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Click here for more TTS scoops more PCTC business TTS Group ASA has, through its subsidiary TTS Marine AB in Gothenburg, signed two firm contracts for delivery of cargo access equipment to six car carriers... Click here for more Hapag-Lloyd steady in 1H/2014 Volumes and revenue increased, but freight rates continue to be squeezed... Click here for more Duisburg-Chongqing intermodal train A train with containerised cars bound for Chongqing began loading at Duisburg Intermodal terminal on 11 August... Click here for more Maritime acquires Roadways Maritime Group Limited has acquired Aegeus Transport Limited the holding company for Roadways Container Logistics Limited... Click here for more Tende road tunnel plan The road tunnel under the 1870m (6130ft) high Tende Pass (Col de Tende/Colle di Tenda) linking France and Italy in the Maritime/Ligurian Alps is finally to be modernised... Click here for more Rotterdam congestion surcharge Hapag-Lloyd will charge a Rotterdam congestion surcharge of €75/TEU for feeder containers from 10 August... Click here for more PTP Group in first Paraguay PPP deal The Argentinian PTP Group has signed what is claimed to be the first PPP agreement in Paraguay and will manage the general cargo port of Villeta, located 40 km downriver from the capital, Asuncion, for a period of 20 years. PTP reportedly agreed to pay an annual fee to operate the port and guaranteed minimum cargo levels. Over the last decade, Paraguay's economy has grown at an annual rate of 10%, requiring a rapid upgrade in port infrastructure to keep up with demand.... Click here for more Brazzaville concession awarded French firm Necotrans has won the concession to operate the Port of Brazzaville in the Republic of the Congo. The company will invest US50M in rehabilitating the port by the end of next year and then seek to increase port capacity over the full 15 years of the concession.... Click here for more Long Beach cuts costs The Long Beach Board of Harbour Commission has approved two new incentives that it expects will "bring additional cargo to the port while also encouraging the use of air pollutionreducing shore power and on-dock rail".... Click here for more Granadilla takes shape A new port, being built at Granadilla on the island of Tenerife (Canary Islands), should be open to handle cargo in 2015.... Click here for more OTTP eyeing terminals The Ontario Teacher's Pension Plan (OTTP) is looking to make further investments in the port sector, but believes that good opportunities are rare. OTTP invests in infrastructure through the Teacher's Infrastructure Group (TIG), which currently holds over C$120B in assets, including the four container terminals operated by Global Container Terminals (GCT) in Canada and New York/ New Jersey.... Click here for more Zimbabwe looks to Walvis Bay The government of Zimbabwe has reiterated its commitment to making maximum use of the Port of Walvis Bay in Namibia. As previously reported in World Cargo News, China Harbour Engineering Company (CHEC) has begun work on constructing a new container terminal at the Namibian port. Despite short term delays, Zimbabwe will also develop its own dedicated dry port at Walvis Bay.... Click here for more NSW to amalgamate ports New South Wales will amalgamate the port administrations of Sydney, Port Kembla and Newcastle following the successful sale of long-term leases of all three.... Click here for more Master plan for "last Pilbara port" A blueprint for a major, multi-user and multi-commodity deepwater port in Western Australia's mineral-rich Pilbara region has been released by the state government.... Click here for more New port for Mexico The governor of the Mexican state of Nayarit, Robert Sandoval, has announced plans to build a new port - Puerto Nayarit. This would require finance of US$3.6B, with funding to be provided by China Machinery, China Merchants Holding, China International Marine Container and Qtraid. If the port is built, it will be the only one on the North/Central American continent, according to the governor, able to accommodate 18,000 TEU vessels.... Click here for more Novorossiysk undergoes ownership changes JP Morgan has reduced its stake in Novorossiysk Commercial Seaport group (NMTP) from 18.41% to 8.249%. The buyer and the price have not been disclosed. Last October, Transneft, which had, on a 50-50 basis with Summa group, co-held a 50.1% stake in NMTP, bought a comparable stake (10.5%) in the port operator for about US$240M.... Click here for more Gulftainer secures Port Canaveral concession Sharjah-based Gulftainer has signed a long-term operating concession and investment deal with Canaveral Port Authority (CPA) to operate its general cargo and container handling facilities.... Click here for more BICIM for Yevpatoria? China's Beijing Interoceanic Canal Investment Management Company (BICIM) has refuted a claim by Rustam Temirgaliyev, First Deputy Prime Minister in the Crimean Cabinet, that it is set to resume talks over the construction of a new deep water port in the Crimea.... Click here for more Lianyungang-PSA open for business The new Lianyungang-PSA Container Terminal (LPCT) in China's north eastern Jiangsu Province was officially opened for business this month at a ceremony attended by over 200 guests from the ports and shipping industry.... Click here for more New application for Durban South African transport utility Transnet is to submit a new environmental impact assessment (EIA) for the deepening of berths 203-205 at the Port of Durban. It also plans to increase the terminal's annual container handling capacity from 2.7M TEU to 5M TEU.... Click here for more Barcarena port project Antaq, Brazil's national waterways transport agency, has given Hidrovias do Brasil permission to build its first ever port terminal. This will be at Barcarena, in the state of Para, and be part of a US$581M investment that the company is making in the logistics network in the region, which includes two port terminals and a fleet of barges.... Click here for more Maher on the block again An article in the Wall Street Journal has made reference to Deutsche Bank again looking for a buyer for Maher Terminals and booking another heavy loss on its book value.... 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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