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Click here for more Regina for Esbjerg-Harwich Danish ferry operator Regina Line has stated that it will start a ro-pax service between Esbjerg and Harwich in Spring 2015, with three sailings/week in each direction... Click here for more APM Terminals/Brookfield deal off Plan to make APM Terminals Port Elizabeth facility a 50:50 joint venture with Canada-based Brookfield Asset Management falls through... Click here for more ThyssenKrupp shifts coke from road to rail The switch will reduce the number of annual truck trips by around 8000... Click here for more New Port is Busan's future Lim Ki-tack, president of Busan Port Authority, has confirmed that all cargo-handling activity will be centred on the New Port complex, with North Port to become a cruise, leisure and recreational facility.... Click here for more Intra-Mediterranean Container Trades report Dynamar BV has published the third edition of its Intra-Mediterranean Full Container trades report... Click here for more St. Lawrence strike averted. Strike notice cancelled after parties agree to refer dispute to arbitration... Click here for more West Coast fight goes public After months of negotiating behind closed doors the PMA has accused the ILWU of a starting a go-slow campaign in the Pacific Northwest to pressure employers.... Click here for more CargoBeamer and DCB form joint venture The partnership is aimed at securing acceptance and spread of CargoBeamer's horizontal rail/road transfer system for non-cranable road trailers in France... Click here for more More Rotterdam shuttles to Southern Germany The Port of Rotterdam is continuing to challenge the German seaports' successful intermodal rail model for the South German hinterland... 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 Four Hapag-Lloyd ships a "first" at Southampton DP World Southampton marked an historic first recently with four Hapag-Lloyd sister ships on each of its deep sea berths at the same time... Click here for more NITL award for Mike Haverty The US shippers' organisation will present the 2014 McCullough Award to Mike Haverty, Chairman Emeritus of Kansas City Southern... Click here for more Getting to grips with lashing One day seminar in Rotterdam will discuss how to improve safety and productivity of container lashing and security.... Click here for more Everglades tops 1M TEU Port reaches milestone for the first time in its history... Click here for more Sheerness-Liverpool rail link? Peel Ports wants to create a rail freight link between its Northwest and Southeast England ports... Click here for more CMA CGM changes more bulbs The CMA CGM Group has announced that another 10 of its vessels' bulbous bows are to be replaced in order to continue improving its fleet's energy efficiency and reducing its environmental footprint... Click here for more MBO for Vos Logistics Dutch-based Vos Logistics has announced that the company's management intend to acquire all shares in the company, in cooperation with Scheybeeck Investments... Click here for more Milford Haven makes a point The UK's third largest port by tonnage has acted to defend the service integrity of Irish Sea ro-pax services... Click here for more Chennai hikes rates by 42% A revised port tariff which sees very sharp increases has been issued by the Chennai Port Authorities. The move comes as India's new government settles in to a period of what it is calling "port-led development", in a bid to accelerate international trade and underline its strategic importance.... Click here for more Melbourne loses out to Sydney Increased charges at the port of Melbourne are starting to take their toll, with a major shipper and its logistics provider shifting business to Sydney's Port Botany.... Click here for more Hutchison opens up at Botany Hutchison Ports Australia has officially opened its Port Botany terminal, Sydney International Container Terminal (SICTL), which will add an eventual 500,000 TEU to Sydney capacity.... Click here for more Ebola shakes West Africa to the core The outbreak of the Ebola virus in West Africa which has now resulted in more than 2,800 deaths, mainly in Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone, is causing widespread economic disruption, threatening the region's political stability and leading to extreme trading volatility.... Click here for more NYK sells NYKCool Tokyo-based NYK has sold its specialised reefer shipping arm, Stockholm-headquartered NYKCool, to Russian-domiciled Baltic Reefers.... Click here for more Morocco hub plan The Government of Morocco has a vision to develop the country as a regional transport and logistics hub and gateway to Africa.... Click here for more APL Logistics on the block Singapore-based Neptune Orient Lines, which owns APL and the supply chain management group APL Logistics, has confirmed that it is studying a number of corporate options for the latter firm.... Click here for more Grindrod targeting logistics Durban-headquartered Grindrod has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Bidvest to sell its financial services division, the proceeds of which will be used to expand its core shipping, integrated logistics and port operations.... Click here for more Tiger VI funds announced The US Department of Transportation (DOT) has announced 72 awards totalling US$584M will be made under the sixth round of Transport Investment Generating Economic Recovery (TIGER) grants.... Click here for more Shortlist for Al-Faw Eight bidders have been shortlisted by the General Company for Ports of Iraq (GCPI) to develop phase one of its Al-Faw Grand Port project. The successful candidate will be announced before the end of the year, with construction starting in 2015.... Click here for more Lyttelton up for grabs? After regaining 100% control of Lyttelton Port of Christchurch (LPC), Christchurch City Council is debating selling a stake in the company.... Click here for more Perth on the market Perth and Kinross Council in Scotland has decided to sell its Perth Harbour terminal.... Click here for more Maryland eyes wind operations The Maryland Energy Administration (MEA) has issued an RFP for a study into how it can develop an "Offshore Wind Operations & Maintenance Centre of Excellence".... Click here for more Battle for Southport The Philadelphia Regional Port Authority (PRPA) is seeking expressions of interest to develop Southport, a 200-acre property on the Delaware River.... Click here for more NZ ports profits up Auckland and Tauranga, New Zealand's two largest ports, have reported increased profits and cargo throughput in the 2014 financial year ending on 30 June.... Click here for more New plan for Bordeaux A deficit in aggregates for civil construction projects in the Aquitaine region (southwest France) has led to growing volumes of imports from countries such as Scotland. Most imports are handled in the Bassens port complex of the Port of Bordeaux - around 0.6 Mt in 2013 - which is now approaching saturation.... Click here for more Callao goes big Peruvian President Ollanta Humala toured APM Terminals Callao in Peru this month after it took delivery of 12 E-RTGs and four STS cranes in August. The four new cranes will be followed by nine more over the next seven years.... Click here for more TCB starts work on Quetzal extension Spain-based International terminal operator Grup TCB has laid the cornerstone of a yard extension to Puerto Quetzal on the Pacific coast of the Guatemalan department of Escuintla. The first phase of the improvements will be complete by the end of 2015, when the company will start operating Puerto Quetzal Container Terminal (TCQ).... Click here for more Peel plan for Port cheshire Peel Ports Group is looking for potential occupiers for its Port Cheshire multimodal development site - formerly occupied by the Bridgewater Paper Mill - on the banks of the Manchester Ship Canal in Ellesmere Port.... Click here for more Brazilian port investments Associacao Brasileira dos Terminais Portuarios (ABTP), the Brazilian Association of Port Terminals, which represents firms operating more than 80 port facilities and 70% of Brazil's foreign trade, has launched a "proposals" document that, if conditions are met, could lead to its members committing R44B (almost US$20B) to the ports sector over the next 10 years.... Click here for more Cadiz strategic plan A joint venture put together between PricewaterhouseCoopers and Teirlog Ingenieria has been awarded a €121,000 contract by Cadiz Bay Port Authority (APBC) to design a strategic plan for the port and a commercial plan for the new container terminal.... 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. 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