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| | 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. | | | | | | | | Landside operations commence at Maasvlakte II APM Terminals has announced that it has begun 24/7 landside operations at its new, automated Maasvlakte II facility in Rotterdam... Click here for more Awards recognise innovation The latest round-up of awards includes an innovative barge-road door-to-door delivery service... Click here for more CMA CGM acquires OPDR Yesterday (25 November) in Hamburg Jacques R. Saade announced the acquisition of Hamburg-based shortsea operator Oldenburg-Portugiesische Dampfschiffs-Rhederei GmbH Co KG from Bernhard Schulte Group... Click here for more DP World/ZPMC test Indian ban Despite two Indian terminals reportedly being denied "security clearance" to purchase ZPMC cranes, four new units are on the water for delivery to DP World's terminal in Jawaharlal Nehru.... Click here for more Houston plans rail link New 6,500ft rail line will give Union Pacific direct access to the Bayport container terminal... Click here for more Necotrans in for Kribi French firm Necotrans has submitted an application for the contract to operate the new multi-purpose terminal at the Port of Kribi... Click here for more Rotterdam labour issues - gap widening? Rotterdam World Gateway Terminal has responded to WorldCargo News about an online article on 7 October 2014 and a subsequent article in WorldCargo News, October, p1... Click here for more Robotic inspection unit The Port of Setubal (APSS) is making use of a remotely-controlled robotic vehicle with video equipment for capturing and recording CCTV images for infrastructure inspection purposes... Click here for more Reefer Ro-Ro II Knud Hansen is continuing to work on its Reefer Ro-Ro ship designs... Click here for more Bari-Rotterdam on the rails Italian forwarder and rail intermodal operator GTS has announced new services... Click here for more Hamburg sets a new record With total throughput of around 110 Mt, the Port of Hamburg set a new record in the first nine months of 2014... Click here for more ZIM turns in better results ZIM Integrated Shipping Services Ltd has reported US$41M EBIDTA in 3Q/2014 - improvements of US$18M compared to 2Q/2014 and US$30M compared to 3Q/2013... Click here for more Antwerp facing disruption on Monday The port of Antwerp faces serious disruption on Monday (November 24) from a series of work stoppages... Click here for more Doubts over Calabar It has been reported in Nigeria that attempts to dredge the harbour and approach channel of the east Nigerian port of Calabar have been abandoned, placing the port's long term future in doubt... Click here for more New reefer doors from Maersk Maersk Container Industry (MCI) has developed and patented a new design of rivetless doors for reefer containers.... Click here for more Saudi/Oman plan for the future Saudi Arabia and Oman are both investing huge sums to expand and upgrade their rail infrastructure as they plan for a future where more intercity, cross-border and import/export cargo is moved by rail.... Click here for more New cranes at Duisport A new double cantilever RMG, built by Tobies Kranund Forderanlagen GmbH and with an SWL of 41t under combi-spreader, has entered service at Duisport's Logport III intermodal and logistics complex. Capacity is estimated at 90,000 moves a year.... Click here for more More reefers for Sea Star American shipping line Sea Star Line LLC has placed an order for another 100 40ft and 50 45ft high cube reefer containers. This forms part of the US$11M, fiveyear plan that it began in 2011, aimed at updating its refrigerated fleet to containers three-yearsold or less by 2016.... Click here for more Mangoes on the water Maersk Container Industry (MCI) and Africa Express Line (AEL) have successfully tested managing fresh mangoes in Star Cool controlled atmosphere (CA) reefer containers.... Click here for more Ferrymasters gears up Pan-European multimodal logistics specialist P&O Ferrymasters is expanding its Central and Eastern Europe fleet by leasing a further 300 trailers from TIP Trailer Services in a new seven-year deal. This covers 200 coil carriers for deployment in Central Europe and 100 piggyback trailers to boost the P&O Ferrymasters intermodal fleet operating on rail services between Rotterdam/ Zeebrugge and Eastern Europe.... Click here for more Rail renewal for Global The Port Authority of New York New Jersey has approved US$320M in funding towards a US$356M redevelopment of Greenville Yards, adjacent to the Global Marine Terminal in New Jersey.... Click here for more New chassis launched Two new chassis types have been launched in Europe.... Click here for more PKP Cargo expanding PKP Cargo, the freight arm of Polish State Railways, is to purchase two logistics companies, CTL Logistics and Advanced World Transport (AWT).... Click here for more Pentalver has its cake Transport logistics provider Pentalver has acquired exclusive UK rights to offer the CakeBoxx range of doorless shipping containers. US-based CakeBoxx first unveiled its ISO container design with no doors several years ago (WorldCargo news, June 2006, p14 and December 2006, p17), with the promise of unmatched cargo protection and cross-border security.... 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WCN Publishing The Coach House 24 Bridge Street Leatherhead SURREY KT22 8BX United Kingdom Tel: +44 (0)1372 375511 Fax: +44 (0)1372 370111 Visit other WCN Publishing publications: Bulk Materials International (c) WCN Publishing | | FEATURED EVENT TOC Market Briefing West Africa TOC Market Briefing West Africa is a new addition to the TOC Events portfolio. The event is supported by Port of Tenerife and taking place for the first time on 10-11 December 2014 in Tenerife, Canary Islands. 10 - 11 December 2014 The Auditorium, Tenerife, Canary Islands Click here for more information | | Container Terminal Planning - A Theoretical Approach A major study by Dr Itsuro Watanabe (Container System Technology). 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 FEATURED EVENT ICHCA Container Lashing & Securing Seminar Taking place in Rotterdam on 10 December, this practical one-day seminar will explore what the industry can do to reduce the risks and inefficiencies associated with container lashing and securing today both at sea and at the ship-to-shore interface. 10 December 2014 ECT Delta Terminal, Rotterdam, The Netherlands Click here for more information | | Transport Security Expo (TRS) 2-3 December 2014 Olympia, London UK 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 ICHCA Container Lashing & Securing Seminar 10 December 2014 ECT Delta Terminal, Rotterdam The Netherlands 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 Intermodal Asia 2015 24-26 March 2015 Shanghai World Expo Exhibition & Convention Center, Shanghai China Click here for more information Multimodal 2015 28-30 April 2015 NEC Birmingham UK Click here for more information | | |
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| | 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. | | | | | | | | Deal agreed on Tema The government of Ghana has announced that it has approved the construction of the new container terminal at the Port of Tema... Click here for more Transnet offers advice to KPA Kenya Ports Authority and Transnet National Ports Authority have signed an agreement under which TNPA will help KPA select an operator for the second container terminal at Mombasa... Click here for more Maher in for more Konecranes' straddles Maher Terminals has placed an order for another eight straddle cariers with Konecranes... Click here for more Navis launches XVELA New Cloud-based platform for vessel planning and data-driven decision making at the carrier/terminal interface.... Click here for more Sun shines on Sodertalje Sun Lines, the Thor Shipping affiliate, has started a weekly container service at the Swedish east coast port... Click here for more West Coast "surcharge" questioned The FMC has advised shippers to check the fine print in previous tariff notices before paying "labour unrest" surcharges of $1,000 per FEU lines are asking for USWC containers.... Click here for more Liebherr claims 70% market share Liebherr has reported that 2014 will likely be a record year for its harbour mobile cranes and derivative products, topping the previous record of 102 delivered units in 2008... Click here for more Round-up of awards Awards have been announced for a number of companies and individuals in the shipping, ports and allied sectors... Click here for more Hapag-Lloyd turns in positive third quarter Transport volume increased by around 6%, although average freight rates were down by 4.9%... Click here for more ICTSI throughput up 17% to end of 09/2014 Throughput increased by 17% to 5.4M TEU in the first nine months of this year, with revenues up 25% to US$779.2M and EBITDA increasing 14% to US$326.1M... Click here for more Crowley wins containerised LNG contract Crowley Maritime Corp's LNG services group has been awarded its second, multi-year contract to supply containerised, US-sourced LNG to Puerto Rico, this time to pharmaceutical plants... Click here for more Broekman expanding for Scandinavia service Broekman Distriport in Rotterdam has reached a hub port agreement with Norway's Sea-Cargo line... Click here for more People on the move Latest round-up of appointments known to WorldCargo News in the shipping, ports and allied sectors... Click here for more New owner for Beacon Beacon Intermodal Leasing LLC has been acquired by Mitsubishi UFJ Lease & Finance Company Limited (MUL).... Click here for more Eurotunnel building up Groupe Eurotunnel SA (GETSA) is to invest €30M to build two new terminals - one on each side of the tunnel in Folkestone and Calais - in a project dubbed Terminal 2015.... Click here for more Samskip Duisburg-Bettembourg The Samskip Van Dieren Rail Terminal in Duisburg already handles a high frequency of rail shuttles to and from Scandinavia, with onward steel wheel distribution to Novara and Trieste.... Click here for more BLG Autorail on the right track BLG Autorail GmbH in Mainz, part of Bremen-headquartered BLG Logistics Group, has teamed up with American railway wagon manufacturer Greenbrier to develop a new railcar for automobiles.... Click here for more Port of La Rochelle goes european OFP Atlantique, the rail operator inside the Port of La Rochelle, is now a licensed European rail operator, transporting cargo between the port and Spain.... Click here for more 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 | | 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. WCN Publishing The Coach House 24 Bridge Street Leatherhead SURREY KT22 8BX United Kingdom Tel: +44 (0)1372 375511 Fax: +44 (0)1372 370111 Visit other WCN Publishing publications: Bulk Materials International (c) WCN Publishing | | FEATURED EVENT TOC Market Briefing West Africa TOC Market Briefing West Africa is a new addition to the TOC Events portfolio. The event is supported by Port of Tenerife and taking place for the first time on 10-11 December 2014 in Tenerife, Canary Islands. 10 - 11 December 2014 The Auditorium, Tenerife, Canary Islands Click here for more information | | Container Terminal Planning - A Theoretical Approach A major study by Dr Itsuro Watanabe (Container System Technology). 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 FEATURED EVENT ICHCA Container Lashing & Securing Seminar Taking place in Rotterdam on 10 December, this practical one-day seminar will explore what the industry can do to reduce the risks and inefficiencies associated with container lashing and securing today both at sea and at the ship-to-shore interface. 10 December 2014 ECT Delta Terminal, Rotterdam, The Netherlands Click here for more information | | Transport Security Expo (TRS) 2-3 December 2014 Olympia, London UK 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 ICHCA Container Lashing & Securing Seminar 10 December 2014 ECT Delta Terminal, Rotterdam The Netherlands 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 Intermodal Asia 2015 24-26 March 2015 Shanghai World Expo Exhibition & Convention Center, Shanghai China Click here for more information Multimodal 2015 28-30 April 2015 NEC Birmingham UK Click here for more information | | |
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| | 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. | | | | | | | | Gaussin for Sines Gaussin Manugistique will supply two ATTs to PSA International in Sines, Portugal.... Click here for more DPW London Gateway wins new services The list of new services includes the first switch from the Port of Felixstowe... Click here for more WAM goes to sea WAM Technologies has announced VesselConnect for remote management of reefer containers at sea.... Click here for more Williams for Konecranes in BC Williams Machinery will represent the Konecranes Lift Truck division in British Columbia... Click here for more Thermo King cuts the cord Thermo King unveils new passive refrigeration container at the Intermodal Europe Exhibition in Rotterdam.... Click here for more Matson broadens its Horizon It has been announced that Matson will take over Horizon Lines' Alaska operations. Horizon has also reported that it will sell its Hawaii operations to Pasha Marine and terminate its Puerto Rico operations... Click here for more "Och Aye!" for Flensburger Flensburger Schiffbau Gesellschaft has completed is first ro-pax newbuilding in five years, LOCH SEAFORTH. for Scottish lifeline cabotage operations... Click here for more WCN Publishing appoints Latin America agent WCN Publishing and MundoMaritimo Ltd are pleased to announce that MundoMaritimo will represent WCN's magazines WorldCargo News and Bulk Materials International and their respective websites and digital products in Latin America... Click here for more Enter IbisTek Crowley US shipping line Crowley Maritime Corp and Ghana's IbisTek have formed a joint venture to provide a comprehensive package of project logistics, energy support services and emergency response capabilities in the African country... Click here for more Bibby links with United Ship Management Bibby Ship Management has formed a strategic alliance with Singapore-based United Ship Management to capitalise on business opportunities in the growing Chinese market... Click here for more SNCM declared bankrupt France's SNCM (Societe Nationale Corse Mediterranee) lost €40M in 2013 and is forecast to lose another €50M this year. With the bankruptcy application accepted by the court, 2000 jobs are at risk... Click here for more Quick thinking saves a life An elderly flood victim has been saved from drowning by five workers from the Terex mobile cranes/reach stacker plant in Montceau-les-Mines... Click here for more Daimler to switch to gigaliners Car giant Daimler plans to switch its inbound road moves to 25.25m long road trains... Click here for more Rotterdam secures lashing deal The established Rotterdam container lashing companies and the dockers' trade union FNV Havens have struck a labour deal that is to last through September 2017... Click here for more NiKrasa for non-cranable trailers The new lifting system is being used by TX Logistik... Click here for more ...cold ironing alternative As an alternative to very expensive cold ironing at berth, cruise ships - and potentially, in future, cargo ships - can be supplied with relatively clean auxiliary power from an LNG barge.... Click here for more New motor for hatch covers Cargotec-owned MacGregor has introduced a new electric starter cabinet for hydraulic hatch cover power units on bulk carriers and general cargo ships. It features an intelligent "soft-start" function that avoids starting current peaks and reduces stresses on mechanical and hydraulic components.... Click here for more Greenlotus 32 bulk ship concept Ecoships, the technical ship management arm of Newport Shipping Group, has introduced a "next generation" bulk carrier design, aimed at setting the standard in ecologically compatible marine transport.... Click here for more Taking the Northwest Passage The Fednav vessel MV NUNAVIK departed from Deception Bay in Canada en route to China via the fabled Northwest Passage this month. Canada's Fednav said: "[The NUNAVIK ] will be one of the first commercial vessels to transit the Northwest Passage completely, and the first to do so unescorted with an Arctic cargo, and with Canadian expertise."... Click here for more LNG bunkering barge... Bureau Veritas has been chosen to class the LNG bunkering vessel to be built at Hanjin Heavy Industries in Korea, under an agreement between NYK Line, Mitsubishi and France's GDF-SUEZ.... Click here for more Intra-Germany feeder Hamburg-based Germanische Shipping GmbH & Co KG has announced a domestic feeder service between Germany's northern seaports, called Germanischer Linie.... Click here for more Cosco adding five ships China Cosco Holdings is spending close to US$620M on five 14,500 TEU super post-Panamax vessels.... Click here for more Enter Ocean Three The much-anticipated announcement finally came in mid-September that France's leading liner group, CMA CGM, China's second largest container vessel operator, China Shipping Container Lines (CSCL) and the Middle East region's multistate owned United Arab Shipping Company (UASC) would team up.... Click here for more Loading more boxes MacGregor is highlighting its A-class lashing bar as offering "a way of unlocking the considerable amount of unexploited cargo carrying potential on many container ships." Current orders from shipowners total around 200,000 units.... Click here for more 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 | | 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. WCN Publishing The Coach House 24 Bridge Street Leatherhead SURREY KT22 8BX United Kingdom Tel: +44 (0)1372 375511 Fax: +44 (0)1372 370111 Visit other WCN Publishing publications: Bulk Materials International (c) WCN Publishing | | FEATURED EVENT TOC Market Briefing West Africa TOC Market Briefing West Africa is a new addition to the TOC Events portfolio. The event is supported by Port of Tenerife and taking place for the first time on 10-11 December 2014 in Tenerife, Canary Islands. 10 - 11 December 2014 The Auditorium, Tenerife, Canary Islands Click here for more information | | Container Terminal Planning - A Theoretical Approach A major study by Dr Itsuro Watanabe (Container System Technology). 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 FEATURED EVENT ICHCA Container Lashing & Securing Seminar Taking place in Rotterdam on 10 December, this practical one-day seminar will explore what the industry can do to reduce the risks and inefficiencies associated with container lashing and securing today both at sea and at the ship-to-shore interface. 10 December 2014 ECT Delta Terminal, Rotterdam, The Netherlands Click here for more information | | Transport Security Expo (TRS) 2-3 December 2014 Olympia, London UK 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 ICHCA Container Lashing & Securing Seminar 10 December 2014 ECT Delta Terminal, Rotterdam The Netherlands 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 Intermodal Asia 2015 24-26 March 2015 Shanghai World Expo Exhibition & Convention Center, Shanghai China Click here for more information Multimodal 2015 28-30 April 2015 NEC Birmingham UK Click here for more information | | |
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