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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 Kalmar for Melbourne automation project The contract includes 12 automated stacking cranes and 11 automated shuttle carriers for delivery in 2016.... Click here for more Gaussin for Mayotte Mayotte Channel Gateway has ordered five ATTs for its terminal in the French overseas department of Mayotte.... Click here for more ECT marks 150M TEU ECT Rotterdam has notched up 150M TEU since opening for business in 1967... Click here for more Suttons takes two UK Chemical logistics and supply chain specialist Sutton's Group announces two new acquisitions... Click here for more LA refinances The Los Angeles Harbour Department is turning to the bond market to raise $340M for debt refinancing and terminal upgrades.... Click here for more ERFA sets out its stall The European Rail Freight Assocation has published its latest policy wish list with regard to the 4th Railway Package... Click here for more Kuehne & Nagel seafreight carbon calculator The world's biggest NVOCC is offering customers what it describes as "exact data instead of estimations"... Click here for more Samskip Duisburg-Bettembourg Samskip has opened up a new rail connection to France and Spain via Luxembourg over its Duisburg hub... Click here for more GEFCO reports new deals French forwarder GEFCO recently announced new contracts in Eastern Europe, Central Asia and China... Click here for more People on the move Summary of latest appointments known to WorldCargo News in shipping, ports and allied sectors... Click here for more LNG tractors for Asyaport Consistent with its policy of reducing the carbon footprint of its new Asyaport deep water container terminal on the Marmara Sea (for which E-RTGs have already been ordered), Global Terminal Ltd (GTL), the 70:30 TIL/ MSC and Soyeur Group (Ahmet Soyeur) company, has placed an order for 40 LNG terminal tractors from Terberg Benschop BV.... Click here for more Spreader beam calculator UK-based Modulift has launched a new Spreader Beam Calculator, which allows customers to enter the sling angle, span and weight that they are working with to obtain the details of which Modulift spreader beam is suited for a particular lift.... Click here for more Geelong improves access Two projects are about to get underway to boost Geelong, the second largest port, in the Australian state of Victoria.... Click here for more Kalmar books more business Kalmar, part of Cargotec, has reported an for 12 terminal tractors and a further seven lift trucks and one reach stacker to Novorossiysk Commercial Sea Port, part of the NCSP Group in Russia. The order, which further strengthens Kalmar's relationship with NCSP, represents a significant move to modernise the operators' mobile equipment at a number of its terminals throughout Russia. The order was signed into Kalmar's second quarter intake 2014 and delivery is scheduled to be completed in October 2014.... Click here for more CMG eyes Patrick Leading container terminals in Australia's top four ports could be heading into China Merchants Group (CMG) control.... Click here for more ...closes US$350M loan deal International Container Terminal Services Inc says it has closed an inaugural Loan Facility Programme (LFP) and a US$350M syndicated revolving credit facility with a large group of international and domestic banks.... Click here for more Valmar's bit on the side Valmar, a UK-based manufacturer of sideloaders, has completed its move to a new manufacturing facility at Cleckheaton, Leeds. The company has redesigned and launched a complete portfolio of standard and bespoke products.... Click here for more LHM 550 delivered to Drammen The Port of Drammen in Norway has taken delivery of its second Liebherr mobile harbour crane, a model LHM 550, equipped with Liebherr's fuelsaving Pactronic hybrid hydraulic drive.... Click here for more Six more E-RTGs for Terex Terex Port Solutions (TPS) has won a contract to supply six more E-RTGs to Haiphong Port Holding LLC in Vietnam. The cranes will be in operation from mid-2015 in Haiphong, where twelve identical cranes, ordered from TPS in September 2013, will begin operating at the end of this year. All 18 cranes are being manufactured at the TPS facility (Noell China) in Xiamen, PR China.... Click here for more MacGregor will not be listed In June, Cargotec announced that MacGregor business unit CEO Eric Nielsen had resigned with immediate effect, with Cargotec's president and CEO Mika Vehvilainen taking over as interim president of MacGregor while a search for a replacement for Nielsen, who was only in post since last September, was underway.... Click here for more Bromma to appeal court judgement As reported in last month's issue of WorldCargo News (p3), the Swedish District Court (in Vasteras) resolved that SweFrame Port Equipment Ltd has not copied the Cargotec [Bromma] spreaders and has not used any intellectual property belonging to Cargotec. Carogtec's claim for SEK27.09M (€2.95M) damages plus interest against SweFrame was turned down.... Click here for more Gaussin ATT bookings Gaussin Manugistique recently reported two new orders worth almost €9M from customers in Italy. One order was for 30 hybrid drive ATTs (automotive terminal trailers) from Consorzio Asterix, located in La Spezia. The hybrid power pack comprises a diesel motor to charge a Li-ion battery pack. Deliveries will take place between this September and January 2017, at a rate of two per month.... Click here for more ICTSI pulling out of Kattupalli... Philippines-based global container terminal operator International Container Terminal Services Inc (ICTSI) has pulled out of its deal with L&T Shipbuilding (LTSB) to operate the Kattupalli International Container Terminal (KICT) on India's east coast.... Click here for more Mombasa gets ARI simulator New Delhi-based ARI Simulation has delivered what it describes as a state-of-the-art, full mission, advanced virtual crane simulator to Kenya Ports Authority. Mombasa is the first and so far only seaport to invest in this technology in the East and Central Africa regions.... Click here for more Rouen going with the grain The Port of Rouen, part of the HAROPA marketing alliance with the ports of Le Havre and Paris, has had an exceptional year for grain shipments, with exports up by 12% to 7.5 Mt in 2013-14.... Click here for more La Union concession The president of El Salvador's Autonomous Port Executive Commission (CEPA), Nelson Vanegas, has revealed that the concession for the port of La Union will be ready before the first 100 days of the new government has been completed.... Click here for more CMA CGM in Mundra move CMA CGM, through its dedicated subsidiary CMA Terminals, has signed a 50:50 joint venture agreement with Adani Ports and Special Economic Zone (APSEZ) for the development of a fourth container terminal at Mundra Port on India's east coast.... Click here for more Rotterdam box barge surcharge Bottlenecks in container processing at the Port of Rotterdam have prompted inland barge operator Contargo Waterway Logistics to introduce a congestion surcharge of €15 per container for bookings on scheduled barge departures from 1 August 2014.... Click here for more SITA in Tilbury deal Suez Environment subsidiary SITA UK and Forth Ports Ltd have announced a long-term partnership that will see the creation of a major recycling and resource management hub at the Port of Tilbury.... 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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