO tank container depot services and operates Canada's only fullservice commercial foodgrade tank wash facility.... Click here for more Rocha port in the frame According to the office of the President of Uruguay, the two priority infrastructure projects identified for 2014 are construction of the Rocha deepwater port and renovation of the country's rail network.... Click here for more Government split over Melbourne sale... Differences of opinion within Victoria's Liberal/National coalition government are muddying the waters for the possible privatisation of the port of Melbourne.... Click here for more Changes in Spain? Spanish newspaper Europa Sur recently reported that Hanjin Shipping is looking to sell up to a 49% stake in its TTI Algeciras (TTIA) container terminal.... Click here for more Rail freight sell-off underway in Slovakia Slovakia's national rail freight operator ZSSK Cargo has started an international selection procedure in two rounds to sell major shareholdings in its subdivisions, Cargo Wagon (66%) and ZSSK Cargo Intermodal (controlling interest). These were created last year as separate operating companies in order to prepare for privatisation.... Click here for more ...PCP decisions close Successful bidders for the major contracts in Melbourne's Port Capacity Project at Webb Dock are expected to be known well ahead of the original schedule, according to retiring Port of Melbourne Corporation (PoMC) CEO Stephen Bradford.... Click here for more Extra fumigation capacity in Miami Following an expansion of its fumigation facilities last summer, the Port of Miami has announced that it is now able to process up to 6,000 pallets of fruit and vegetables per day.... Click here for more New IICL chairman Celine Wei, president of Florens Container Services USA, has been elected to the position of chairman of the Institute of International Container Lessors (IICL) for 2014, succeeding Jeremy Matthew, Group CEO of Seaco Srl.... Click here for more Hoyer adds e-learning Hamburg-based bulk liquids logistics service provider Hoyer has introduced a new e-learning programme to allow its employees to brush up on their knowledge of dangerous goods using online training courses.... Click here for more Scandlines back in for ferries Following the collapse of a plan to order two new ferries from STX Finland (Rauma) for the Gedser-Rostock crossing, Scandlines is again considering the option of buying two partiallybuilt ferries that, in 2012, it rejected from [the now] bankrupt German shipyard P&S Werften because the ferries failed to comply with its specifications - specifically the ships were "over draft" and could not, therefore, access, the Port of Gedser.... Click here for more SPC Norway unveils CargoFerry design The Norwegian Short Sea Shipping Promotion Centre (SPC Norway) recently presented details of its eco-friendly CargoFerry (GodsFergen) project to the EU Commission (DG Move) and representatives of the ministries of EU countries.... 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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The free-to-attend exhibition and conference will be the place for manufacturers, suppliers and end users of intermodal solutions to meet, discuss and do business. 1-3 April 2014 Shanghai World Expo Center, Shanghai, China Click here for more information 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 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 Multimodal 2014 29 April - 1 May 2014 NEC Birmingham UK 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 Powered by Blogger.