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Click here for more PROMOTION Free White Paper - Ten ways to make cost savings throughout the intermodal leasing process This white paper has been designed to help organisations in the intermodal industry improve their business processes and consequently save money and increase profits. RAM has listed ten suggestions as to how container and tank lessors can make cost savings throughout the intermodal leasing process. Click here to request your free copy Rickmers lines up low sulphur fuel surcharge Rickmers-Linie has declared its support for the introduction of stricter sulphur regulations, but expects that they will inevitably lead to an increase in the cost of marine fuels... Click here for more London Gateway wins rail freight award The UK Rail Freight Group has named DP World London Gateway as the winner of its Business of the Year award... Click here for more ABPMer works on Grangemouth dredging The narine environmental consultancy says its has identified cost-effective dredging solutions for the Port of Grangemouth... Click here for more AAPA announces awards Los Angeles wins IT award while Georgia is recognised for its voluntary diesel reduction efforts.... Click here for more Unifeeder obtains AEO status Unifeeder has obtained Authorised Economic Status from the EU Customs Administration... Click here for more Terex delivers in Brazil Terex Port Solutions supplies additional mobile harbour crane and reachstackers as repeat customers expand.... Click here for more Grimaldi invests in Livorno Atlantica SpA di Navigazione is investing in CO.I.FI. srl, which has a stake in Livorno operator Sintermar... Click here for more RTGs for San Antonio Kalmar wins order for seven RTGs to Puerto Central in San Antonio, Chile... Click here for more Flexitank PAS available A new international specification, aimed at improving the quality of flexitanks used for the transport of bulk liquids in standard freight containers, has been published by UK-based international standards organisation, BSI Group.... Click here for more Hoyer builds training tank Hamburg-based bulk logistics service provider Hoyer has introduced a tank container specially designed to help train its staff.... Click here for more Riyadh dry set to grow Saudi Arabia's Riyadh dry port is to be modernised and its throughput capacity doubled to 1M TEU/year as it prepares to handle cargo from a second container terminal being developed in Dammam.... Click here for more Maersk opens Oz super depot Maersk Line has opened what it claims to be the most sophisticated and technologically-advanced container depot in Australia in the western Melbourne suburb of Altona.... Click here for more Holt to operate Paulsboro Holt Logistics Corp has entered into a partnership with the South Jersey Port Corporation (SJPC) under which it will operate the new Paulsboro Marine Terminal under construction on the Delaware River in New Jersey.... Click here for more New combi terminal for Marseilles A new on-dock intermodal rail terminal is to be built at Mourepiane, in the "old" port of Marseilles, some 80 km east of the Fos installations. Although megacarriers have increasingly gravitated towards Fos, Mourepiane is still busy handling containerships of medium size and the port authority (GPM de Marseille Fos) wants to ensure more cost-effective and greener inland distribution.... Click here for more Enter Kvarkenhamnar AB Two Gulf of Bothnia ports, Umea in Sweden and Vaasa in Finland, have agreed to merge their activities into a new 50:50 joint venture, named Kvarkenhamnar AB, as of 1 January, 2015. On an equal split the members of the two Boards will form the new integrated management.... Click here for more ITCO publishes tank sloshing report The International Tank Container Organisation (ITCO) has published a new report on the anti-slosh performance of baffles in tank containers.... Click here for more Dutch port taxes under scrutiny The European Commission has launched a "profound" investigation into the Dutch taxation regime for seaport authorities. The EC investigation will assess whether the Dutch seaports' exemption from paying corporate tax violates EU regulations. The scrutiny involves Rotterdam, Amsterdam, Zeeland Seaports, Groningen and Moerdijk.... Click here for more New bulk container launched The first units of a new design of intermodal bulk container rolled off the production line in Busan, South Korea, last month.... Click here for more Yusen Logistics debuts double-deck container Yusen Logistics is offering its customers access to an innovative double-deck container system, which, it says, can significantly raise load capacity, cut transport costs and reduce CO2 emissions.... Click here for more Port of Douala gridlocked Cameroon's largest port, Douala, is heavily congested as a spate of issues, including a significant slowdown in customs clearance procedures and disruption to handling operations as a result of refurbishment work taking place at Quay 14, have led to some ships having to wait a month to gain access to the berths.... Click here for more Combi blow in France The French government has dealt a heavy blow to combined transport business, according to the sector's main trade association, GNTC.... Click here for more PNG port projects The Papua New Guinea Government has approved two major port projects that it hopes will pave the way for the country to play a greater role in regional transhipment.... Click here for more Perrigault steps up in Le Havre Perrigault SA, the Le Havre-based port and logistics operator, has acquired the 50% stake held by APM Terminals (APMT) in Terminal Porte Oceane (TPO) and Societe d'Exploitation du Terminal Porte Oceane at the Port of Le Havre, thus obtaining 100% ownership of both concerns, previously operated as a 50:50 joint venture. Terms of the deal were not disclosed.... Click here for more Freightliner moves to Teesport PD Ports has announced that it will invest more that £3M in a new common user intermodal rail terminal at Teesport, with Freightliner Ltd, the UK's leading inland container haulier, as the anchor tenant.... Click here for more Santa Fe plan moves on NTM-Santa Fe, the joint-venture company that will undertake the transfer of the Argentinian port of Santa Fe to a new location, recently met with the local Mayor, Jose Corral, and members of the local council to explain details of the project. The consortium is made up of Compania Maritima Austral SA (Argentina), Puerto Fenix (Paraguay), Sociedad Comercial del Sur SA (Argentina) and House to House SA (Argentina).... Click here for more Academics question Hastings selection The selection of the port of Hastings as the successor to Melbourne as Victoria's container centre has been challenged by two leading supply chain academics.... Click here for more Funds for Abidjan African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) has raised a €200M syndicated loan to fund the construction of the new container terminal at the Port of Abidjan. Banque Atlantique will provide €100M, Societe Generale Cote d'Ivoire €50M and Afreximbank the remaining €50M itself.... 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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 FEATURED EVENT TOC CSC: Americas 2014 TOC CSC: Americas has been running since 2001 when it began in Miami. For 2014 TOC will be held in Cartagena for its first ever outing in Colombia. 14-16 October 2014 CCCI, Cartagena, Colombia Click here for more information Cool Logistics Global 30 September - 2 October 2014 Rotterdam The Netherlands Click here for more information TOC CSC: Americas 2014 14-16 October 2014 CCCI, Cartagena Colombia Click here for more information Intermodal Europe 2014 11-13 November 2014 AHOY, Rotterdam Netherlands Click here for more information Saudi Transtec 2014 8-10 December 2014 Dhahran International Exhibitions Center, Dammam Kingdom of Saudi Arabia Click here for more information TOC Market Briefing West Africa 10 - 11 December 2014 The Auditorium, Tenerife Canary Islands Click here for more information Cargo Logistics Canada Expo and Conference 28-29 January 2015 Vancouver Convention Centre Canada Click here for more information Powered by Blogger.