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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 Big trucks launched at CeMAT A number of new lift trucks and reach stackers have been launched at the Hannover Fair... Click here for more APM Terminals posts "5% market growth" in 1Q/2014 The global CTO says its 9% increase on volume to 9.4M TEU outstripped general market growth of 4%... Click here for more Montreal terminals complete N4 transition Montreal Gateway Terminals Partnership (MGT) is now running N4 at its Cast and Racine terminals.... Click here for more Hamburg reports "brilliant results" Seaborne cargo throughput in 1Q/2014 increased by 8.6% to 35.6 Mt... Click here for more Konecranes books Turkish RTGs Konecranes has reported an order for 18 RTGs from DP World's Yarimca container terminal in Turkey... Click here for more Dana Rexroth shows HVT R2 at CeMAT The R2 hydromechanical variable transmission is available for prototype testing on equipment such as reach stackers, ECHs, large FLTs and ro-ro tractors... Click here for more Model 2 for Fjordbase One of Terex Port Solutions' (TPS) "small" mobile harbour crane is now in service in Norway.... Click here for more Fantuzzi name back in the market FTMH launches new reach stacker series at CeMAT in Hannover... Click here for more ASCs on-line at Brisbane DP World Brisbane has officially opened its semi-automated terminal at the Australian port.... Click here for more M&S drops London Gateway Marks & Spencer has cancelled its plan to build an automated distribution facility at DP World London Gateway.... Click here for more Carrier launches anti-tamper refrigerant seal system Carrier Transicold has introduced a new anti-tamper seal system designed to help ensure a higher level of refrigerant integrity and traceability for container refrigeration systems.... Click here for more People on the move Latest round-up of appointments known to WorldCargo News... Click here for more Coscon, Evergreen and MOL to start direct call Asia/West Africa service Three of Asia's most prominent liner shipping companies are to start a new direct call Asia/West Africa container service. Sailings will commence in early June and deploy 12 ships with an average loading capacity of about 3,500 TEU.... Click here for more Toyota diverts 29,000 cars A rail car shortage has forced Toyota Logistics Services Logistics to deviate 29,000 vehicles in North America so far this year.... Click here for more Everett adding equipment The Port of Everett has is looking to buy four reachstackers and a mobile harbour crane.... Click here for more PROMOTION Free White Paper - Intermodal Software Evaluation Guide This white paper from RAM Intermodal provides crucial information for companies that are looking for new software solutions to manage container leasing, tank leasing, tank container operating and chassis leasing. It contains the information they need to assess the benefits of implementing a specialist software package against expensive in house systems. The paper documents strategic benefits, risk factors and cost considerations. Click here to request your free copy Londonderry order for Mantsinen Cooper Specialised Handling has announced details of a new deal that will see the company supply Londonderry Port and Harbour Commissioners (LPHC) in Northern Ireland with a Mantsinen model 120M hydraulic material handler.... Click here for more Transnet eyes home front South African ports utility Transnet has revealed that its procurement policy for cargo handling equipment in South Africa is now heavily influenced by the proportion of local content in project proposals.... Click here for more Edge Innovate launches RTU2200 Northern Ireland-based Edge Innovate has designed and built a new high capacity, track-mounted radial truck unloader.... Click here for more Paraguay deal for Kalmar and Navis At the start of April Kalmar and Navis, both part of Cargotec, announced that Puerto Caacupe-mi in Paraguay has chosen Navis' N4 terminal operating system (TOS) and Kalmar's SmartPort process automation solutions for its Asuncion and Pilar facilities - the first Paraguayan customer for both products.... Click here for more More Motherwell Bridge deals Motherwell Bridge Ltd has reported construction and erection contracts for another 16 RTGs for container terminals in West Africa. As previously reported (see WorldCargo News August 2013, p4), the company's Malta facilities are widely used by Konecranes for fabrication of its port equipment.... Click here for more Marseilles Fos is "a match for rivals" Container terminal performance at leading French cargo port Marseilles Fos is as competitive and reliable as at other major European ports, according to the port authority, citing 2013 data gathered by Via Marseilles Fos. The port's marketing consortium identified 17 key performance indicators across three service categories - maritime, landside links and cargo-handling - in an exercise to build customer confidence following the French port reforms implemented in 2011.... Click here for more New medium heavy FLTs from Hyster Hyster has launched four new 16-18t FLTs for steel products, concrete, pipe and other heavy handling operations.... Click here for more More Portek crane deals Portek Systems & Equipment, the main engineering arm of Portek International, has recently completed the relocation of a batch of fully erect STS container gantry cranes and RTGs from Busan to Laem Chabang. The entire project from design, site execution to commissioning took around 100 days.... Click here for more All change at Sort & Store From the beginning of this month, the business activities of Germany-based Sort & Store GmbH, which manufactures special spreader attachments for ports worldwide, will be taken over by another German company, MWB GmbH.... Click here for more Enter the Bison After 18 months of development and testing, Bison Group from New Zealand has launched a lightweight jacking system for lifting containers.... Click here for more New engines from Volvo Penta Volvo Penta is introducing new 5-and 8-litre engines that are available in several emissions standards - EU Stage II, Stage IIIA and Stage IV and US EPA Tier 2, Tier 3 and Tier 4 final respectively. Developed in cooperation with Volvo Trucks and the Volvo Group, these D5 and D8 engines are said to benefit from a redesigned platform and advanced fuel injection and after treatment systems.... Click here for more Port Adelaide adds Gottwald Flinders Ports subsidiary, Flinders Logistics, has added a new Terex Gottwald mobile harbour crane to its Port Adelaide equipment pool to handle burgeoning containerised mineral export trade.... Click here for more ..and gets a raise South African port tariffs have been increased for the first time in two years but at a lower rate than requested by TPT. The Port Regulator of South Africa actually imposed tariff reductions last year in line with government policy to encourage exports, particularly of manufactured goods. Charges on containers bound for export were cut by an average of 43.2% in 2013. In addition, the Port Regulator imposed a cut in tariffs to be paid into the new excessive tariff increase margin credit (ETIMC) fund.... Click here for more TVH CAM System Forks and fork extensions from Belgiumbased lift trucks components supplier TVH are now exclusively sold under the brand CAM System. The FEM-certified forks meet all applicable European ISOstandards. The rebranding applies to both FEM-forks and pin-type forks for lift trucks and telehandlers, as well as "blank forks" and all fork extensions.... Click here for more WWL gets all clear for Webb In a move symptomatic of regulatory hurdles now facing port investors, the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) has given its approval for a Melbourne development that may never happen.... Click here for more MacGregor bulks up MacGregor, part of Cargotec, has won a series of orders for bulk versions of its cargo handling cranes from five Chinese shipyards. The cranes are destined for 15 bulk carriers for various owners. The orders were booked in the first quarter 2014 and include:... 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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