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Click here for more ACL names G4 vessels Construction is progressing on Atlantic Container Line's five new G4 vessels, which will be the largest con-ros in the world... Click here for more ABP to get new shareholders Goldman Sachs is selling its stake in the UK's largest port group... Click here for more ECT sets new handling record ECT has reported that 10,557 containers were exchanged when Evergreen's THALASSA PISTIS called last weekend at Delta Terminal... Click here for more Hanjin expands in South Africa Seoul-headquartered Hanjin Shipping Company is introducing more capacity in the African trades... Click here for more SA takes citrus black spot issue to WTO The South African Government is hoping that the World Trade Organisation will rule in its favour over allegations made by the European Union... Click here for more A step closer for Antwerp's Saeftinghedok? The Flemish government has endorsed the Town and Country planning draft which would obliterate the village of Doel... Click here for more Cutrale-Safra for Chiquita After shareholders rejected the Fyffes transaction, Chiquita announces merger with Cutrale-Safra.... Click here for more Bore Line to focus on ro-ro The Finnish shipping line is selling its conventional vessels... Click here for more Zim calling Barcelona again Zim Lines has reintroduced calls at Barcelona following a restructuring of its services... Click here for more MacGregor reorganises into seven divisions The changes are aimed at enhancing customer focus, says Cargtoec... Click here for more Higher shipping costs forecasts Vessel operating costs are expected to rise by almost 3% in both 2014 and 2015, according to a new survey by international accountant and shipping consultant Moore Stephens... Click here for more Aqaba dispute - "misleading information" APM Terminals has denied claims made by the ITF in connection with a labour dispute in the Jordanian seaport... Click here for more Rhine seaports post general cargo increases Rotterdam and Antwerp have reported figures for the first nine months of the year... Click here for more Hirschmann load cells Hirschmann MCS has improved its fSENS DKA compression load cells for measuring static or dynamic forces of up to 700 kN. The load cells are suitable for a wide range of applications such as capturing counterweight loads in lifting gear. The series features two different housing sizes for four different measurement ranges.... Click here for more Enter ContiPressurecheck Continental Commercial Specialty Tyres (CST) has launched a new, universal pressure monitoring system for all tyres in the CST family. Called ContiPressureCheck, it is aimed at enhancing safety and efficiency of vehicle fleets in ports and other industrial sectors.... Click here for more An end to SweFrame? Travancore AB, formerly known as (or perhaps trading as) Swe-Frame Port Equipment AB filed for bankruptcy (konkurs inledd) in Sweden on 8 July, although it was not widely publicised.... Click here for more Barge to Uruguay Holland-based Damen Shipyard Group has booked an order for a transhipment crane barge (model CBa 6234) from a customer in Uruguay to tranship soya and iron ore from barge convoys to Panamax vessels on the Hidrovia Parana-Paraguai.... Click here for more China ports feel slowdown The latest Global Port Development Report Top 10 global container port throughput in H1 2014 from the Shanghai International Shipping Institute (SISI) highlighted the extent to which port growth has slowed this year in China.... Click here for more Crane fire in Ghent A crane at Ghent Container Terminal (GCT) in Belgium has been destroyed by fire, fortunately with nobody being injured.... Click here for more India rethinks ban on ZPMC India's Shipping Ministry has requested security agencies reconsider denying ZPMC security clearance to deliver container cranes to the country's ports, according to local press reports.... Click here for more ALP platform at Southampton Bromma's automated lashing platform (ALP) is undergoing tests at DP World Southampton. The unit at the UK port is one of two that were first trialled by Eurogate in Bremerhaven. It will be tested for three months and Bromma has a team in Southampton to support the trials.... Click here for more Georgia PA looks to add 61 cranes The Georgia Ports Authority (GPA) is planning to add eight ship-to-shore cranes and 53 RTGs over the next 10 years.... Click here for more Simulator for FACT Adelaide Montreal-based CM Labs Simulations Inc has announced a contract to provide Flinders Adelaide Container Terminal (FACT) with two high-fidelity Vortex simulators for port equipment operator training.... Click here for more LHMs Latin success Liebherr has reported that its order intake for mobile harbour cranes (LHMs) from Latin America is quickly growing, with more than 50 orders in only four years and, despite volatile exchange rates, 2014 is another strong year. The top-of-the-range LHM 600 has become the top-selling model and this summer two more units started operation in Chile.... Click here for more Teichmann moves crane Germany-based Teichmann Krane has completed a project to transfer a Peiner jib crane from the French Rhine port of Ottmarsheim to Szczecin in Poland. The crane, a Peiner VDU450, has a maximum hook capacity of 40t and capacity at maximum outreach of 30m is 14t.... Click here for more Terex Santos deal Terex Port Solutions (TPS) has reported continued success in Brazil with its reach stackers. In Santos, terminal operator Cia Bandeirantes Logistica Integrada (Bandeirantes) has taken an additional two Terex TFC 46 M reach stackers for container handling.... Click here for more Gottwald is on the rails in Vladivostok Terex Gottwald, part of Terex Port Solutions, has reported the delivery of a Model 3 G HSK 3432 rail-mounted portal crane to Pacific Logistics LLC in Vladivostok. This is the first Gottwald Generation 5 portal crane to be commissioned in Russia, and the first Model 3 portal crane anywhere in the world.... Click here for more Second Gottwald crane for Fospar Terex Port Solutions (TPS) recently installed a second Terex Gottwald rail-mounted portal harbour crane for Fertilizantes Fosfatados do Parana SA (Fospar) in Paranagua, Brazil. The Model 4 crane in the G HSK 4316 B variant supports an identical crane delivered in 2012. They are used together to handle fertiliser on the finger pier of the terminal, where they have replaced two old cranes.... Click here for more Pak Bara plan is studied Two proposed deepsea ports in Southern Thailand are still awaiting government approvals and studies, a senior government official has said.... Click here for more Mayor of Manila lifts truck ban The mayor of Manila, Joseph Estrada, has lifted a truck ban in the city, which could ease congestion at its ports.... Click here for more Kalmar job for cAPSA Kalmar, part of Cargotec, has completed the refurbishment of a mobile harbour crane for Compania del Puerto SA (CAPSA) in Tenerife, Spain. The work started in May 2014 and was completed in just five weeks, minimising disruption for terminal operations.... Click here for more RTGs bound for chile Kalmar has won an order for seven of its E-One2 RTGs from Puerto Central in San Antonio, Chile, with the order booked in June for delivery and start-up in July 2015.... Click here for more Bromma moves to Singapore Per-Anders Holmstrom and Christopher Thiele, president and CFO respectively of Bromma, the world's biggest crane spreader maker, have relocated from Stockholm to Singapore.... Click here for more JOIN US ON LINKEDIN The WorldCargo News LinkedIn group complements WCN in print and online and offers you the opportunity to discuss key issues and network with your peers and a wide cross-section of industry experts. Join the discussion now at http://lnkd.in/x932Pg 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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