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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 Vancouver feels the heat Shippers concerned over the potential of a labour disruption on the US West Coast are routing more containers through British Columbia, putting pressure on Port Metro Vancouver terminals and Canadian railroads.... Click here for more Award for Jacques R Saade The founder, Chairman and CEO of CMA CGM has received an Honorary Doctorate in Humane Letters from the Lebanese American University... Click here for more Rail boost for Marseilles Rail operator Naviland Cargo is lifting the frequency of its Marseilles Fos-Strasbourg service from three to five round trips per week by the end of the year... Click here for more P3 morphs into 2M The world's two largest liner shipping companies, Maersk Line and MSC, have agreed a long term 10-year vessel sharing agreement (VSA) that will cover all of their 21 service strings in the transpacific, transatlantic and Asia/Europe/Asia trades.... Click here for more Djibouti dissolves DP World's concession The Government of Djibouti has cancelled DP World's operating concession for the Doraleh Container Terminal (DCT), the largest container-handling facility in the country.... Click here for more BNCT welcomes new caller The first of 28 new CMA-CGM vessels with 9,400 TEU to 10,400 TEU capacity has entered service on the its BEX service connecting Asia, Turkey and the Black Sea.... Click here for more Brussels to scrutinise Dutch port taxation The European Commission has launched a "profound" investigation into the Dutch taxation regime for seaport authorities... Click here for more Truck strike hits LA/Long Beach Port truck drivers from three companies serving the San Pedro ports have gone on strike indefinitely, protesting their status as "independent contractors".... Click here for more ECT under fire from barge operators Dutch inland barge container carriers have criticised ECT for its dispatch performance, claiming that delays of up to five days have been experienced... Click here for more Enter Kvarkenhamnar Two Gulf of Bothnia ports are set to merge... Click here for more Trident Alliance launch This alliance of shipping lines is aimed at ensuring robust enforcement of SECA bunker regulations... Click here for more CMA CGM and Adani move on Mundra CMA CGM Group has signed a 50:50 joint venture agreement with Adani Ports for a fourth container terminal in Mundra... Click here for more LNG tractors for Asyaport The new TIL-backed container terminal in Turkey will be equipped with 40 LNG powered terminal tractors from Terberg... Click here for more ZPMC Mediterranean converts RTGs to e-power Eight Kalmar diesel-electric RTGs at Kumport have been converted to run off the mains by ZPMC Mediterranean Turkey and ZPMC... Click here for more APMT's optimal schedule APM Terminals' forthcoming Maasvlakte II (MVII) terminal in Rotterdam will initially use the Navis N4 TOS to handle the yard crane scheduling. As previously reported, Navis is implementing TBA's TEAMS Equipment Control System (ECS) at MVII and planned to have the flexibility to use either system to optimise yard moves, enabling it to test both applications and select the system that gave the best result.... Click here for more New China-Europe rail link DHL Global Forwarding, part of Deutsche Post AG, and the Project Office (OTLK) representing the common interests of the national railway operators of the Customs Union (Russia, Belarus and Kazakhstan) are set to launch a rail container service from China to Europe.... Click here for more ...anti-tamper refrigerant seal system launched 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 Suretank into Brazil Ireland-based Suretank, one of the world's leading manufacturers of tank containers and cargo carrying units (CCUs) for the offshore oil and gas industries, is opening a new, state-of-the-art manufacturing facility in Brazil.... Click here for more Inform for APMT at MVII German software developer Inform is supplying systems for APM Terminals' new automated terminal at Maasvlakte II in Rotterdam (MVII), where it will optimise the handover between AGVs and rail cranes and the rail crane job order sequence.... Click here for more Depot-client management guidelines from ITCO The International Tank Container Organisation (ITCO) has published a new Code of Practice entitled Guiding Principles of Tank Container Depot-Client Management.... Click here for more Carrier EES verified by CARB... A new engine emissions system (EES) developed by Carr ier Transicold has received full verification from the California Air Resources Board (CARB) as a level 3+ verified diesel emission control (VDEC) device, enabling evergreen compliance with CARB's particulate emissions standard for transport refrigeration units (TRUs) and TRU generator sets used in California.... Click here for more Certus for MSC Valencia Certus Port Automation has won a contract to deliver an automated gate system to MSC Terminal Valencia in Spain. The project is the second Certus has undertaken in Valencia, following an earlier system at Muelle Costa Pier, which is operated by Noatum.... Click here for more Malcolm's big box solution Scotland-based Malcolm Group (MG), which is renowned for innovative solutions for its intermodal transport and logistics activities, is to phase into service a series of 50ft long containers.... Click here for more Lase heads for 3D Germany's Lase Industrielle Lasertechnik GmbH is now offering a 3D "advanced driver assistance system" for RTGs that can also support remote-controlled crane operations. For some time, Lase has offered a 2D system (Lase SCP-2D) to profile a container stack in the trolley travel direction and prevent the operator hitting the stack with a container or an empty spreader. It is now offering RTG terminals the same 3D system it uses with automated stacking cranes.... Click here for more Pentalver opens London Gateway depot Inland container service operator Pentalver has opened a container depot at DP World London Gateway, the UK's newest deepsea port.... Click here for more T&T project moves on A specially equipped tank container is being transported throughout Europe by Hamburg-based bulk liquid logistics service provider Hoyer GmbH as part of the ChemLog Tracking and Tracing (T&T) project.... Click here for more Mode shift in perishables trade is"significant" A new study by shipping consultancy Seabury has found that, over the past decade, perishable commodities have seen a pronounced shift from air cargo to ocean transport.... Click here for more Depot directory from COA The Container Owners Association (COA) has launched what is claimed to be the first publicly available, online global container depot directory.... Click here for more GOCT plays CHESS Korea-based Total Soft Bank (TSB) has implemented its Container Handling Equipment Supervisor System (CHESS) optimisation software at Guangzhou South China Oceangate Container Terminal (GOCT) in Nansha, China. GOCT handled 4.5M TEU in 2013 and has been using TSB's CATOS TOS since 2007. In July 2012 it began a project to reduce yard truck deployment by using software to reduce empty travelling distances, introduce double cycling and optimise internal truck deployment.... Click here for more Environmental compliance costs under the spotlight International accountant and shipping adviser Moore Stephens says that finding enough money to remain compliant with environmental regulations will be a major challenge for shipowners and operators over the next few years.... Click here for more Contargo to run Valenciennes Netherlands-based intermodal barge operator Contargo has won the tender to operate a new terminal in Valenciennes in northern France. The facility will be operated by Contargo Container Escaut Service (CCES), which recently introduced a new service over the Port of Dunkirk. Contargo is a leading barge and terminal operator in the Rhine system and its latest initiative could be an important step forward for Dunkirk as an intermodal gateway.... Click here for more Greenbrier teams with Mitsubishi UFJ Railcar manufacturer and lessor Greenbrier, through its subsidiary Greenbrier Leasing Company (GLC), has entered into an alliance with Mitsubishi UFJ Lease & Finance (MUL) through which MUL plans to acquire a portfolio of around US$1B in leased railcar assets, both new and used, over a multi-year period.... Click here for more Newcastle goes to Oz/ China joint venture A 98-year lease of the world's largest coal port has been sold to Port of Newcastle Investments, a 50:50 joint venture between Australia's Hastings Funds Management (HFM) and China Merchants Group (CMG).... Click here for more Chiquita returning to New Orleans Fruit shipper Chiquita Brands will shift its shipping operations from the Port of Gulfport in Mississippi to the Port of New Orleans in Louisiana in the first quarter of 2015.... Click here for more Review wants Oz rail sale A National Commission of Audit (NCOA), set up to report on the performance, functions and roles of the Australian Government, has recommended the early privatisation of the Australian Rail Track Corporation (ARTC) and the Moorebank Intermodal Company (MIC).... Click here for more CMA CGM opens Baghdad dry port Marseilles-based CMA CGM has expanded its operations in Iraq by opening a new dry and bonded cargo handling complex that will serve the city of Baghdad and the surrounding region.... Click here for more APMT charts Poti future APM Terminals Poti has completed a comprehensive engineering study to prepare a port masterplan to meet the future needs of Georgia and the hinterland countries, Armenia and Azerbaijan.... Click here for more New rail link to boost Mombasa The Chinese government has agreed to finance the construction of a new standard gauge rail link from the Kenyan port of Mombasa westwards to Nairobi and Kampala. It will run parallel to the existing narrow gauge, colonial era railway currently operated by Rift Valley Railways (RVR).... Click here for more New boxcar service is first in 50 years Ridge Development, the industrial arm of Transwestern Development Co, has announced the launch of the first refrigerated boxcar unit train connecting the US Midwest and the West Coast in over half a century.... Click here for more Walvis Bay work starts Construction work on the new container terminal at Walvis Bay in Namibia began this month.... Click here for more More funds for KAP Saudi Arabia-based Ports Development Company (PDC), which owns King Abdullah Port (KAP) on Saudi Arabia's Red Sea coast, has agreed a SAR528M financing package with Banque Saudi Fransi (BSF) to support the further expansion of the port.... Click here for more Expansion plan for Haldensleber An expansion plan has been launched for the Sudhafen area in the industrial port of Haldensleber on the Mittellandkanal in the German state of Saxony-Anhalt. The port is managed and operated by Umschlags- und Handelsgesellschaft Haldensleber mbH (UHH).... Click here for more Yilport adds Marmara shuttle service Istanbul-based Yilport Holding has launched a new feeder service within the Marmara Sea area. Operated through the group's Eti Logistics division, the new link is designed to help ocean carriers and logistics service providers to improve their "final mile" delivery arrangements as well as reducing the costs of moving containers in the region.... Click here for more Malcolm switches to DB Schenker Rail Scotland-based Malcolm Logistics has switched the train operating company on its regular intermodal service linking the Daventry and Mossend (Manchester) railyards.... Click here for more Expansion for Natal Eight companies have bid for the contract to produce the preliminary proposal for the expansion of the Brazilian port of Natal. According to the Rio Grande Port Company (Codern), which manages the port, the best bid was entered by Hidrotopo.... 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. 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